Casey tells public to 'keep calm' over ethnicity of offenders after grooming gangs report

The author of a report into grooming gangs has urged the public to 'keep calm' over the ethnicity of offenders, pointing out that police data suggests the race of child abuse suspects is in proportion with the local population. Louise Casey's comments come a day after the release of her report that found evidence of 'over-representation' of Asian and Pakistani heritage men among suspects, according to local data from three police forces. Casey told MPs she was concerned that the limited data available on the race and ethnicity of offenders was not being used responsibly as part of the public debate on grooming gangs UK politics live – latest updates UK grooming gangs inquiry ‘must confront uncomfortable truths’ Grooming gangs in UK thrived in ‘culture of ignorance’, Casey report says