A privately funded inquiry led by UK Member of Parliament Rupert Lowe has released findings estimating that at least 250,000 white British girls have been raped and abused, predominantly by Pakistani Muslim grooming gangs. The inquiry was crowdfunded, raising over £790,000 from approximately 24,000 individual donors.
The report argues that political correctness and fears of racism paralyzed police, social services, and local councils, allowing abuse to occur in at least 85 local authority areas.
One survivor described being raped by roughly 600 to 700 different men over three years. The inquiry contends the pattern seen in Rotherham was not an anomaly, but a nationwide norm, criticizing previous government probes for failing to address the crisis's full scope.