Child Abuse Statistics

We know that today:

  • 1 in 4 girls and 1 in 6 boys in the U.S. experience sexual abuse by the age of 18.
     
  • 90 percent of children who are abused know the abuser.
     
  • There are more than 42 million survivors of child sexual abuse in the U.S. Yet, many child victims may never disclose their abuse.
     
  • 1 in 5 children is solicited sexually on the Internet before the age of 18.

Yet, when we collectively take action, abuse is preventable.