Between 2016 and 2023, the police recorded every year more complaints of rape against women in France. In 2023, 37,693 cases were recorded, of which more than half were against minor women.

This statistic presents the number of convictions for rape in France, from 2007 to 2021. It reveals that 2021 was the year with one of the highest number of convictions for rape: 1,413 convictions for rape were handed down that year.

In April 2025, over ****** sexual offenses were reported to the police in France. Between 2020 and 2025, the number of reported sexual crimes steadily increased. For instance, around ***** cases were recorded in August 2020, rising to more than ****** by August 2024, the highest monthly total during the period analyzed.

There were 31,050 rapes of female victims reported in France in 2021, with a further 3,937 rapes of male victims. France reported the highest number of rapes in this year among the provided European countries, with Germany reporting the second-highest number, at 9,797 females and 761 males.

In 2022, nearly 600 convictions for rape of persons under 18 years of age were pronounced in France However, this figure is low compared to the number of rapes committed against minors. Indeed, only between January and August of the same year, the police and gendarmerie recorded over 13,000 rapes of minors.

Pedocriminality refers to sexual violence and crimes committed against minors. It includes sexual harassment, sexual assault (touching), and rape (non-consensual penetration). This graph shows the number of cases of sexual assaults on minors recorded monthly by the police and gendarmerie services in France between ************ and ***********. ******** recorded the highest number of reports of sexual assaults on minors in the entire period studied.

In 2020, the public prosecutors' offices of the French courts of first instance dealt with ****** perpetrators for whom the nature of the case involved an offence of sexual violence against a minor or adult (rape, sexual assault and sexual harassment). Among the rape cases, almost ** percent were closed without prosecution. This proportion rose to ***** percent for sexual harassment cases, and more than ** percent of sexual assault cases were dismissed.

In 2023, French authorities recorded more than ****** incidents of sexual violence against women. Almost half of these incidents were sexual assaults, more than ** percent were rapes, and around * percent were sexual harassment. In the case of sexual assaults, almost ** percent of the victims were under 15 years of age at the time of the incident.

This graph presents the number of convictions for rape in France in 2021, distributed by perpetrator age. It reveals that 268 convictions for rape have been handed down against persons aged from 13 to 16 years old in 2021. This was the age group with the second-highest number of convictions.

Pedocriminality refers to sexual violence and crimes committed against minors. It includes sexual harassment, sexual assault (touching) and rape (non-consensual penetration).This graph shows the number of minors who were victims of sexual violence recorded by the security forces in France in 2020, according to their gender and the type of violence. Thus, we observe that among the 39,433 minors who were victims of sexual violence recorded by law enforcement, 80 percent were girls.

In France, the majority of people who reported having been raped as children were women (**** out of five). In addition, it was found that nearly a quarter of those who were raped as minors experienced the abuse between the ages of **** and ****. Five percent of the victims were aged under three years old at the time of the crime. Furthermore, in nearly half of the cases, the person who committed rape(s) against a minor was a close or extended family member.

There are many myths and preconceptions surrounding the issues of rape and sexual assault. In the media and popular culture, much more focus is given to acts committed by unknown perpetrators, however, statistics show that, in France in 2021, fewer than *** percent of sexual attacks were of this nature, and over ** percent of the attackers were known by the victim. Approximately ** percent of rapes or attempted rapes were committed by the victim’s spouse or ex-spouse, while a similar share were committed by another person known to the victim.

In France, in 2022, among the sexual crime cases processed by the judicial system, rape represented more than a quarter of all cases, and rape of a minor represented nearly ** percent. Sexual assaults on minors represented ********* of the total of sexual crimes processed that year.

In 2023, ** percent of the victims of rape or attempted rape recorded by the French security forces were women. The proportion of men among the perpetrators of these crimes was ** percent. Regarding sexual offenses, ** percent of the victims were women, and ** percent of the perpetrators were men. It should also be noted that the older the victims, the more women are represented among them.

When looking at the proportion of people who declared to have been victims of incest in France between 2009 and 2023, it appears that the share of reported victims increased from three to ****** percent over the study period. Regarding the gender of the people who faced this situation, it appears that the majority were female. Meanwhile, in ** percent of the cases, the aggressor was a male relative (father, brother, cousin...)

This graph shows the distribution of people accused for rape committed on adults and minors in Paris between 2013 and 2014, according to their nationality. During this period, nearly ** percent of the accused who raped a minor were French nationals.

In France, in 2021, among male victims of child sexual abuse by a family member, **** percent of them were victims of rape.

The four Nordic countries Sweden, Iceland, Norway, and Denmark are between the five countries with the highest rate of reported sexual violence in Europe in 2022. More than 200 cases per 100,000 inhabitants were reported in Sweden.Please note that reporting varies from country to country, and the willingness of victims to come forward can vary across regions and cultures, therefore a comparison between the countries should be taken with caution.

This bar chart represents the public opinion about the fact that men cannot be victims of rape in France in 2019. It appears that only a combined ** percent of the respondents agreed with that statement.

In 2022, disputes and unaccepted separations were the main motives for the male perpetrators of domestic homicide. 29 men killed their spouses due to an unaccepted separation in that year. Unknown causes were also common, as well as jealousy. The number of women killed by their spouse has fluctuated in France since 2006 but has decreased overall. There were 148 in that year, compared to 118 in 2022. Spikes in the number of deaths of women by their partners were also recorded for the years 2007, 2012, and 2019.