Knife crime:
• Nearly five million( 44 %) parents say they worry about knife crime- this percentage is highest amongst parents in the North East or West Midlands( 54 %)
• Poorer parents( with household incomes under £ 20,000) are twice as likely to regularly worry about knife crime than better-off parents( with household incomes over £ 100,000)( 28 % vs 14 %)
• More than half( 51 %) of ethnic minority parents worry about their child being a victim of knife crime
Physical assault:
• More than 5.5 million( 52 %) parents worry about their child being physically assaulted, with parents in the North East being particularly concerned( 63 %)
Sexual assault:
• More than 4.5 million( 42 %) parents worry about their child being sexually assaulted
• 55 % of parents with a daughter are worried about sexual assault, compared to 32 % of parents with a son
• Half( 50 %) of ethnic minority parents worry about their child being sexually assaulted, compared to 42 % of white parents
• Poorer parents( with household incomes under £ 20,000) are much more likely to regularly worry about sexual assault than better-off parents( with household incomes over £ 100,000)( 22 % vs 14 %)
Racial discrimination:
• Ethnic minority parents are more than four times as likely to worry about racial discrimination than white parents( 59 % vs 13 %)
• Ethnic minority parents are seven times as likely to regularly worry about their child being a victim of racial discrimination than white parents( 28 % vs 4 %)
Grooming:
• 4.7 million( 43 %) parents worry about their child being groomed
• More than half( 57 %) of poorer parents( with household incomes under £ 20,000) worry about their child being groomed vs 32 % of better-off parents( with household incomes over £ 100,000)
Getting involved in gangs:
• 2.6 million( 24 %) parents worry about their child getting involved in gangs, rising to one in three( 33 %) parents in London
• Ethnic minority parents are far more likely to regularly worry about their child being involved in a gang than white parents( 37 % vs 22 %)
• Parents with a child at an independent school are more likely to regularly worry about their child being involved in a gang than parents with a child at a state school( 29 % vs 24 %)
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