HARD FACTS
CHILD PROTECTION
HARD FACTS
TERRIFYING FIGURES
Sexual violence against children is not a marginal phenomena but ubiquitous and a major concern for public health.
4 out of 5
In 82.7 % of cases where a child experience contact sexual abuse from a peer nobody else knew.
20%
20% of children in the UK have experienced severe maltreatment or domestic abuse
50 000
50,000 people in the UK downloaded or shared online images of child abuse (2012)
3.2 billion
The estimated annual cost of sexual abuse in the UK in 3.2 billion GBP (NSPCC)
187 suicides
There were 187 suicides of 15 to 19 years olds in the UK (2014)
85%
85% of child abuse in England remains undetected and the children are not receiving help or treatment (Office of the Children’s Commissioner)
94 %
94% of rapes or attempted rapes are carried out by a person know to the victim (UNICEF, 2016)
22%
22% of teenagers and young adults say they have shared naked pictures of themselves online or via text message.
1 in 3
1 in 3 children sexually abused by an adult didn’t tell anyone at the time
2 out of 3
Two-thirds of child sexual abuse took place within the family environment or the close circle around it
64 children
64 children are sexually abused every day in England and Wales (NSPCC, 2011)
1 in 8
Only one child in every eight facing sexual abuse comes to the attention of the authorities
True stories of abuse
Photo taken & stories recorded by Chris Weiner
“My father penetrated me several times. Sometimes he would do it in front of his partner who touched herself while watching us”
André
abused and raped from age 6 to 15
“Everyday, and for no reason, my grandmother would hit me. With plates. With a radio. With anything she could find. And at night my grandfather would rape me. I was 8 years old.”
Solange
abandoned at 4, beaten from 5, abused at 8
“Years later, when I came to understand what had happened, I woke up one morning with the feeling that I was dead, that my body no longer belonged to me”
Danielle
abused from 5 to 11 years old
“He showed me his penis. I think he put it on my back. The next thing I remember was in front of him and I pulling up my trousers. Between the two I blacked out.”
Emilie
molested at age 4
“I can’t go to the police. I haven’t the strength. I’m afraid nothing will come of it, that I won’t be believed”
Marie
raped around 8 years old
“The problems started when I was around 3. They lasted until I was 11, when my aggressor, my grandfather, died. But it wasn’t just him. At 8 he ‘rented’ me out to three of his friends.”
Odile
abused at 3, prostituted at 8
“My aggressor was behind me, I couldn’t see him, I couldn’t see anything. It was surreal. Because of this I have difficulty picturing the scene, finding words for what happened to me. Since then everything changed. One “cursed” Spring and 40 years of anguish. What happened was so inhuman.”
Sébastien
abused age 11