Subscribe When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes they’ll include recommendations for other related newsletters or services we offer. OurPrivacy Noticeexplains more about how we use your data, and your rights. You can unsubscribe at any time. Thank you for subscribingWe have more newslettersShow meSee ourprivacy notice Online sex crimes against children have surged in the pandemic. Home Office data has revealed that there were 17,699 online child sex offences recorded by police in England and Wales between April and September last year, the months after the first lockdown. That represents a 17 per cent increase from 15,183 during the same period in 2019.