The Youth Endowment Fund’s annual Children, Violence and Vulnerability report takes a unique look into teenage children’s experiences of violence – in person and online. This research was conducted to help better understand how violence – in its many forms – impacts what children think, feel and do. Researchers hope the richness of this data provides valuable insights for all those working to keep children and communities safe.

For this year’s report, researchers trebled the sample size – surveying over 7,500 children aged 13 to 17-years-old in England and Wales – and have included results from a separate survey of 3,000 adults so that is was possible to could compare their views. All results are adjusted to ensure they’re nationally representative. This year, researchers have also delved deeper, asking new questions about why children commit violence, the spread of violence on different social media platforms and violence against women and girls online. Alongside this, the authors of this report interviewed members of the Youth Endowment Fund’s Youth Advisory Board (YAB) to understand how the results compare to their lived experiences.