UK Concern Heat Map

Where families are asking for help this week.

Every concern logged through Project OWL is anonymised and aggregated by region. No names, no accounts — just the shape of what's happening on the ground so schools, parents and local services can respond.

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Sextortion & threats
409 concerns · last 7 days
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Regions ranked · Sextortion & threats
  1. 1.
    London
    71
  2. 2.
    North West
    47
  3. 3.
    West Midlands
    44
  4. 4.
    South East
    41
  5. 5.
    Yorkshire & Humber
    39
  6. 6.
    Scotland
    34
  7. 7.
    East Midlands
    28
  8. 8.
    East of England
    26
  9. 9.
    South West
    24
  10. 10.
    Wales
    22
  11. 11.
    North East
    21
  12. 12.
    Northern Ireland
    12

Numbers show anonymised concern counts logged through the Check-a-Concern tool over the last 7 days. Real names, schools and children are never stored.

Why we publish this

Local patterns move fast. A scam sweeping one town this week reaches every other town next week. Sharing the shape of concerns — never the people — lets DSLs, GPs and youth workers get ahead of it.

Anonymous by design

No child, family, school or postcode is ever attached to a report. Only region-level aggregates leave the device.

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