Child Abuse Statistics
It’s estimated that awareness and education can prevent over 90% of child abuse. Educating ourselves, our families, and our community is perhaps THE most important thing we can do to make a difference in the fight against child abuse. Learn the stats, familiarize yourself with the signs of abuse, and integrate safe practices into your routine.
ONE IN TEN children will be sexually abused.
In Florida, a child is abused every 21 minutes. That’s over 68 children every day.
90% of children who are victims of sexual abuse know and trust their abuser.
ONE IN FIVE children are solicited online.
It’s estimated that about half of child sexual abuse victims never tell anyone.
Nearly 70% of all reported sexual assaults occur to children aged 17 and under.
Many children who are sexually abused are abused by their peers or by older/more powerful children.
Of all reported cases of child sexual abuse, approximately 1 out of 3 victims are under the age of 12.
School personnel are the #1 reporters of child abuse, identifying over 50% of child abuse cases.
Children with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities are 3 to 8 times more likely to be abused than their peers.
Children and young adults who have survived child sexual abuse are up to 10X as likely to make plans of suicide.
