Child Sexual Abuse (CSA) Facts

“Persons under 18 years of age account for 67% of all sexual assault victimizations reported to law enforcement agencies ”

— United States Justice Department

One in four girls and one in six boys will be sexually abused before they turn 18 years old (National Sexual Violence Resource Center).
Children under 12 years old account for 34% of child sexual assault cases reported to police (Bureau of Justice Statistics 2000).
12.3% of girls are age 10 or under at the time of their first victimization, and 30% of girls are between the ages of 11 and 17 (National Sexual Violence Resource Center).
27.8% of boys are age 10 or under at the time of their first victimization (National Sexual Violence Resource Center).
In the United States, children with any type of disability are 3 times more likely to be sexually abused than non-disabled children (Sullivan & Knutson, 2000).
Children’s statements were found to be true in 98% of child abuse cases reported to officials (NSW Child Protection Council).
More than 90% of child sexual abuse victims know the perpetrator (Department of Justice 1997).
Child sexual abuse is a severly underreported crime (Broman-Fulks 2006).
In the United States, 325,000 children are at risk of becoming victims of commercial child sexual exploitation each year (National Sexual Violence Resource Center).