Between 1980 and 2022, around 15 percent of families in the United States reported to have had an event of incest in the family, while around 46 percent of rape victims who were children were raped by someone in their own family. Only 20 percent of incest victims reported the crime to law enforcement.
This statistic shows the rate of sexual assault victims of police-reported family violence in Canada in 2016, distinguished by province. Among all provinces of Canada, 'Nunavut' had the highest rate of sexual assaults by family members with 111 victims per 100,000 population in 2016.
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Between 1980 and 2022, around 15 percent of families in the United States reported to have had an event of incest in the family, while around 46 percent of rape victims who were children were raped by someone in their own family. Only 20 percent of incest victims reported the crime to law enforcement.