Child Sexual Abuse Statistics

Evidence suggests:

• As many as 1 in 4 girls is and one in 6 boys will be sexually abused before age 18.
• Over 90% of sexual offenders are someone the child knows and trusts – a parent or other relative, teacher, camp counselor, babysitter, or family friend
• 30 – 40% are abused by a family member.
• One out of every seven victims of child sexual abuse is age five or younger.
• Forty percent of the offenders who victimized children under age 6 were juveniles (under the age of 18).
• Only one in ten children who are abused will ever tell anyone.

For more statistics see:

http://www.childhelp.org/resources/learning-center/statistics

http://www.ncvc.org/ncvc/main.aspx?dbName=DocumentViewer&DocumentID=32315

http://www.darkness2light.org/KnowAbout/statistics_2.asp