Examining the 88% sex offender claim
“88% of sex offenders in the UK are White British. Why do reform only tweet about the brown ones?”
A viral X post by Harry Eccles claimed 88% of sex offenders in the UK are White British and accused Reform of only publicising cases involving non-white suspects. Official data does not support the 88% figure: the closest figures (83%–85% White) come from the National Police Chiefs' Council's 2023 and 2024 child sexual exploitation datasets, and even those use the broader...