Statistics About Child Sexual Abuse


  • About 44% of rape victims are under age 18;
  • 1 in 4 girls and 1 in 6 boys is sexually abused by age 18;
  • Nearly 70% of all reported sexual assaults are children 17 and under;
  • An estimated 39 million survivors of childhood sexual abuse exist in America;
  • 30-40% of children are abused by a family member;
  • Only 10% of child sexual abuse perpetrators are strangers to the child;
  • Over 30% of victims of Child Sexual Abuse NEVER report their abuse to anyone;
  • Around 90% of children do not disclose in childhood;
  • Almost 80% initially deny abuse or are tentative in their disclosure;
  • Medical evidence exists in around 4% of cases of CSA;
  • Parent who abuse children in multi child family 75% more likely to move from child to child.
Statics via U.S. Department of Justice 2013 report.

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