Watch the moment police arrest predator for grooming girl he met on Roblox
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Warning: this report contains details you may find distressing. Alleged Roblox-related incidents across England and Wales are up 75% in a year, with the youngest victim reported to police aged just five years old, ITV News understands. Police data released under the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act shows there were more than 350 reports in 2025 that involved Roblox, the world's most popular gaming platform. Many of the cases involve alleged grooming, sexual communications with children, and other forms of online exploitation. Alleged victims ranged in age from five years old, with 11-year-olds appearing most frequently. ITV News was also granted access to redacted police "free-text" crime logs, which record incidents as they are reported. Among them were allegations of adults engaging children in sexualised conversations, requesting explicit images, and attempting to move conversations off the platform. The findings are a part of ITV News' ongoing investigation into alleged grooming-
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