UK admits ethnic data suppression

The Home Secretary told Parliament that the Casey audit found over‑representation of Asian/Pakistani‑heritage men among grooming‑gang suspects, yet agencies avoided the topic and failed to gather robust national data for years to avoid appearing racist. After 15 years of reports and inquiries, this is a rare official admission that fear of stigma distorted measurement and response. — It spotlights how ideological self‑censorship can corrupt core public‑safety data and policy, arguing for standardized ethnicity reporting even in sensitive domains to restore institutional credibility.