"The ONS head of crime statistics, Meghan Elkin, said: Child abuse is appalling in all its forms and affects some of the most vulnerable in society, but it is also something that is little discussed or understood. Today's figures estimate around three in 10 people aged 18 years and over experienced abuse during childhood, and are vitally important in supporting decision-making for what is often a hidden crime."
"Anna Edmundson, the head of policy at the NSPCC, said the charity was working with the ONS to develop a new survey that would help better understand child abuse prevalence alongside this new data from adults. Clearer insights into how safe children are, and have been, are vital to ensuring governments understand where to target support and funding to prevent and tackle child abuse, she said."
31.5% of women and 26.4% of men experienced some form of childhood abuse in England and Wales, totaling about 13.6 million people. Emotional abuse was most common (22.7%), followed by physical abuse (16.5%), sexual abuse (9.1%) and neglect (7.6%). Around 7.5 million women and 6.1 million men reported childhood abuse, with higher rates for women across all types except physical. Sexual abuse showed the largest gender gap: 13.9% of women versus 4.1% of men. Most child sexual abuse perpetrators were male. Improved prevalence data and new surveys aim to guide prevention and support targeting.
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