Definition: Total 'Sexual violence” means rape and sexual assault; including sexua

Region Region Sub-region II Country/territory

Africa Africa Eastern Africa Kenya
Africa Mauritius
Africa Mozambique
Africa Uganda
Africa Northern Africa Algeria
Africa Egypt
Africa Morocco
Africa Western Africa Cote d'Ivoire
Africa Guinea
Africa Sierra Leone
Americas Americas Caribbean Bahamas
Americas Barbados
Americas Grenada
Americas Jamaica
Americas Saint Kitts and Nevis
Americas Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Americas Trinidad and Tobago
Americas Central America Belize
Americas El Salvador
Americas Guatemala
Americas Mexico
Americas Nicaragua
Americas Panama *
Americas South America Argentina
Americas Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
Americas Chile *
Americas Colombia
Americas Guyana
Americas North America Canada
Asia Asia Central Asia Kyrgyzstan
Asia Tajikistan
Asia Eastern Asia Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China
Asia Japan
Asia Mongolia
Asia Republic of Korea
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 Syrian Arab Republic
Asia Turkey
Asia Yemen
Europe Europe Eastern Europe Belarus
Europe Bulgaria
Europe Czech Republic
Europe Hungary
Europe Poland
Europe Republic of Moldova
Europe Romania
Europe Russian Federation
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 Western Europe Austria
Europe Belgium
Europe France
Europe Germany
Europe Liechtenstein
Europe Luxembourg
Europe Netherlands
Europe Switzerland
Oceania Oceania Australia and New Zealand Australia
Oceania New Zealand
Oceania Melanesia Solomon Islands

Please not Please note that when using the figures, any cross-national comparisons should be conducted with caution bec

* Changes in definitions and/or counting rules are reported by the Member State to indicate a break in the time
 Total sexual violence at the national level, number of police-re

ault; including sexual offences against children

0
Count Rate pe
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2003 2004
2,880 2,590 2,965 3,051 2,719 4,068 8.3
298 297 314 420 384 413 442 432 24.2 23.8
834 789 639 629 640 613 4.1
14,101 17,046 13,461 10,365 8,646 8,645
2,300 2,695
160 145 179 202 232 281 273 0.2 0.2
827 594 929 2,243 2,531 2,559 3,252 2.8 2.0
858 716
33
695 623
439 507 590 557 589 474
174
151 98 153 169 214 150
1,092 1,142 1,220 1,459 1,273 1,206
56 62
193 114 79 74 95 116 84 177.8
633 803 984 901 779 804 48.3
202 130
1,917 2,231
363 314 289 318 158 401 2.9
28,815 28,622 30,906 33,102 32,862 33,815 34,113 27.4
3,626
783 817 877 732 830 1,008
10,557 10,604
1,725 1,753 2,308 2,546 2,978 4,072
6,111 6,921 7,830 7,780 10,477 12,746 38.3 42.9
4,350 4,592 6,811 7,139 6,821 7,670 6,715 10.3
239 229 138 134 105 147
26,128 25,698 26,348 25,242 24,512 25,022 24,821 26,666 82.7 80.4
15 17 16 18 14 13 34 368 0.3 0.3
46 57 35 42 40 37 0.7
 1,392 1,460 1,524 1,821 1,856 1,793 1,836 20.4
12,501 11,360 10,827 10,274 9,430 8,693 8,090 8,316 9.9 9.0
338 323 366 373 347 362
6,531 6,950 7,316 8,755 8,726 9,883 16,156 14.0 14.8
62,801 62,518 65,931 70,421 74,094 71,117 72,746 5.6
342 465
48 51 52 33 63 73 82 1.6
214 223 267 204
145 175
137 112 136 104 100 96 13.5
98 164 229 215 202 163 165 2.2
4,885 4,598 1,107 4,630 4,497 75.5
393 372 422 421 421 509 17.9
132 183
70 85
2,858 2,893 3,020 3,300 2,056 1,850 4.3 4.3
0 71 54 81 72
775 819 672 629 492 497 7.9
1,287 1,175 1,037 911 764 749 726 696 16.4 15.1
5,508 1,909 1,849 1,615 1,689 1,680 1,730 54.0 18.7
560 772 858 653 643 681 728 764 5.5 7.6
3,709 3,294 3,187 3,099
471 393 389 423 474 402 557 12.3
1,565 1,566
14,299 16,381 18,491 20,914 20,182 18,852 17,903 15,770 9.9 11.4
2,180 1,988 1,929 2,114 1,898 1,995 1,698 1,348 4.6 4.2
215 526 402 354 244 368 309 15.9 39.0
1,581 1,765 1,919 2,728 2,326 2,906 2,205 2,417 30.3 33.8
288 281 349 368
1,752 1,801 1,416 1,366 1,407 1,481 2,372 42.9
305 648 721 328 460 416 315 231 13.1 27.9
415 444 558 521 385 368 362 514 12.0 12.9
1,996 1,952 1,960 2,176 2,235 2,296 2,410 2,448 43.8 42.6
10,142 10,419 11,711 12,147 12,563 14,342 15,693 17,167 113.5 116.1
48,732 47,542 47,163 43,738 41,521 40,749 43,439 45,326 92.3 89.6
1,461 1,262 1,410 1,496 1,448 1,579 1,501 1,632 85.8 73.8
7,324 6,558 6,726 6,552 6,331 6,458 6,509 144.2
89 87 101 76 83 79
12 13 6 9
176 170 89 147
549 485 622 610 681 761 658 567 12.3 10.9
899 626 633 639 587 685 713 8.1 5.6
4,020 4,513 4,897 4,893 4,963 4,813
70 80 82 91
32 42 35 43 30 35 5.1 6.7
1,966 1,701 1,619 1,729 1,810 2,251 2,556 2,206 18.8 16.2
 532 457 419 436 455 493
145 369 311 286 363 276 345 375 7.3 18.5
10,348 11,558 10,684 9,958
2,004 1,674 1,738 1,793 1,678 1,682 1,971 24.5
5,565 6,047 6,452 6,459 6,385 6,440 6,491 54.0
25,802 26,238 23,868 22,864 23,247 24,031 23,253 42.9 43.3
54,632 57,306 55,203 52,231 56,281 56,784 49,084 46,869 66.2 69.4
17 7 18 12 18 11 3 6 50.0 20.4
205 592 353
12,700 12,555 11,315 10,440 10,060 9,090
6,648 6,321
6,382 6,343 6,378
2,465 2,823 2,788 2,732 2,826 2,913
319 204 231 139 122 69.8

nducted with caution because of the differences that exist between the legal definitions of offences in countries, or the different metho

ndicate a break in the time series.

ber of police-recorded offences

Rate per 100,000 population

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
7.3 8.1 8.1 7.1 10.3
25.0 33.2 30.1 32.2 34.2 33.3
3.8 3.0 2.9 2.9 2.7
49.6 58.0 44.4 33.1 26.7 25.9
6.8 7.8
0.2 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.3
3.1 7.3 8.2 8.2 10.3
4.6 3.8
0.4
12.7 11.1
137.5 156.4 179.4 166.9 174.1 138.2
63.8
147.0 95.1 148.0 162.9 205.6 143.6
40.7 42.4 45.0 53.6 46.6 44.0
108.2 118.3
104.8 72.5 67.9 87.0 106.2 76.8
61.0 74.5 68.0 58.5 60.2
66.1 41.7
31.1 36.0
2.5 2.2 2.4 1.2 2.9
26.9 28.7 30.3 29.7 30.2 30.1
62.6
24.2 24.8 26.2 21.5 24.0 28.7
26.8 26.7
18.9 18.8 24.4 26.5 30.5 41.0
48.0 47.2 63.0 75.9
10.7 15.6 16.1 15.2 16.8 14.5
32.0 30.6 18.4 17.8 13.9 19.5
81.6 77.4 74.3 75.1 73.7 78.4
0.3 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.6 6.9
0.9 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.5
 21.4 22.3 26.5 26.8 25.7 26.0
8.6 8.1 7.5 6.9 6.4 6.6
13.3 12.5 13.9 14.0 12.8 13.1
15.6 18.5 18.4 20.7 33.7
5.5 5.7 6.0 6.2 5.9 5.9
112.7 151.2
1.7 1.7 1.1 2.0 2.4 2.7
2.4 2.5 2.9 2.2
15.7 16.6
10.8 13.0 9.8 9.3 8.8
3.7 5.2 4.9 4.6 3.7 3.8
69.6 16.4 66.9 63.4
16.4 17.9 17.2 16.5 19.2
5.2 6.9
0.4 0.4
4.4 4.8 2.9 2.6
0.0 0.3 0.2 0.4 0.3
8.3 6.9 6.5 5.1 5.2
13.4 11.8 10.0 9.9 9.6 9.3
18.1 15.7 16.4 16.2 16.6
8.5 6.5 6.4 6.8 7.3 7.7
9.7 8.6 8.3 8.1
10.4 10.5 11.5 13.0 11.2 15.6
7.2 7.3
12.9 14.6 14.1 13.2 12.5 11.0
4.1 4.5 4.1 4.3 3.7 3.0
29.9 26.3 18.2 27.4 23.0
36.6 51.8 44.0 54.7 41.3 45.1
97.1 93.4 114.2 118.5
43.3 33.5 31.8 32.3 33.6 53.1
31.3 14.3 20.2 18.3 13.9 10.3
16.3 15.3 11.4 11.0 10.8 15.5
42.4 46.6 47.3 48.0 49.9 50.1
129.7 133.6 137.1 155.3 168.5 183.0
88.3 81.4 76.8 74.8 79.3 82.1
81.8 85.9 82.3 89.0 83.9 90.7
128.7 131.4 127.4 122.5 124.3 124.6
2.8 2.8 3.2 2.4 2.6 2.5
14.7 15.7 7.2 10.6
4.7 4.5 2.4 3.9
14.0 13.8 15.4 17.2 14.9 12.9
5.7 5.7 5.2 6.1 6.3
6.9 7.6 8.2 8.2 8.2 7.9
17.0 19.3 19.7 21.8
5.6 6.9 4.8 5.6
15.4 16.3 17.1 21.2 24.0 20.7
 5.4 4.6 4.3 4.4 4.6 5.0
15.5 14.3 18.0 13.7 17.0 18.5
23.2 25.6 23.4 21.6
20.3 21.0 21.6 20.1 20.1 23.5
58.1 61.6 61.3 60.2 60.4 60.6
39.1 37.3 37.7 38.7 37.2
66.9 63.3 68.2 68.8 59.6 56.9
51.9 34.3 51.0 31.0 8.4 16.7
44.0 124.4 72.5
77.9 76.7 68.8 63.3 60.8 54.7
87.2 82.5
29.7 29.0 28.6
59.6 67.5 65.9 63.9 65.4 66.7
43.4 47.8 28.0 23.9

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

 Rape at the n

Definition: “Rape” means sexual intercourse without valid consent

Region Sub-region II Country/territory 2003

Africa Eastern Africa Kenya
Mauritius 53
Mozambique
Uganda 537
Zimbabwe 3,858
Middle Africa Cameroon 451
Northern Africa Algeria 723
Egypt 20
Morocco 618
Sudan
Southern Africa Botswana
Lesotho
Swaziland 785
Western Africa Guinea
Senegal
Sierra Leone
Americas Caribbean Bahamas
Barbados
Grenada
Jamaica
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Trinidad and Tobago
Central America Belize
Costa Rica 576
El Salvador
Guatemala
Mexico
Nicaragua
Panama *
South America Argentina
 Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
Chile 1,658
Colombia
Ecuador 1,488
Guyana
Paraguay
Peru 5,991
Suriname 186
Uruguay 297
Bermuda 36
North America Canada 531
United States of America 93,883
Asia Central Asia Kazakhstan
Kyrgyzstan 296
Tajikistan
Turkmenistan 37
Eastern Asia Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China 70
Japan 2,472
Mongolia 386
Republic of Korea 5,899
South-Eastern Asia Brunei Darussalam 24
Philippines 3,084
Singapore 110
Thailand
Southern Asia Bangladesh
India
Maldives 2
Nepal
Sri Lanka 1,378
Western Asia Armenia 3
Azerbaijan 49
Bahrain 19
Cyprus 32
Georgia 52
Israel
Jordan
Kuwait
Lebanon
Occupied Palestinian Territory 85
Oman
Qatar 11
Syrian Arab Republic 131
Turkey 1,604
United Arab Emirates 44
Yemen
Europe Eastern Europe Belarus 432
 Bulgaria 611
Czech Republic 646
Hungary 535
Poland 2,322
Republic of Moldova 272
Romania 983
Russian Federation 8,185
Slovakia 233
Ukraine 1,048
Northern Europe Denmark 472
Estonia 107
Finland 573
Iceland 69
Ireland 370
Latvia 123
Lithuania 278
Norway 706
Sweden 2,235
United Kingdom (England and Wales) 13,272
United Kingdom (Northern Ireland) 364
United Kingdom (Scotland) 794
Southern Europe Albania
Andorra
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Croatia 213
Greece 231
Italy 2,744
Malta * 11
Montenegro
Portugal 392
Serbia
Slovenia 70
Spain
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
Western Europe Austria
Belgium 2,850
France 10,408
Germany 8,766
Liechtenstein 0
Luxembourg
Monaco 1
Netherlands 1,700
Switzerland * 547
Oceania Australia and New Zeal Australia 18,237
New Zealand
Melanesia Solomon Islands
Please note that when using the figures, any cross-national comparisons should be conducted with caution because of the

* Changes in definitions and/or counting rules are reported by the Member State to indicate a break in the time series.
Rape at the national level, number of police-recorded offences

0
Count Rate per 10
2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2003 2004
1,440 1,365 1,291 876 735 847 4.1
40 38 64 77 69 57 51 4.3 3.2
102 64 46 41 47 44 0.5
549 732 750 599 1,536 619 709 2.0 2.0
4,997 4,790 4,967 4,762 3,186 30.6 39.7
555 592 580 447 2.7 3.2
630 376 495 836 812 2.3 1.9
21 44 48 63 87 0.0 0.0
453 475 1,063 1,215 1,130 1,507 2.1 1.5
1,189
1,754 1,865
1,797 1,878 1,777
849 72.1 77.5
92
301 159 167 416 710 693
135 79
87 72 135 118 109 78
68
23 22 30 31 57 32
695 668
16 15
66 87 50 60 36 54 28 60.8
305 334 259 317 236 247 23.3
48 44 30 21
600 543 485 1,685 13.8 14.2
1,185 1,140 756 681
363 314 289 318 385 401 2.9
13,650 13,550 13,894 14,199 14,078 14,850 14,993 13.0
1,322 1,524 1,829
629 771 792 855 713 809 996 19.8
3,154 3,264 3,276 3,367
 1,137 1,137 1,437 1,596 1,989 2,587
1,845 1,974 2,034 1,980 2,233 10.4 11.4
1,188 2,627 3,347 3,379 3,380 3,540 3,149 2.8
1,246 1,499 1,484 11.5 9.4
62 117
387 359
5,721 6,268 6,569 7,208 7,560 6,751 22.3 21.0
223 38.2 45.2
327 8.9 9.8
43 56.6 67.3
587 565 570 528 490 471 576 1.7 1.8
95,089 94,347 94,472 92,610 90,750 89,241 84,767 32.2 32.3
1,583 1,584 1,514 1,298
278 298 271 300 303 303 314 5.9 5.5
53 54 56 47 55 36 0.8
36 27 27 0.8 0.8
92 99 96 107 105 136 112 1.0 1.4
2,176 2,076 1,948 1,766 1,582 1,402 1,289 2.0 1.7
378 320 314 355 354 332 342 15.5 15.0
6,321 12.7 13.5
26 24 28 6.9 7.3
2,918 2,962 2,584 2,409 2,585 5,813 3.7 3.5
103 124 118 2.7 2.5
5,071 5,308 5,152 4,641 4,676 4,636
11,291 11,682
18,233 18,359 19,348 20,737 21,467 21,397 22,172 1.6
1 5 9 0.7 0.3
191 210
1,432 7.1 7.3
9 15 7 5 15 15 11 0.1 0.3
25 44 35 34 25 35 16 0.6 0.3
27 25 17 21 36 2.9 4.0
41 39 29 19 34 27 3.2 4.0
62 141 167 156 100 84 82 1.1 1.4
1,319 1,223 1,291 1,270 1,243 20.4
78 110
98 108 125 137 120 119 4.5
39 19
98 105 2.5 2.8
132 183
13 1.7 1.8
97 135 112 125 156 0.7 0.5
1,638 1,694 1,783 1,148 1,071 2.4 2.4
52 62 72 1.3 1.4
95 95 125 158 176
386 483 353 336 240 218 4.4 3.9
 529 403 310 225 262 246 211 7.8 6.8
687 596 530 637 529 480 6.3 6.7
267 264 206 215 214 228 246 5.3 2.6
2,176 1,987 2,001 1,827 1,611 1,530 1,567 6.1 5.7
297 280 268 281 306 264 368 7.0 7.8
953 1,013 1,116 1,047 1,016 1,007 4.5 4.4
8,848 9,222 8,871 7,038 6,208 5,398 4,907 5.6 6.1
224 200 174 182 152 142 4.3 4.1
964 924 993 878 880 758 635 2.2 2.0
562 475 527 492 396 352 8.8 10.4
121 179 153 122 160 124 81 7.9 9.0
595 593 613 739 915 660 818 11.0 11.4
51 75 72 87 68 78 23.8 17.4
409 451 371 357 348 377 479 9.2 10.0
319 251 129 93 100 69 78 5.3 13.8
260 265 253 200 164 149 208 8.1 7.6
739 798 840 945 944 998 938 15.5 16.1
2,261 3,787 4,208 4,749 5,446 5,937 5,960 25.0 25.2
14,013 14,443 13,774 12,673 13,096 15,084 15,934 25.1 26.4
360 345 447 389 368 422 498 21.4 21.0
900 975 922 908 821 884 15.7 17.7
49 40 41 39 34 24
2 2 0 1
39 40 44 35 29 46
165 142 187 162 188 129 141 4.8 3.7
240 177 182 185 232 213 215 2.1 2.2
3,734 4,020 4,513 4.7 6.4
13 7 17 10 19 12 11 2.7 3.2
8 11
338 365 341 305 314 377 424 3.7 3.2
89 115 105 123 111 72
87 58 55 97 57 79 63 3.5 4.4
2,140 2,102 2,530 2,437 2,051 1,578
93 103
687 678 700 710 693 779 875 8.4
2,944 3,029 3,194 3,232 3,126 2,953 2,991 27.7 28.4
10,506 9,993 9,784 10,132 10,277 10,108 17.3 17.3
8,831 8,133 8,118 7,511 7,292 7,314 7,724 10.6 10.7
1 4 2 1 3 0 0 0.0 2.9
40 44 57
3 2 2.8
1,800 2,485 2,385 2,095 1,920 1,850 1,530 10.5 11.1
573 646 639 648 612 666 543 7.5 7.8
91.9
994 1,183 1,143 1,130 1,128 1,129
170 65 79 61 56 37.2
with caution because of the differences that exist between the legal definitions of offences in countries, or the different methods of off

break in the time series.

ed offences

Rate per 100,000 population

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
3.8 3.5 2.3 1.9 2.1
3.0 5.1 6.0 5.4 4.4 3.9
0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
2.6 2.6 2.0 4.9 1.9 2.1
38.1 39.6 38.2 25.6
3.4 3.2 2.4
1.1 1.5 2.5 2.4
0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
1.6 3.5 3.9 3.6 4.8
2.9
88.5 92.9
85.3 88.3 82.7

1.0
2.8 1.4 1.5 3.5 5.9 5.6
2.5 1.4
27.2 22.2 41.1 35.4 32.2 22.7
24.9
22.4 21.4 29.0 29.9 54.8 30.6
25.5 24.4
30.9 28.6
80.0 45.9 55.0 33.0 49.4 25.6
25.4 19.6 23.9 17.7 18.5
17.1 15.3 9.8 6.7
12.6 11.1 36.7
19.6 18.8 12.3 11.0
2.5 2.2 2.4 2.8 2.9
12.7 12.9 13.0 12.7 13.3 13.2
24.4 27.7 31.6
23.8 24.0 25.5 20.9 23.4 28.3
8.2 8.4 8.3 8.5
12.4 12.2 15.2 16.6 20.4 26.1
12.1 12.4 11.9 13.3
6.1 7.7 7.6 7.5 7.8 6.8
11.2 10.9
8.2 15.5
6.6 6.0
22.7 23.6 25.6 26.6 23.5

1.8 1.7 1.6 1.5 1.4 1.7

31.8 31.5 30.6 29.8 29.0 27.3
10.4 10.3 9.8 8.3
5.9 5.3 5.8 5.8 5.7 5.9
0.8 0.9 0.7 0.8 0.5
0.6 0.6
1.5 1.4 1.6 1.5 1.9 1.6
1.6 1.5 1.4 1.3 1.1 1.0
12.6 12.2 13.5 13.3 12.2 12.4

6.6 7.6
3.5 3.0 2.7 2.9 6.3
2.9 2.7
7.6 7.9 7.6 6.8 6.8 6.7
8.0 8.2
1.6 1.7 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.8
1.6 2.9
0.7 0.8

0.5 0.2 0.2 0.5 0.5 0.4

0.5 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.2
3.4 2.1 2.3 3.4
3.8 2.8 1.8 3.2 2.5
3.1 3.8 3.5 2.3 1.9 1.9
18.5 19.1 18.4 17.5
1.5 2.0
4.8 5.3 5.6 4.7 4.5
1.0 0.5
3.0
5.2 6.9

0.7 0.6 0.6 0.8

2.5 2.6 1.6 1.5
1.5 1.5
0.5 0.4 0.6 0.7 0.8
4.9 3.6 3.5 2.5 2.3
 5.2 4.0 2.9 3.5 3.3 2.8
5.8 5.2 6.2 5.1 4.6
2.6 2.0 2.1 2.1 2.3 2.5
5.2 5.2 4.8 4.2 4.0 4.1
7.4 7.2 7.7 8.4 7.3 10.3
4.7 5.1 4.8 4.7 4.7
6.4 6.2 4.9 4.3 3.8 3.4
3.7 3.2 3.4 2.8 2.6
2.0 2.1 1.9 1.9 1.7 1.4
8.8 9.7 9.0 7.2 6.4
13.3 11.4 9.1 11.9 9.2 6.0
11.3 11.6 14.0 17.2 12.4 15.2
25.3 23.9 28.5 21.9 24.7
10.8 8.8 8.3 8.0 8.5 10.7
10.9 5.6 4.1 4.4 3.1 3.5
7.8 7.4 5.9 4.9 4.5 6.3
17.3 18.0 20.0 19.8 20.6 19.2
41.9 46.3 51.8 59.0 63.8 63.5
27.0 25.6 23.4 24.0 27.5 28.8
20.0 25.7 22.1 20.7 23.6 27.7
19.1 18.0 17.7 15.9 17.0
1.6 1.3 1.3 1.2 1.1 0.7
2.5 2.4 0.0 1.2
1.0 1.1 1.2 0.9 0.8 1.2
3.2 4.2 3.7 4.3 2.9 3.2
1.6 1.6 1.6 2.1 1.9 1.9
6.9 7.6
1.7 4.1 2.4 4.6 2.9 2.6
1.3 1.8
3.5 3.2 2.9 3.0 3.5 4.0
0.9 1.2 1.1 1.2 1.1 0.7
2.9 2.7 4.8 2.8 3.9 3.1
4.9 4.8 5.7 5.4 4.5 3.4
4.6 5.0
8.2 8.5 8.5 8.3 9.3 10.4
29.1 30.5 30.7 29.5 27.7 27.9
16.4 15.9 16.4 16.5 16.2
9.9 9.8 9.1 8.8 8.9 9.4
11.5 5.7 2.8 8.4 0.0 0.0
8.6 9.2 11.7
8.5 5.7
15.2 14.6 12.7 11.6 11.2 9.2
8.7 8.6 8.6 8.1 8.7 7.1

24.0 28.3 27.0 26.4 26.1 25.8

13.8 16.4 12.3 11.0
or the different methods of offence counting and recording.
 Total sexual o

Definition: 'Sexual offences against children' means crimes of sexual nature committed agains

Region Sub-region II Country/territory 2003

Africa Eastern Africa Kenya
Mauritius
Uganda
Middle Africa Cameroon 333
Northern Africa Algeria
Egypt 109
Morocco 395
Southern Africa Botswana
Western Africa Guinea
Sierra Leone
Americas Caribbean Bahamas
Barbados
Grenada
Jamaica
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Trinidad and Tobago
Central America Belize
El Salvador
Guatemala
Mexico
Nicaragua
Panama *
South America Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
Chile * 845
Colombia
Guyana
Peru
North America Canada 55
Asia Central Asia Kyrgyzstan 12
Eastern Asia Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China
Japan 7,376
 Mongolia * 5
South-Eastern Asia Philippines 7,316
Southern Asia India
Maldives
Western Asia Armenia
Azerbaijan
Bahrain
Georgia
Israel
Syrian Arab Republic
Yemen
Europe Eastern Europe Belarus
Bulgaria 693
Czech Republic 1,067
Hungary 598
Poland
Republic of Moldova
Romania
Russian Federation * 203
Ukraine 375
Northern Europe Estonia
Finland 744
Iceland 69
Latvia * 225
Lithuania 171
Norway 1,096
Sweden * 466
United Kingdom (England and Wales) 4,110
United Kingdom (Northern Ireland) 987
Southern Europe Albania
Andorra
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Croatia 231
Greece
Italy
Malta *
Montenegro
Portugal 716
Serbia
Slovenia 196
Spain
Western Europe Austria
Belgium 3,354
France 16,401
Germany 16,372
Liechtenstein
 Luxembourg
Netherlands
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

* Changes in definitions and/or counting rules are reported by the Member State to indicate a break in the time series.
 Total sexual offences against children at the national level, number of p

nature committed against minors of age as defined

0
Count Rate per
2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2003 2004
1,233 1,067 1,445 1,984 1,849 2,621 3.6
256 297
12,545 15,385 12,230 8,635 7,360 7,564
126 117 131 268 177 2.0 0.7
614 789
81 113 97 67 102 88 0.2 0.1
475 1,993 1,554 1,356 1,945 1,521 1.3 1.6
487 518
90
695 623
202 229 268 260 273 214
28
48 32 55 48 59 36
1,422
23 27
25 27 29 14 59 62 56 23.0
187 239 451 316 205 278 14.3
94
1,454 1,550
211 197 160 175 227 247 1.7
2,691 2,509 2,761 2,730 2,577 2,555 2,365 2.6
874
12 25 22 19 21 12
777 808 985 1,162 1,429 1,996
3,340 1,661 5,322 6,111 7,906 8,792 8,706 5.3 20.7
2,255 3,475 4,906 5,165 4,710 5,378 4,720 5.3
34 68 20 49 10 150
1,914 2,283 2,212 2,469 2,436 2,109 7.0
54 52 188 542 1,435 2,693 3,648 0.2 0.2
14 13 10 11 9 16 77 0.2 0.3
583 633 621 781 834 752 810 8.6
6,491 5,845 5,342 4,791 4,386 4,111 4,307 5.8 5.1
 187 127 147 144 0.2
7,562 6,320 6,114 8,688 8,588 8.9 9.0
3,542 4,026 4,721 5,045 5,446 5,368 5,484 0.3
148 184
35 28 41 20 46 52 65 1.1
174 182 219 165
63 73
24 34 42 52 67 71 76 0.5
2,950 2,890 2,883 2,846 2,841 45.6
17
222
62 62 57 64 66 80 0.6
627 507 419 341 306 309 263 8.8 8.0
815 884 739 765 802 829 10.5 8.0
368 432 309 295 364 452 457 5.9 3.6
1,882 1,683 1,657 1,532
79 135 134 140 126 109 191 2.1
588 623
5,981 7,608 9,678 8,805 9,098 10,212 9,524 0.1 4.1
320 345 350 369 437 331 259 0.8 0.7
244 148 260
846 946 1,043 1,025 1,321 1,068 1,102 14.3 16.2
21 57 55 79 102 23.8 7.2
558 601 194 375 326 193 152 9.6 24.1
222 304 333 247 222 236 324 5.0 6.5
1,013 950 1,107 1,087 1,150 1,189 1,276 24.0 22.1
3,346 3,671 3,771 5,866 6,575 6,905 5.2
16,078 17,553 16,637 15,479 15,237 17,452 7.8 30.3
972 869 883 883 1,047 988 1,044 58.0 56.8
29 33 49 35 47 38
6 8 5 6
32 23 24 89
246 285 262 334 387 335 279 5.2 5.5
33 57 51 63 71 50 0.3
1,152 1,310 1,372 1,312 1,214 1,143
25 29 27 37
6 10
650 530 609 646 593 668 778 6.8 6.2
277 247 223 245 282 309
218 188 173 203 159 199 244 9.8 10.9
1,499 2,210 1,581 1,299
728 588 555 609 555 512 658 8.9
6,261 3,641 3,931 3,918 3,786 3,643 3,637 32.6 60.5
14,713 13,598 13,598 14,281 13,526 13,508 27.3 24.3
16,218 13,962 12,765 12,772 12,052 11,319 11,867 19.8 19.7
5 6 2 5
 61 80 91
1,440 1,505 1,420 1,240 1,195 950
1,526 1,133
1,221 1,507 1,515 1,426 1,439 1,512

with caution because of the differences that exist between the legal definitions of offences in countries, or the different methods of o

a break in the time series.

el, number of police-recorded offences

Rate per 100,000 population

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
3.0 4.0 5.3 4.8 6.6
19.8 22.9
44.1 52.4 40.3 27.6 22.7 22.6
0.7 0.7 1.5 0.9
1.8 2.3
0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
6.6 5.1 4.4 6.2 4.8
24.6 25.8
1.0
12.7 11.1
63.3 70.7 81.5 77.9 80.7 62.4
10.3
46.7 31.1 53.2 46.3 56.7 34.5
51.9
44.4 51.5
24.8 26.6 12.8 54.0 56.7 51.2
18.2 34.2 23.8 15.4 20.8
30.8
23.6 25.0
1.5 1.2 1.3 1.7 1.8
2.4 2.6 2.5 2.3 2.3 2.1
15.1
0.4 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.3
8.5 8.7 10.4 12.1 14.6 20.1
10.2 32.3 36.7 47.1 51.9 50.9
8.1 11.2 11.6 10.5 11.8 10.2
4.6 9.1 2.7 6.5 1.3 19.9
8.3 7.9 8.8 8.6 7.3
0.2 0.6 1.6 4.3 8.0 10.7
0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 1.4
9.3 9.1 11.4 12.0 10.8 11.5
4.6 4.2 3.8 3.5 3.2 3.4
 7.1 4.8 5.4 5.2
7.4 7.0 9.8 9.5
0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.4
48.8 59.8
0.9 1.3 0.7 1.5 1.7 2.1
2.0 2.0 2.4 1.8
6.8 6.9
0.8 0.9 1.2 1.5 1.6 1.7
43.8 42.7 41.1 40.1
0.1
1.0
0.6 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.8
6.6 5.4 4.5 4.0 4.1 3.5
8.6 7.2 7.4 7.7 7.9
4.3 3.1 2.9 3.6 4.5 4.6
4.9 4.4 4.3 4.0
3.6 3.6 3.8 3.5 3.0 5.3
2.7 2.9
5.3 6.7 6.1 6.4 7.1 6.7
0.7 0.8 0.8 1.0 0.7 0.6
18.2 11.0 19.4
18.0 19.8 19.4 24.8 20.0 20.5
19.2 18.3 25.8 32.8
26.1 8.5 16.4 14.4 8.5 6.7
8.9 9.8 7.3 6.6 7.1 9.7
20.5 23.7 23.0 24.1 24.6 26.1
37.1 40.4 41.2 63.5 70.6 73.6
32.9 31.0 28.6 28.0 31.8
50.4 50.7 50.2 59.0 55.2 58.0
0.9 1.0 1.5 1.1 1.5 1.2
7.4 9.7 6.0 7.1
0.8 0.6 0.6 2.4
6.4 5.9 7.5 8.8 7.6 6.3
0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.4
2.0 2.2 2.3 2.2 2.0 1.9
6.1 7.0 6.5 8.9
1.0 1.6
5.0 5.8 6.1 5.6 6.3 7.3
2.8 2.5 2.3 2.5 2.9 3.1
9.4 8.6 10.1 7.9 9.8 12.0
3.4 4.9 3.5 2.8
7.1 6.7 7.3 6.7 6.1 7.8
35.0 37.5 37.2 35.7 34.2 34.0
22.3 22.2 23.1 21.8 21.6
16.9 15.5 15.5 14.6 13.7 14.4
14.2 16.9 5.6 13.9
 13.1 16.8 18.7
8.8 9.2 8.6 7.5 7.2 5.7
20.0 14.8
29.5 36.0 35.8 33.3 33.3 34.6

r the different methods of offence counting and recording.