The Statistics

Child Sexual Abuse Statistics

Are you aware of the alarming number of sexual abuse cases in America?

It is estimated that millions of men, women and children have been sexually abused and the numbers are growing and will never get reported.

38% of girls are sexually abused before the age of 18
16% of boys are sexually abused before the age of 18

In 1994 345,000 sexual abuse incidents were reported to Child Protective Services in the U.S

• 90 – 95% of all sexual abuse cases go unreported to the police
• An estimated 39 million survivors of childhood sexual abuse exist

in America today
• Evidence that a child has been sexually abused is not always

obvious, and many children do not report that they have been

abused
• 1 in 3 girls is sexually abused before the age of 18
• 1 in 7 boys is sexually abused before the age of 18
• 1 in 5 children are solicited sexually while on the internet
• 30-40% of victims are abused by a family member
• Another 50% are abused by someone outside of the family whom

they know and trust.
• Approximately 40% are abused by older or larger children whom

they know.
• Therefore, only 10% are abused by strangers
• More than 20% of children are sexually abused before the age of

8
• Over 30% of victims never disclose the experience to ANYONE
• An average serial child molester may have as many as 400

victims in his lifetime.
• Nearly 70% of all reported sexual assaults (including assaults on

adults) occur to children ages 17 and under
• In 1995 126,000 children who were victims of either

substantiated or indicated sexual abuse; of these, 75% were girls.

Nearly 30% of child victims were between the ages of 4 & 7

The incidence of sexual assault in the United States is alarming. Every year, an estimated 300,000 women are raped, and 3.7 million are confronted with unwanted sexual activity. In addition, of the approximately 900,000 children who are maltreated each year, 9% are sexually abused.

                                Reference: Darkness to Light



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