Definition: Total 'Sexual violence means rape and sexual ass

Region Sub-region II Country/territory

Africa Eastern Africa Burundi
Africa Kenya
Africa Mauritius
Africa Mozambique
Africa Uganda
Africa Middle Africa Sao Tome and Principe
Africa Northern Africa Algeria*
Africa Egypt
Africa Morocco
Africa Western Africa Cape Verde
Africa Cote d'Ivoire
Africa Guinea
Africa Nigeria
Africa Sierra Leone
Americas North America Canada
Americas Caribbean Bahamas
Americas Barbados
Americas Dominican Republic
Americas Grenada
Americas Jamaica
Americas Saint Kitts and Nevis
Americas Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Americas Trinidad and Tobago
Americas Central America Belize
Americas Costa Rica
Americas El Salvador
Americas Guatemala
Americas Honduras
Americas Mexico*
Americas Nicaragua
Americas Panama*
Americas South America Argentina
Americas Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
Americas Brazil
Americas Chile
Americas Colombia
Americas Guyana
Americas Paraguay
Americas Uruguay
Asia Central Asia Kazakhstan
Asia Kyrgyzstan
Asia Tajikistan
Asia Eastern Asia Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China
Asia Japan
Asia Mongolia
Asia Republic of Korea
Asia South-Eastern Asia Indonesia
Asia Philippines
Asia Singapore
Asia Southern Asia India
Asia Maldives
Asia Western Asia Armenia
Asia Azerbaijan
Asia Bahrain
Asia Cyprus
Asia Georgia
Asia Israel
Asia Kuwait
Asia Oman
Asia State of Palestine
Asia Syrian Arab Republic
Asia Turkey
Asia United Arab Emirates
Asia Yemen
Europe Eastern Europe Belarus
Europe Bulgaria
Europe Czech Republic
Europe Hungary
Europe Poland
Europe Republic of Moldova
Europe Romania
Europe Russian Federation
Europe Slovakia
Europe Ukraine
Europe Northern Europe Estonia
Europe Finland
Europe Iceland
Europe Ireland
Europe Latvia*
Europe Lithuania
Europe Norway
Europe Sweden
Europe United Kingdom (England and Wales)
Europe United Kingdom (Northern Ireland)
Europe United Kingdom (Scotland)
Europe Southern Europe Albania
Europe Andorra
Europe Bosnia and Herzegovina
Europe Croatia
Europe Greece
Europe Italy
Europe Malta*
Europe Montenegro
Europe Portugal
Europe Serbia
Europe Slovenia
Europe Spain
Europe The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
Europe Western Europe Austria
Europe Belgium
Europe France*
Europe Germany
Europe Liechtenstein
Europe Luxembourg
Europe Netherlands*
Europe Switzerland*
Oceania Australia and New Zealand Australia
Oceania New Zealand
Oceania Melanesia Solomon Islands

Please note that when using the figures, any cross-national comparisons should be conducted with caution because of the

* Changes in d
 Total sexual violence at the national lev

ns rape and sexual assault; including sexual offences against children

0
Count
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
599 700
2880 2590 2965 3051 2719 4068
298 297 314 420 384 413 442
834 789 639 629 640 613
14101 17046 18844 10365 8646
0 0 0 0
3506 3905 3938 4231
154 169 194 199
827 594 929 2243 2531 2559 3252

858 716
33
1545 1359 1952
695 623
26128 25698 26348 25242 24512 25022 24821
439 507 590 557 589
204 192 200 200 171 174

151 98 153 169 214

1092 1142 1224 1472 1306
56
193 114 152 145 169 204
633 803 803 901 779 804
202
4982 5333 5643 6502
808 572 1917
363 314 289 318 158 401

28815 28622 30906 33102 32862 33815

783 817 877 732 830

 10557 10604
1725 1931 2397 2571 2956
27203 29334 32270 38414
10133 10477 12746 13178
4350 4592 6811 7139 6826 7675
239 229 138 134 105
2555 2612 2752 3114

408 382 344 354

15 17 16 18 14 13 34
169 171 182 168
1392 1460 1524 1821 1856 1793
12501 11360 10827 10274 9430 8693 8090
338 323 366 373 347
13652 13435 15021 15688

1311 1410 1506 1601

1398 1468 1403 1475
62801 62518 65931 70421 74094 71117
342 465
48 51 52 33 63 73
214 223 267
145 175
137 112 101 128 97 78
98 164 229 215 202 163
4885 4598 4630 4497
393 372 422 421 421 509
132 183
26 174
70 85
2858 2893 3020 3300 2056 1850

0 71 54 81 72
775 819 672 629 492 497
1287 1175 1037 911 764 749 726
1898 1909 1849 1615 1689 1680 1730
560 772 858 653 643 681 728
3709 3294 3187
471 393 389 423 474 402
1565 1566
14299 16381 18491 20914 20182 18852 17903
283 293 252 230
2180 1988 1929 2114 1898 1995 1698
215 526 402 354 244 368 309
1581 1765 1919 2728 2326 2906 2205
288 281 349 368
 1752 1801 1415 1366 1406 1480
305 648 721 328 460 416 315
415 444 558 521 405 408 397
1996 1952 1960 2176 2235 2296 2410
10142 10419 11711 12147 12563 14342 15693
48732 47542 47163 43738 41521 40749 43432
1461 1262 1410 1496 1448 1579 1501
7324 6558 6726 6552 6331 6527
89 87 101 76 83
10 15 6
176 170 89
549 485 622 610 681 761 658
899 626 633 695 555 682 924
2744 3734 4020 4513 4897 4893 4963
70 80 82
32 42 35 43 30 35 42
1966 1701 1619 1729 1810 2251 2556
532 457 419 436 455
145 369 311 286 363 276 345
10348 11558 10684
146 145 155 136
2004 1674 1738 1793 1678 1682
5565 6047 6492 6559 6516 6656
25802 26238 23868 22864 23247 24031 23253
54632 57306 55203 52231 56281 56784 49084
17 7 18 12 18 11 3
205 592 353 304
19985 16495 6520 5905 5785
6648
6382 6343
2465 2823 2788 2732 2826
319 204 231 139 122

with caution because of the differences that exist between the legal definitions of offences in countries, or the different methods of off
the national level, number of police-recorded offences

Rate per 100,000

2010 2011 2012 rate 2003 rate 2004 rate 2005 rate 2006
699 664
4817 4703 4806 8.3 7.2 8.1
432 466 24.7 24.6 25.9 34.5
4.1 3.8 3.0
8645 49.1 57.4
0 0 0.0
3795 3887 1311 10.2
171 114 0.2
2933 2.8 2.0 3.1 7.4
120 110 133

1747 1410

26896 26638 26894 82.7 80.5 81.7 77.4

309 238 133.4 151.1
169 184 165 74.9 70.2 72.7
53
150 174 248 146.7 94.9
1486 1753 2664 40.7 42.4
62
168 426 177.8 104.8 139.6
767 709 1028 49.1 61.9 61.6
130 121
6511 6503 6250 113.4
2231 658 3202
2.9 2.5 2.2
3580 1697
34113 34027 36389 26.3 25.8 27.6
3626
1008 2063 2440 23.3 23.8
 3944 3537 4824 18.4 20.3
46526 45288 53375 14.5
13009 15681 16510 61.4
6729 8068 11230 10.2 10.6 15.5
147 297 280 31.4 29.9
3395 3528 3978 42.5
2569
352 372 422 2.7
55 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4
197 201 2.4
1836 1806 1863 20.2 21.2 22.1
8316 8055 8503 9.9 9.0 8.5 8.1
362 388 13.4 12.6
18220 19491 19619 28.9
5102
2176 1744 1792 1.5
1579 1546 1553 30.3
72746 5.7 5.5 5.8

82 71 105 1.6 1.7 1.7

204 185

79 77 69 13.5 10.8 9.6

165 2.2 3.7 5.2
4956 4572 75.5 69.6
17.9 16.2 17.5

177 174 120

4.3 4.3 4.5 4.8

207
0.0 0.3
8.0 8.5 7.0
696 649 696 16.5 15.2 13.5 12.0
1811 2086 1981 18.6 18.7 18.1 15.7
764 630 669 5.5 7.6 8.5 6.5
3099 3030 2776
557 461 617 12.3 10.4 10.5

15770 16647 9.9 11.3 12.8 14.6

193 234 144 5.2
1348 4.6 4.2 4.1 4.5
275 311 400 16.1 39.5 30.3 26.8
2417 3252 3511 30.3 33.8 36.6 51.8
97.1 93.5
 2368 2014 2050 42.9 43.3 33.5
231 198 326 13.3 28.7 32.4 14.9
591 571 507 12.3 13.3 17.0 16.1
2448 2661 2625 43.8 42.5 42.4 46.6
17167 17077 16923 113.4 116.0 129.7 133.6
45271 44396 45867
1632 1668 1694
6696 7361 7693
79 44 44 2.8 2.7
10 17 18
147 167 139
567 561 512 12.4 11.0 14.2 13.9
901 1071 821 8.1 5.7 5.7 6.3
4813 4617 4689 4.7 6.4 6.9 7.6
91 69 82
36 25 24 5.2 6.8 5.7 7.0
2206 2182 2134 18.8 16.2 15.4 16.4
493 432 385 5.3 4.6
375 312 264 7.3 18.5 15.5 14.2
9958 9860 9008
124 126 120 7.0
1971 2182 2120 24.5 20.3 21.0
6895 6956 6434 53.6 57.5 61.3
22963 23871 26783 42.6 43.0 38.8 37.0
46869 47078 45824 65.2 68.3 65.8 62.4
6 5 12
260 284 44.0
5120 4640 4645 122.6 100.7
6321 6121 6483
6351 5694
2913 3347 3389 59.6 67.5
69.7 43.5 48.1

or the different methods of offence counting and recording.

Rate per 100,000 population
rate 2007 rate 2008 rate 2009 rate 2010 rate 2011 rate 2012
6.9 7.8 7.6 7.0
8.1 7.0 10.2 11.8 11.2 11.1
31.5 33.8 36.0 35.1 37.7
2.8 2.8 2.6
61.3 32.6 26.3 25.4
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
11.1 11.0 11.6 10.2 10.3 3.4
0.2 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.1
8.3 8.3 10.4 9.0
24.6 22.4 26.9
4.8 3.9
0.3
1.0 0.9 1.3 1.1 0.8
12.8 11.3
74.3 75.0 73.5 78.8 77.2 77.2
172.5 159.9 166.2 85.7 65.0
72.4 61.6 62.4 60.3 65.3 58.3
0.5
147.7 162.6 205.2 143.3 165.6 235.1
45.2 54.1 47.8 54.2 63.6 96.2

133.0 154.8 186.7 153.7 389.5

68.8 59.2 60.8 57.8 53.2 76.9
67.1 42.1 38.3
119.5 124.5 141.3 139.4 137.3 130.1
13.2 9.3 31.0 35.9 10.5 50.8
2.4 1.2 2.9
46.0 21.4
29.2 28.6 29.0 28.9 28.5 30.1
62.3
25.1 20.6 23.0 27.4 55.2 64.2
 26.8 26.7
24.8 26.1 29.6 38.8 34.3 46.0
15.4 16.8 19.9 23.8 23.0 26.9
62.9 75.7 77.6 75.9 90.6 94.5
16.0 15.1 16.8 14.5 17.1 23.5
17.9 17.3 13.4 18.7 37.6 35.2
42.6 44.1 49.1 52.6 53.7 59.5
75.7
2.5 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.3 2.6
0.3 0.3 0.6 1.0
2.4 2.5 2.3 2.6 2.6
26.3 26.6 25.6 26.0 25.4 26.1
7.4 6.8 6.4 6.5 6.3 6.7
14.1 14.2 13.0 13.3 14.1
28.2 31.4 32.6 37.6 40.0 40.0
2.1
1.6 1.7 1.7 2.3 1.8 1.9
31.0 28.9 29.7 31.1 29.8 29.3
6.1 6.3 6.0 6.0
111.0 148.2
1.1 2.1 2.5 2.8 2.4 3.5
2.4 2.5 3.0 2.2 2.0
14.0 15.7
12.0 9.0 7.2 7.2 6.9 6.1
4.9 4.6 3.7 3.8
66.8 63.3 66.8 60.6
16.5 15.6 17.9
5.1 7.1
0.7 4.4 4.4 4.2 2.8
0.4 0.4
3.0 2.6
2.2
0.3 0.4 0.3
6.6 5.1 5.2
10.1 10.0 9.7 9.4 8.9 9.6
16.3 16.1 16.5 17.2 19.7 18.6
6.4 6.8 7.3 7.6 6.3 6.7
9.7 8.6 8.3 8.1 7.9 7.3
11.5 13.0 11.2 15.6 13.0 17.6
7.1 7.1
14.0 13.1 12.5 11.0 11.6
5.4 4.7 4.2 3.6 4.3 2.6
4.1 4.3 3.7 2.9
18.6 28.1 23.7 21.2 24.0 31.0
44.0 54.6 41.3 45.0 60.3 64.9
114.4 118.9
 31.8 32.3 33.6 53.0 44.5 44.8
21.2 19.5 14.9 11.0 9.5 15.8
12.7 13.0 12.8 19.3 18.8 16.7
47.3 48.1 49.8 50.0 53.8 52.6
137.2 155.3 168.6 183.0 180.7 177.9

3.2 2.4 2.6 2.5 1.4 1.4

4.5 4.4 2.3 3.8 4.3 3.6

15.6 17.5 15.1 13.1 13.0 11.9
5.0 6.2 8.3 8.1 9.6 7.4
8.2 8.2 8.2 8.0 7.6 7.7
16.7 19.0 19.4 21.4 16.2 19.2
4.9 5.7 6.8 5.8 4.0 3.9
17.1 21.3 24.2 20.8 20.6 20.1
4.3 4.5 4.7 5.1 4.5 4.0
18.0 13.6 16.9 18.3 15.1 12.8
23.2 25.5 23.4 21.6 21.2 19.3
6.9 7.4 6.5 5.9 6.0 5.7
21.6 20.1 20.1 23.5 25.9 25.0
61.4 60.5 61.3 63.0 63.2 58.2
37.4 38.4 37.0 36.3 37.5 41.9
67.3 68.1 59.0 56.5 56.8 55.3

124.3 72.4 61.0 51.2 55.0

39.7 35.8 34.9 30.8 27.8 27.8
85.9 80.7 77.3 81.1
29.5 28.8 28.3 25.0
65.9 63.9 65.4 66.7 75.8 76.0
28.2 24.2
 Definition: Rape means sexual intercourse without valid consent

Region Sub-region II Country/territory

Africa Eastern Africa Burundi
Africa Kenya
Africa Mauritius
Africa Mozambique
Africa Rwanda
Africa Uganda
Africa Zimbabwe
Africa Middle Africa Cameroon
Africa Sao Tome and Principe
Africa Northern Africa Algeria*
Africa Egypt
Africa Morocco
Africa Sudan
Africa Southern Africa Botswana
Africa Lesotho
Africa Swaziland
Africa Western Africa Guinea
Africa Nigeria
Africa Senegal
Africa Sierra Leone
Americas North America Bermuda
Americas Canada
Americas United States of America
Americas Caribbean Bahamas
Americas Barbados
Americas Dominican Republic
Americas Grenada
Americas Jamaica
Americas Saint Kitts and Nevis
Americas Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Americas Trinidad and Tobago
Americas Central America Belize
Americas Costa Rica
Americas El Salvador
Americas Guatemala
Americas Honduras
Americas Mexico*
Americas Nicaragua
Americas Panama*
Americas South America Argentina
Americas Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
Americas Brazil
Americas Chile
Americas Colombia
Americas Ecuador
Americas Guyana
Americas Paraguay
Americas Peru
Americas Suriname
Americas Uruguay
Asia Central Asia Kazakhstan
Asia Kyrgyzstan
Asia Tajikistan
Asia Turkmenistan
Asia Eastern Asia Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China
Asia Japan
Asia Mongolia
Asia Republic of Korea
Asia South-Eastern Asia Brunei Darussalam
Asia Indonesia
Asia Philippines
Asia Singapore
Asia Thailand
Asia Southern Asia Bangladesh
Asia India
Asia Maldives
Asia Nepal
Asia Sri Lanka
Asia Western Asia Armenia
Asia Azerbaijan
Asia Bahrain
Asia Cyprus
Asia Georgia
Asia Israel
Asia Jordan
Asia Kuwait
Asia Lebanon
Asia Oman
Asia Qatar
Asia State of Palestine
Asia Syrian Arab Republic
Asia Turkey
Asia United Arab Emirates
Asia Yemen
Europe Eastern Europe Belarus
Europe Bulgaria
Europe Czech Republic
Europe Hungary
Europe Poland
Europe Republic of Moldova
Europe Romania
Europe Russian Federation
Europe Slovakia
Europe Ukraine
Europe Northern Europe Denmark
Europe Estonia
Europe Finland
Europe Iceland
Europe Ireland
Europe Latvia
Europe Lithuania
Europe Norway
Europe Sweden
Europe United Kingdom (England and Wales)
Europe United Kingdom (Northern Ireland)
Europe United Kingdom (Scotland)*
Europe Southern Europe Albania
Europe Andorra
Europe Bosnia and Herzegovina
Europe Croatia
Europe Greece
Europe Malta*
Europe Montenegro
Europe Portugal
Europe Serbia
Europe Slovenia
Europe Spain
Europe The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
Europe Western Europe Austria
Europe Belgium
Europe France
Europe Germany
Europe Liechtenstein
Europe Luxembourg
Europe Monaco
Europe Netherlands*
Europe Switzerland*
Oceania Australia and New Zealan New Zealand
Oceania Melanesia Solomon Islands

Please note that when using the figures, any cross-national comparisons should be conducted with caution because of the

* Changes in def
 Rape at the national level, number of police-rec

sent

0
Count
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
587 683
1440 1365 1291 876 735 847
53 40 38 64 77 69 57
102 64 46 41 47 44
383 293
537 549 732 750 599 1536 619
3858 4997 4790 4967 4762 3186
451 555 592 580 447
1 2 5 7
723 630 376 352 386 345 385
20 21 44 48 63 87 74
618 453 475 1063 1215 1130 1507
1189
1754
1797 1878 1777
785 849
92
1545
301 159 167 416 710
135 79
36 43
531 587 565 570 528 490 471
93883 95089 94347 94472 92610 90750 89241
87 72 135 118 109
84 77 75 72 62 68

23 22 30 31 57
707 714 853 706
16
66 87 50 60 36 54
305 334 259 317 236 247
 48 44 30
1311 1337 1357 1602
1185 1140 574 566 756
363 314 289 318 385 401

13650 13550 13894 14199 14078 14850

1322 1524
629 771 792 855 713 809
3154 3264 3276 3367
1137 1306 1633 1821 2221
23675 25709 28158 33912
2865 2942 3349 3403
1188 2627 3347 3380 3384 3542
1488 1246 1499 1484
62
1285 1279 1316 1401
5991 5721 6268 6569 7208 7560 6751
186 223
297 327 222 206 207 212
1583 1584 1514 1298 1376
296 278 298 271 300 303 303
53 54 56 47 55 36
37 36 27 27
70 92 99 96 107 105 136
2472 2176 2076 1948 1766 1582 1402
386 378 320 314 355 354 332
5899 6321
24 26 24 28
2906 2548
3084 2918 2962 2584 2409 2585 5639
110 103 124 118 129 167 202
5071 5308 5152 4641 4676
11291 11682
18233 18359 19348 20737 21467 21397
2 1 5 9
191 210
1378 1432
3 9 15 7 5 15 15
49 25 44 35 34 25 35
19 27 25 17 21 36
32 41 39 29 19 34 27
52 62 141 167 156 100 84
1319 1223 1291 1270 1243
78 110
98 108 125 137 120 119
39 19
 132 183
11 13
85 98 105 12 13
131 97 135 112 125 156
1604 1638 1694 1783 1148 1071
44 52 62 72
95 95 125 158 176
432 386 483 353 336 240 218
611 529 403 310 225 262 246
646 687 596 530 637 529 480
535 267 264 206 215 214 228
2322 2176 1987 2001 1827 1611 1530
272 297 280 268 281 306 264
983 953 1013 1116 1048 1016 1007
8185 8848 9222 8871 7038 6208 5398
233 224 200 174 182 152 142
1048 964 924 993 878 880 758
472 562 475 527 492 396 352
107 121 179 153 122 160 124
573 595 593 613 739 915 660
69 51 75 72 87 68 78
370 409 451 371 357 348 376
123 319 251 129 93 100 69
278 260 265 253 200 164 149
706 739 798 840 945 944 998
2235 2261 3787 4208 4749 5446 5937
13272 14013 14443 13774 12673 13096 15074
364 360 345 447 389 368 422
794 900 975 922 908 821 884
49 40 41 39 34
2 2 0
39 40 44 35 29
213 165 142 187 162 188 129
231 240 177 182 185 232 213
11 13 7 17 10 19 12
8 11 7 17 9
392 338 365 341 305 314 377
89 115 105 123 111
70 87 58 55 97 57 79
2140 2102 2530 2437 2051
93 49 42 41 37
687 678 700 710 693 779
2850 2944 3029 3217 3290 3198 3082
10408 10506 9993 9784 10132 10277 9842
8766 8831 8133 8118 7511 7292 7314
0 1 4 2 1 3 0
 40 44 57 56
1 3 2
1700 1800 4990 4790 2135 1945 1920
547 573 646 639 648 612 666
994 1183 1143 1130 1128
170 65 79 61 56

ted with caution because of the differences that exist between the legal definitions of offences in countries, or the different methods o
ber of police-recorded offences

Rate per 100,000

2010 2011 2012 rate 2003 rate 2004 rate 2005 rate 2006
692 646
922 934 786 4.1 3.8 3.5
51 58 4.4 3.3 3.1 5.3
0.5 0.3 0.2
312 257 265
709 2.0 2.0 2.5 2.5
30.4 39.4 37.7 39.0
2.6 3.1 3.3 3.1
2 3 0.6
304 292 773 2.2 1.9 1.1 1.0
91 102 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1
1280 2.1 1.5 1.6 3.5

1865 1800

72.2 77.6

693 2.7 1.4

581 549 499 1.7 1.8 1.8 1.7

85593 84175 84376 32.1 32.2 31.6 31.4
78 107 26.4 21.5
63 70 53 30.9 28.1 27.3
1591
32 58 27 22.3 21.3
717 815 945 26.2
15
28 56 60.8 80.0 45.9
217 200 286 23.6 25.8 19.9
 21 27 17.7 15.8
1613 1641 1430 29.8
681 326 394 19.5 18.7
2.9 2.5 2.2
1794 1042
14993 14938 15867 12.5 12.2 12.4
1829 24.2 27.6
996 1030 1187 19.0 22.9 23.1
8.2 8.4
2891 2572 3460 12.2 13.7
41180 41294 49524 12.6
3139 3590 3275 17.4
3157 3596 5082 2.8 6.1 7.6
11.2 9.2 10.9 10.6
117 240 269
1332 1263 956 21.4
22.1 20.9 22.6 23.4
38.2 45.2
227 227 257 8.9 9.8 6.7
1387 1761 2302 10.5 10.4
314 331 5.9 5.5 5.9 5.3
57 43 0.8 0.8 0.8
0.8 0.8 0.6 0.6
112 91 121 1.0 1.3 1.4 1.4
1289 1185 1240 2.0 1.7 1.6 1.5
342 367 15.6 15.1 12.7 12.3
12.7 13.5
6.8 7.2 6.5 7.5
2183 1977 1779
4718 4737 4385 3.7 3.5 3.5 3.0
164 150 133 2.6 2.4 2.8 2.6
4636 7.7 8.1
7.9 8.1
22172 1.6 1.6 1.7
0.7 0.3
0.8 0.8
7.1 7.3
11 10 14 0.1 0.3 0.5 0.2
16 19 0.6 0.3 0.5 0.4
2.5 3.3 2.8 1.8
36 38 25 3.2 4.0 3.8 2.8
82 1.1 1.4 3.2 3.8
1021 1045 20.4 18.5 19.1
1.5 2.0
4.5 4.7 5.2
1.0 0.5
 1.7 1.8
15 18 8 2.5 2.8 2.9
0.8 0.5 0.7 0.6
2.4 2.5 2.5 2.6
83 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.5
0.5 0.5
4.4 4.0 5.0 3.7
211 157 187 7.8 6.8 5.2 4.1
586 675 669 6.3 6.7 5.8 5.2
246 196 192 5.3 2.6 2.6 2.0
1567 1498 1432 6.1 5.7 5.2 5.2
368 291 360 7.0 7.8 7.4 7.2
897 780 895 4.4 4.3 4.6 5.1
4907 4801 5.6 6.1 6.4 6.2
117 150 88 4.3 4.2 3.7 3.2
635 2.2 2.0 2.0 2.1
342 342 317 8.8 10.4 8.8 9.7
81 91 143 8.0 9.1 13.5 11.6
818 1039 1009 11.0 11.4 11.3 11.6
23.8 17.4 25.3 23.9
479 463 492 9.2 10.0 10.8 8.8
78 50 64 5.4 14.1 11.3 5.9
208 191 178 8.2 7.8 8.1 7.8
938 1075 1116 15.5 16.1 17.3 18.0
5960 6532 6324 25.0 25.2 41.9 46.3
15892 16038 16327
498 548 503
997 1183 1372
24 22 24 1.5 1.3
1 5
46 35 41 1.0 1.0
141 122 126 4.8 3.8 3.2 4.3
215 172 167 2.1 2.2 1.6 1.6
11 18 13 2.7 3.1 1.7 4.1
5 3 3 1.3 1.8
424 374 375 3.8 3.2 3.5 3.2
72 79 85 0.9 1.2
63 55 58 3.5 4.4 2.9 2.7
1578 1512 1280 4.9 4.8
28 41 43 4.4 2.3
875 977 883 8.4 8.2 8.5
3202 3227 3053 27.4 28.2 28.8 30.4
10108 10406 10885 17.2 17.2 16.3 15.8
7724 7539 8031 10.5 10.5 9.7 9.7
0 2 4
 66 70 8.6

1655 1590 1485 10.5 11.1 30.6 29.3

543 552 569 7.5 7.8 8.7 8.5
1129 1325 1322 24.0 28.3
37.1 13.9 16.4

ries, or the different methods of offence counting and recording.

Rate per 100,000 population
rate 2007 rate 2008 rate 2009 rate 2010 rate 2011 rate 2012
6.8 7.7 7.5 6.8
2.3 1.9 2.1 2.3 2.2 1.8
6.3 5.6 4.6 4.1 4.7
0.2 0.2 0.2
3.7 2.8 2.9 2.3 2.3
1.9 4.8 1.9 2.1
37.4 24.9
2.3
1.2 3.0 4.0 1.1 1.6
1.1 1.0 1.1 0.8 0.8 2.0
0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
4.0 3.7 4.8 3.9

89.9 94.7 90.6

91.9 95.2 89.3

0.9
1.0
1.4 3.4 5.6 5.4
2.5 1.4

1.6 1.5 1.4 1.7 1.6 1.4

30.5 29.6 28.8 27.4 26.7 26.6
39.5 33.9 30.7 21.6 29.2
26.1 22.3 24.4 22.5 24.8 18.7
15.5
29.0 29.8 54.7 30.6 55.2 25.6
26.4 31.4 25.9 26.2 29.6 34.1

55.0 33.0 49.4 25.6 51.2

24.2 17.9 18.7 16.3 15.0 21.4
 10.0 6.8 8.5
30.0 29.9 34.8 34.5 34.6 29.8
9.4 9.2 12.2 11.0 5.2 6.3
2.4 2.8 2.9
23.1 13.1
12.5 12.2 12.8 12.7 12.5 13.1
31.4
24.5 20.1 22.4 27.1 27.5 31.2
8.3 8.5
16.9 18.5 22.2 28.5 24.9 33.0
13.5 14.7 17.5 21.1 21.0 24.9
17.6 19.9 20.0 18.3 20.7 18.8
7.6 7.5 7.7 6.8 7.6 10.7

7.9 14.9 30.3 33.8

20.9 21.1 22.1 20.6 19.2 14.3
25.4 26.4 23.3

6.2 6.2 6.3 6.7 6.7 7.6

9.8 8.3 8.7 8.7 10.9 14.1
5.8 5.8 5.8 5.9 6.1
0.7 0.8 0.5 0.7 0.6

1.5 1.5 1.9 1.6 1.3 1.7

1.4 1.2 1.1 1.0 0.9 1.0
13.7 13.4 12.4 12.6 13.3

1.2 1.1 0.9 0.8 0.7

2.7 2.9 6.1 5.0 5.0 4.5
2.7 3.4 4.1 3.2 2.9 2.5
7.8 7.0 7.1 7.0

1.8 1.8 1.8 1.8

1.6 2.9

0.2 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.5

0.4 0.3 0.4 0.2 0.2
2.0 3.2
1.8 3.2 2.5 3.3 3.4 2.2
3.5 2.3 1.9 1.9
18.3 17.5 13.8 13.9

5.4 4.4 4.2

 5.1 7.1

0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.2

0.6 0.8
1.7 1.5
0.9
0.6 0.7 0.8
3.5 2.5 2.3
3.0 3.5 3.3 2.9 2.1 2.6
6.2 5.1 4.6 5.6 6.4 6.3
2.1 2.1 2.3 2.5 2.0 1.9
4.8 4.2 4.0 4.1 3.9 3.7
7.7 8.4 7.3 10.3 8.2 10.2
4.8 4.6 4.6 4.1 3.6 4.1
4.9 4.3 3.8 3.4 3.3
3.4 2.8 2.6 2.2 2.8 1.6
1.9 1.9 1.6 1.4
9.0 7.2 6.4 6.2 6.1 5.7
9.3 12.2 9.5 6.2 7.0 11.1
14.0 17.2 12.4 15.2 19.3 18.7
28.5 22.0 24.9
8.3 8.0 8.5 10.7 10.2 10.8
4.3 4.7 3.3 3.7 2.4 3.1
6.3 5.2 4.8 6.8 6.3 5.9
20.0 19.8 20.6 19.2 21.7 22.3
51.8 59.0 63.8 63.5 69.1 66.5

1.3 1.2 1.1 0.8 0.7 0.8

1.1 0.9 0.8 1.2 0.9 1.1

3.7 4.3 3.0 3.3 2.8 2.9
1.7 2.1 1.9 1.9 1.5 1.5
2.4 4.5 2.8 2.6 4.2 3.0
1.1 2.7 1.5 0.8 0.5 0.5
2.9 3.0 3.6 4.0 3.5 3.5
1.1 1.3 1.1 0.7 0.8 0.9
4.8 2.8 3.9 3.1 2.7 2.8
5.7 5.4 4.5 3.4 3.3 2.7
2.0 2.0 1.8 1.3 1.9 2.0
8.5 8.3 9.3 10.4 11.6 10.4
30.8 29.7 28.4 29.3 29.3 27.6
16.3 16.4 15.6 16.0 16.4 17.0
9.0 8.7 8.8 9.3 9.1 9.7
 9.2 11.7 11.2 13.0 13.6

13.0 11.8 11.6 10.0 9.5 8.9

8.6 8.0 8.6 6.9 7.0 7.1
27.0 26.4 26.1 25.8 30.0 29.6
12.4 11.1
 Definition: "Sexual Offences against Children" means crimes of a sexual nature committed aga
rape with a person below the age of consent and other offences related to the sexual exploitati

Region Sub-region II Country/territory

Africa Eastern Africa Kenya
Africa Mauritius
Africa Rwanda
Africa Uganda
Africa Middle Africa Cameroon
Africa Sao Tome and Principe
Africa Northern Africa Algeria
Africa Egypt
Africa Morocco
Africa Southern Africa Botswana
Africa Western Africa Cape Verde
Africa Guinea
Africa Sierra Leone
Americas North America Canada
Americas Caribbean Bahamas
Americas Barbados
Americas Dominican Republic
Americas Grenada
Americas Jamaica
Americas Saint Kitts and Nevis
Americas Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Americas Trinidad and Tobago
Americas Central America Belize
Americas Costa Rica
Americas El Salvador
Americas Guatemala
Americas Honduras
Americas Mexico
Americas Nicaragua
Americas Panama*
Americas South America Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
Americas Chile*
Americas Colombia
Americas Guyana
Americas Paraguay
Americas Peru
Americas Uruguay
Asia Central Asia Kazakhstan
Asia Kyrgyzstan
Asia Tajikistan
Asia Eastern Asia Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China
Asia Japan
Asia Mongolia
Asia Republic of Korea
Asia South-Eastern Asia Philippines
Asia Singapore
Asia Southern Asia India
Asia Maldives
Asia Western Asia Armenia
Asia Azerbaijan
Asia Bahrain
Asia Georgia
Asia Israel
Asia State of Palestine
Asia Syrian Arab Republic
Asia United Arab Emirates
Asia Yemen
Europe Eastern Europe Belarus
Europe Bulgaria
Europe Czech Republic
Europe Hungary
Europe Poland
Europe Republic of Moldova
Europe Romania
Europe Russian Federation
Europe Slovakia
Europe Ukraine
Europe Northern Europe Estonia
Europe Finland
Europe Iceland
Europe Latvia*
Europe Lithuania
Europe Norway
Europe Sweden
Europe United Kingdom (England and Wales)
Europe United Kingdom (Northern Ireland)
Europe Southern Europe Albania
Europe Andorra
Europe Bosnia and Herzegovina
Europe Croatia
Europe Greece
Europe Italy
Europe Malta*
Europe Montenegro
Europe Portugal
Europe Serbia
Europe Slovenia
Europe Spain
Europe The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
Europe Western Europe Austria
Europe Belgium
Europe France
Europe Germany
Europe Liechtenstein
Europe Luxembourg
Europe Netherlands
Europe Switzerland
Oceania Australia and New Zealand New Zealand

Please note that when using the figures, any cross-national comparisons should be conducted with caution because of the diff

* Changes in d
 Total sexual offences agains

sexual nature committed against children (of age as defined in metadata below). It should include child pornography
elated to the sexual exploitation of children.
0
Count
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
1,233 1,067 1,445 1,984 1,849 2,621
256
2,042 1,622
12,545 15,385 12,230 8,635 7,360
333 126 117 131 268 177
1 0 4 2
1,474 1,546 1,637 1,660
109 81 113 88 67 100 90
395 475 1,993 1,554 1,356 1,945 1,521
487

90
695 623
2,693
202 229 268 260 273
35 25 31 40 30 28

48 32 55 48 59
427 493 587 563
23
25 27 29 14 59 62
187 239 445 314 245 296
94
1,805 1,909 2,072 2,380
1,101 1,190 1,454
211 197 160 175 227 247
 2,691 2,509 2,761 2,730 2,577 2,555

203 207 199 119

1,534 1,856 2,064 2,338
845 3,340 1,661 5,322 6,111 7,906 8,792
2,255 3,475 4,906 5,165 4,714 5,383
34 68 20 49 10
1,090 1,152 1,230 1,528
1,914 2,283 2,212 2,469 2,436 2,109

84 101 84 95
12 14 13 10 11 9 16
2 1 2
583 633 621 781 834 752
7,376 6,491 5,845 5,342 4,791 4,386 4,111
187 127 147
963 1,054 1,207 1,007
7,316 7,562 6,320 3,320 3,674 4,320 4,432
441 443 445 410
3,542 4,026 4,721 5,045 5,446 5,368
148 184
35 28 41 20 46 52
174 182 219
63 73
24 34 42 52 67 71
2,950 2,890 2,883 2,846 2,841

17

222
62 62 57 64 66 80
693 627 507 419 341 306 309
1,067 815 884 739 765 802 829
598 368 432 309 295 364 452
1,882 1,683 1,657
79 135 134 140 126 109
588 623
5,981 7,608 9,678 8,805 9,098 10,212
474 454 470 481
375 320 345 350 369 437 331
244 148 260
744 846 946 1,043 1,025 1,321 1,068
 69 21 57 55 79 102
225 558 601 194 375 326 193
171 222 304 333 267 262 271
1,096 1,013 950 1,107 1,087 1,150 1,189
3,346 3,671 3,771 5,866 6,575
4,110 16,078 17,553 16,637 15,532 15,252 17,402
987 972 869 883 883 1,047 988
29 33 49 35 47
6 9 5
32 23 24
231 246 285 262 334 387 335
33 57 45 59 64 64
1,152 1,310 1,372 1,312 1,214
25 29 27
28 16 5 6
716 650 530 609 646 593 668
277 247 223 245 282
196 218 188 173 203 159 199
1,499 2,210 1,581
71 61 79 63
728 588 555 609 555 512
3,354 6,261 3,641 3,963 4,003 3,897 3,794
16,401 14,713 13,598 13,598 13,661 14,281 13,526
16,372 16,218 13,962 12,765 12,772 12,052 11,319
5 6 2
61 80 91 30
1,440 1,505 1,420 1,210 1,220
1,526
1,221 1,507 1,515 1,426 1,439

ed with caution because of the differences that exist between the legal definitions of offences in countries, or the different methods of offe
ual offences against children at the national level, number of police-recorde

d include child pornography offences, procuring a child for prostitution, statutory

Rate per 100,000 po

2010 2011 2012 rate 2003 rate 2004 rate 2005 rate 2006
3,273 3,191 3,387 3.5 3.0 3.9
297 289
1,659 1,782 1,647
7,564 43.7 51.8
1.9 0.7 0.6 0.7
2 5 0.6
1,573 1,728 1,647 4.3
73 57 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.1
2,424 1.3 1.6 6.6 5.1
518 529
65 89 118

3,684 3,804 3,968

267 176 61.4 68.2
21 19 28 12.9 9.1 11.3
42
36 35 45 46.6 31.0
1,422 465 2,065 15.8
27
56 166 23.0 24.8 26.6
285 252 325 14.5 18.4 34.1
71
2,739 2,641 2,606 41.1
1,550 1,437 2,295
1.7 1.6 1.2
 429 2,263
2,365 2,223 2.5 2.3 2.5
874
94 108 91 5.9
3,273 2,854 4,062 16.1
8,706 10,784 11,960 5.3 20.7 10.2 32.2
4,733 5,889 8,012 5.3 8.0 11.2
150 121 56 4.5 8.9
1,885 2,001 1,664 18.1
7.0 8.2 7.9
1,214
100 148 230 0.6
77 45 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.2
2 3 0.0
810 718 659 8.5 9.2 9.0
4,307 4,124 4,356 5.8 5.1 4.6 4.2
144 163
1,179 1,054 1,123 2.0
4,906 5,267 4,582 8.9 9.0 7.4 3.8
456 455 379 9.6
5,484 0.3 0.4 0.4

65 56 84 1.2 0.9 1.4

165 157

76 0.5 0.8 0.9

2,414 2,192 45.6 43.8 42.7
13 13 11

218

0.6 0.6 0.6

263 270 257 8.9 8.1 6.6 5.5
729 754 695 10.5 8.0 8.6 7.2
457 386 353 5.9 3.6 4.3 3.1
1,532 1,533 1,344
191 151 265 2.1 3.6 3.6

9,524 10,624 4.1 5.3 6.7

421 610 543 8.8
259 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.7
18.5
1,102 1,682 1,567 14.3 16.2 18.0 19.8
 23.8 7.2 19.2 18.3
152 133 233 9.8 24.7 27.0 8.8
401 398 358 5.1 6.7 9.2 10.3
1,276 1,316 1,257 24.0 22.1 20.5 23.7
6,905 7,223 7,368 37.1 40.4
17,876 17,365 19,107
1,044 1,021 1,016
38 18 18 0.9 1.0
7 13 18
89 48 41
279 274 201 5.2 5.6 6.5 6.0
70 51 55 0.3 0.5 0.4
1,143 1,315 1,176 2.0 2.2
37 28 24
7 9 7 4.5
778 784 779 6.9 6.2 5.0 5.8
309 232 225 2.8 2.5
244 218 161 9.8 10.9 9.4 8.6
1,299 998 847
77 52 53 3.4
658 695 729 8.9 7.1 6.7
3,929 3,949 3,503 32.3 60.0 34.6 37.4
13,508 13,470 15,894 27.1 24.1 22.1 22.0
11,867 12,444 12,623 19.5 19.3 16.7 15.2
5 9 12
26 23 13.1
995 840 1,045 8.8 9.2
1,133 1,403 1,203
1,512 1,906 1,883 29.5 36.0

es, or the different methods of offence counting and recording.

er of police-recorded offences

Rate per 100,000 population

rate 2007 rate 2008 rate 2009 rate 2010 rate 2011 rate 2012
5.3 4.8 6.6 8.0 7.6 7.8
20.9 24.1 23.4
20.0 15.4 15.3 16.0 14.4
39.8 27.2 22.4 22.3
1.4 0.9
0.0 2.4 1.2 1.1 2.7
4.4 4.6 4.6 4.2 4.6 4.3
0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
4.4 6.3 4.9 7.5
25.0 26.3 26.6
13.3 18.1 23.9
0.9
12.8 11.3
8.0 10.8 11.0 11.4
78.4 74.6 77.0 74.1 48.0
14.5 10.8 10.0 7.5 6.7 9.9
0.4
53.1 46.2 56.6 34.4 33.3 42.7
18.2 21.6 20.6 51.9 16.9 74.6

12.8 54.1 56.8 51.2 151.8

24.0 18.6 22.4 21.5 18.9 24.3
31.2 22.4
42.8 45.7 51.7 58.7 55.7 54.2
18.0 19.3 23.5 24.9 23.0 36.4
1.3 1.7 1.8
 5.5 28.5
2.4 2.2 2.2 2.0 1.9
15.0
5.9 5.6 3.3 2.6 2.9 2.4
19.2 21.0 23.4 32.2 27.6 38.7
36.7 47.0 51.7 50.8 62.3 68.5
11.6 10.4 11.8 10.2 12.5 16.8
2.6 6.3 1.3 19.1 15.3 7.0
18.8 19.7 24.1 29.2 30.4 24.9
8.7 8.5 7.3
35.8
0.7 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.9 1.4
0.2 0.2 0.3 1.4 0.8
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
11.3 12.0 10.7 11.5 10.1 9.2
3.8 3.4 3.2 3.4 3.2 3.4
7.2 4.8 5.5 5.3 5.9
2.2 2.5 2.1 2.4 2.2 2.3
4.1 4.8 4.8 5.3 5.5 4.7
9.4 9.2 8.3 9.0 8.8 7.1
0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5
48.0 58.6
0.7 1.5 1.8 2.2 1.9 2.8
2.0 2.1 2.4 1.8 1.7
6.1 6.5
1.2 1.5 1.6 1.7
41.1 40.0 32.5 29.1
0.3 0.3 0.3
0.1
2.4
1.0
0.7 0.7 0.8
4.5 4.1 4.1 3.6 3.7 3.5
7.4 7.7 7.9 6.9 7.1 6.5
2.9 3.6 4.5 4.6 3.9 3.5
4.9 4.4 4.3 4.0 4.0 3.5
3.8 3.5 3.0 5.3 4.3 7.5
2.7 2.8
6.1 6.3 7.1 6.6 7.4
8.4 8.7 8.9 7.7 11.2 10.0
0.8 0.9 0.7 0.6
11.3 19.9
19.4 24.8 20.0 20.5 31.2 29.0
25.9 33.0
17.3 15.2 9.1 7.3 6.4 11.3
8.4 8.3 8.7 13.1 13.1 11.8
23.0 24.1 24.6 26.1 26.6 25.2
41.2 63.5 70.6 73.6 76.4 77.5

1.5 1.1 1.5 1.2 0.6 0.6

0.8 0.6 0.6 2.3 1.3 1.1

7.6 8.9 7.7 6.4 6.3 4.7
0.5 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5
2.3 2.2 2.0 1.9 2.2 1.9
6.0 6.9 6.4 8.7 6.6 5.6
2.6 0.8 1.0 1.1 1.5 1.1
6.1 5.6 6.3 7.3 7.4 7.3
2.3 2.5 2.9 3.2 2.4 2.4
10.0 7.8 9.7 11.9 10.6 7.8
3.4 4.9 3.5 2.8 2.1 1.8
2.9 3.8 3.0 3.7 2.5 2.5
7.3 6.7 6.1 7.8 8.2 8.6
37.5 36.2 34.9 35.9 35.9 31.7
22.0 22.8 21.5 21.4 21.2 24.9
15.3 14.5 13.6 14.3 15.0 15.2

16.8 18.7 6.0 5.1 4.5

8.6 7.3 7.4 6.0 5.0 6.3
19.7 14.5 17.7 15.0
35.8 33.3 33.3 34.6 43.2 42.2