The claim
250,000 girls in the United Kingdom were raped between 2010 and 2014 during the so-called 'grooming gang' scandal
Rating
There is no basis for these figures; the claim was amplified by Malcolm Pearson, a UK peer, but is based on an invalid multiplication of figures from one location in the UK.
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Original fact check ↗Sources and attribution
- [S1] TheJournal.ie original review
Original review · Retrieved October 16, 2026