It's estimated there are 148,571 NEW ‘victims’ of childhood sexual abuse each year
That means in excess of 10,400,000 people in the UK are survivors of sexual abuse, around 21% of the population.
To put it into more manageable terms... there are approximately 3 million cars on the road in the UK, so each time you see a car, just think "that's 3 people who have been abused"....you will not be that far wrong.
RAINN (Rape, Abuse, Incest National Network) published these statistics from the US National Crime Victimisation Survey '05.
- Every two and a half minutes, somewhere in America, someone is sexually assaulted.
- One in six American women are victims of sexual assault, and one in 33 men.
- In 2004-2005, there were an average annual 200,780 victims of rape, attempted rape or sexual assault.
- About 44% of rape victims are under age 18, and 80% are under age 30.
Almost two-thirds of all sexual violence in the UK & US were committed by someone who is known to the victim. 73% of sexual assaults were perpetrated by a non-stranger – 38% of perpetrators were a friend or acquaintance of the victim, 28% were an intimate and 7% were another relative.
National Crime Victimization Survey, 2005: RAINN Statistics
References:
RAINN www.rainn.org/
www.survivorsswindon.com/
