Childline: main reasons for contacting 2019 UK Statistic

This statistic shows the number of young people contacting Childline in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2018/19, by main concern. The most common main concern which young people wanted to talk about was mental or emotional health, followed by concerns over family relationships and suicidal thoughts or feelings.

Number of young people contacting Childline in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2018/19, by main concern*

Characteristic	Number of young people
Mental/emotional health conditions	71,283
Family relationships	26,471
Suicidal thoughts or feelings	24,447
Bullying/cyberbullying	15,851
Self-harm	13,406
Sex/relationships/puberty/sexual health	12,331
Friendship issues	12,331
Problems in schools/education	10,029
Sexual abuse/online sexual abuse	8,841
Physical abuse	6,593

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Release date

November 2019

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Region

United Kingdom

Survey time period

2018/19

Age group

0-18 years

Supplementary notes

* Not all concerns/reasons for calling are detailed here, only the most common ten. For detailed definitions of the concerns listed here, please see the original source.

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