I wondered about its being the number of incidents rather than individuals, which is why I put in that caveat about the findings being correctly reported. However, having just downloaded the report, it does say quite clearly on p. 1 of the Executive Summary: "Our conservative estimate is that approximately 1400 children were sexually exploited over the full Inquiry period, from 1997 to 2013."

It does seem that a small proportion of the victims was male, which slightly skews the figures - but only slightly.