Child sex offence figures

BEDFORDSHIRE Police recorded 210 sex offences against children including rape, incest and gross indecency in 2009 and 2010.

Most reports concerned children aged from 12 to 15.

Six victims in the county were pre-school age and 35 were aged 11 and under.

Nearly 16 of known suspects in these cases were under 18.

The NSPCC used the Freedom of Information Act to obtain the data from all 43 police forces in England and Wales.