10 Child Sexual Abuse Statistics

1. 1 in 3 girls and 1 in 6 boys will be sexually abused before their 18th birthday.
2. 95% of sexual offenders are known to the child. Only 5% are strangers.
3. 84% of sexual victimization of children under 12 occurs in a residence.
4. 453 pedophiles were collectively responsible for the molestation of over 67,000 children, averaging 148 children per individual.
5. 3 to 8 years is the most likely age for children to be exposed to sexual assault.
6. 71% of sexually abused women were first abused under the age of 12.
7. In 98% of reported child abuse cases, children’s statements were found to be true.
8. 1 in 3 adults would not believe a child if they disclosed sexual abuse.
9. 73% of child victims do not tell about the abuse for at least 1 year.  45% do not tell for 5 years; some never disclose.
10. As high as 81% of men and women in psychiatric hospitals have experienced physical and/or sexual abuse.  67% were abused as children.