page_title: Sexual assault
section_title: Prevalence
hierarchical_section_title: Sexual assault / Prevalence
caption_attribution_description: English: Rape and sexual assault rate trends among select countries - Brazil, Russia, Hong Kong (China), India, United States, France, Greece, Italy Rate is per 100,000 people over 2003 to 2011 The trend chart includes rape, attempted rape and sexual assault on women and children for all countries except the United States. For the US, the data does not include sexual crimes against minors. The data for United States is from FBI, US Department of Justice Crime in the United States 1993-2012 Federal Bureau of Investigation, United States Data source: UNODC, Crime against women, Sexual Violence Tables as of July 2013, Crime and criminal justice statistics, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (2013)Português: Crime contra mulheres e crianças, violência sexual, estupro, assalto, estatísticas de taxas de 2003 - 2011Français&#160;: Crime contre les femmes et les enfants, la violence sexuelle, le viol, les agressions, les statistiques des taux de 2003 à 2011Deutsch: Verbrechen gegen Frauen und Kinder, sexuelle Gewalt, Vergewaltigung, Körperverletzung, Zinsstatistik 2003 - 2011Español: Delito contra la mujer y los niños, la violencia sexual, la violación, asalto, estadísticas de los tipos 2003 - 2011
context_page_description: Sexual assault is an act in which a person intentionally sexually touches another person without that person's consent, or coerces or physically forces a person to engage in a sexual act against their will. It is a form of sexual violence, which includes rape, groping, child sexual abuse or the torture of the person in a sexual manner.
context_section_description: A United Nations report compiled from government sources showed that more than 250,000 cases of rape or attempted rape were recorded by police annually. The reported data covered 65 countries.
caption: Reported rates in several countries (UN)
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