Eight people are being referred to deradicalisation schemes every day as British authorities identify a rising number of potential extremists.
Between June and August this year, 796 individuals - including more than 300 aged under 18 - were reported to the government's Channel program for possible intervention, new statistics obtained by the Press Association reveal.
It comes after new measures were introduced placing a legal requirement on public bodies including schools and councils to stop people being drawn into terrorism, as part of efforts to counter the capacity of groups such as Islamic State (IS) to recruit young Britons.
In July, when the law came into force, there were 349 referrals - a rate of more than 10 every day.
This was a slight increase on the previous month, when there were 327, while the number fell to 120 in August when schools were broken up for the summer.
Some 312 of those referred over the three months were aged under 18 - more than a third of the total.
Channel, which was first piloted in 2007, came under fresh scrutiny last week when it emerged that a 14-year-old boy believed to be Britain's youngest terrorist was referred to the voluntary initiative before he plotted a terror attack in Australia, which was ultimately thwarted.
The new data, provided by the National Police Chiefs' Council following a Freedom of Information request, suggest authorities are identifying potential extremists at a rapidly rising rate.
There were more referrals between June and August than for the whole of 2012/13 - the first year the scheme was rolled out across England and Wales.
The number is more than double the level of referrals recorded in the first three months of 2014/15, while if the current rate were replicated over 12 months, it would mean the annual total has increased by four-fold in three years to surpass 3,000.
Specific details of Channel projects are not made public, but they are aimed at all forms of terrorism, including far-right extremism.
Not all of those referred are subsequently judged as being vulnerable to radicalisation.
Previous estimates suggested that one in five cases were assessed as needing support from Channel programs, with the rest passed to other more appropriate services.
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