The Child Sexual Exploitation & Abuse Industry Reporting Portal (CSEA-IRP) has been designed and established for the NCA to receive Child Sexual Exploitation & Abuse (CSEA) referrals from in-scope user-to-user providers.
The requirement for in-scope user-to-user providers to report CSEA content to the NCA came into effect on 7 April 2026. In-scope user-to-user providers are required to report CSEA to the NCA in-line with the Online Safety (CSEA Content Reporting by Regulated User-to-User Service Providers) Regulations 2026.
To access the CSEA-IRP and to register your organisation, click here.
Guidance on how to register your organisation can be found at the bottom of this page. Organisation registration requests are reviewed and processed during working hours (Monday – Friday 07:00-17:00, excluding weekends and UK bank holidays).
The CSEA-IRP is only for user-to-user providers who are in-scope of the OSA to report instances of CSEA on their platforms.
You can check whether your organisation is in scope of the OSA by using Ofcom’s Online Safety Regulations Checker.
Please note: if you are an organisation that is currently reporting CSEA to The National Centre for Missing and Exploited Children’s (NCMEC) CyberTipline, you should continue to do so. The CSEA-IRP will not replace NCMEC reporting and you should not submit duplicate referrals.
Providers must only use the CSEA-IRP to report CSEA to the NCA and no other crime type. Please refer to Schedule 6 of the OSA for details of UK CSEA offences that need to be reported. To report other crime types, please contact your local police force or if known, the local police force where the offender and/or victim resides.
Emergency reports - if your organisation has not yet registered to use the portal and has identified a current or imminent risk to an individual, call 999 to report an emergency to your local UK police force or if known, the local UK police force of the child in danger.
The Online Safety Act (OSA)
The Online Safety Act (OSA) became law in the UK on 26 October 2023. The purpose of the OSA is to make the internet a safer place, and will require online services in-scope of the Act to protect users from illegal and harmful content.
The OSA mandates in-scope user-to-user online service providers to report detected and unreported child sexual exploitation and abuse (CSEA) on their platform, to the NCA.
For more information on in-scope services and what is meant by “detected” and “unreported”, please refer to the OSA. To view the OSA in full, you can visit the legislation.gov.uk website. Ofcom’s Online Safety Act compliance guide for providers of online services provides information on how to comply.
The Role of Ofcom
Ofcom have been appointed as the regulator for the OSA. Their role is to make sure that online services in-scope of the OSA comply with their duties to take appropriate steps to protect their users. Ofcom have the power to take enforcement action against services if they do not meet their obligations under the OSA, including the requirement to report CSEA content to the NCA.
Members of the public reporting
The Child Sexual Exploitation & Abuse Industry Reporting Portal (CSEA-IRP) is not designed for reports from members of the general public.
If you are a member of the public who needs to report a crime, please contact your local police force by calling 999 if an emergency, or 101.
If you have come across suspected child sexual abuse images or videos online, you can also anonymously report this to the Internet Watch Foundation.
CSEA-IRP Guidance
If you are an organisation that needs to report using this service then please read the following guidance, in the following order:
To access the CSEA-IRP and to register your organisation, click here.
