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Scottish cities

CPR num SCOT 2020

Glasgow has the highest number of children on the Child Protection Register of all the four major Scottish cities (414), as at 31st July 2019. Across Scotland there were 2,599 children on a Child Protection Register as at 31st July 2019.

CPR rate SCOT 2020

Glasgow has the highest percentage of children on the Child Protection Register (0.41%), which is above the Scottish average. Edinburgh has the lowest percentage of the four major Scottish cities and is the only city with a percentage below the national average.

CPR num trend SCOT 2020The above chart shows that the number of children on the Child Protection Register in all four major Scottish cities has fluctuated in the past seven years. It decreased sharply in Glasgow and Edinburgh in 2017. While this decrease has continued in Edinburgh, the number of children on the Child Protection Register in Glasgow in 2019 has returned to a level comparable to that in 2017. Dundee has had the lowest number of children on the Child Protection Register, although it is the smallest of the four cities.

CPR rate trend SCOT 2020The percentage of children on the Child Protection Register in Glasgow generally increased until 2016. Glasgow has consistently had the highest percentage of children on the Child Protection Register out of the four major Scottish cities, although both Dundee and Aberdeen have increased in the most recent period. Glasgow and Edinburgh had rates higher than the Scottish average from 2013 to 2017, after which Edinburgh has decreased to below the Scottish average.

Notes

Children on the Child Protection Register - This indicator reports information on the number of children on the Child Protection Register, aged 0 to 15 years. Estimates of the 0-15 years population are applied to calculate the relative measure of the number of children on the Child Protection Register per 1,000 population.

Data for this indicator at Scotland and Scottish local authority level, including Glasgow City Council, was sourced from the Scottish Government annual report on Children's Social Work Statistics. This report is compiled by the Scottish Government from annual data returns on children in the child protection system, which are submitted by all 32 local authorities in Scotland. Information on children from English local authority areas, including population estimates applied to calculate rates per 1,000 population (aged 0-15 years) was obtained from the Office for National Statistics (ONS). Some information at Glasgow and sub Glasgow level was extracted from Social Work Services monthly performance reports.

The number of children who are social work service users (including those 'looked after' and accommodated or on the Child Protection Register) is derived from careFirst (the client information system used by Glasgow City Council Social Work Services); population estimates for areas within Scotland are obtained from the National Records of Scotland (NRS) (formerly GROS) or from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) for English local authorities and numbers/rates of children referred to the Children’s Reporter are drawn from the SCRA website..

Further reading under ‘Children on child protection register’