Rape and sexual offences
3 questions, with yearly data from 1975 to 2025.
Questions
| Question | Years | Trust |
|---|---|---|
| Does Sweden have more rapes than the rest of Europe?92.61 rapes reported to police per 100,000 people, 2025 | 1975–2025 | 63 Moderate |
| How many rapes are reported to police in each country, and who are the suspects?152 countries rapes recorded by police per 100,000 people | 1980–2025 | 68 Moderate |
| Who commits rape and sexual assault in the US, as victims describe the offender?80.5 % of rape or sexual assault victimizations in which the victim described the offender as male, 2024 | 1996–2024 | 63 Moderate |
Longest trends (1)
The longest yearly series on each page, from the source that counts most. Hover or use arrow keys for each year.
- Rapes reported to police in Sweden per 100,000 people, 2025
rapes reported to police per 100,000 people, 1975–2025, Brå
Who publishes what (34 countries, 4 breakdowns)
Years this site has for each country and breakdown. "Stopped" means the country's figures in the UN homicide file stop after that year while its totals continue (reporting gaps). An empty cell means no source on this site, not that none exists.
| Country | Offenders by sex | Offenders by age | Offenders by ethnicity or race | Victims by sex |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USA | 1996–2024 | 1996–2024 | 1996–2024 | 1996–2024 |
| Andorra | Stopped after 2015, totals to 2020 | – | – | – |
| Armenia | Stopped after 2018, totals to 2024 | – | – | – |
| Azerbaijan | Stopped after 2017, totals to 2024 | – | – | – |
| Cabo Verde | Stopped after 2015, totals to 2020 | – | – | – |
| Cayman Islands | – | – | – | Stopped after 2014, totals to 2020 |
| DEU | 2008–2024 | – | – | – |
| DNK | 2015–2024 | – | – | – |
| Dominican Republic | Stopped after 2020, totals to 2024 | – | – | – |
| Egypt | Stopped after 2011, totals to 2017 | – | – | – |
| ESP | 2009–2024 | – | – | – |
| FIN | 2008–2024 | – | – | – |
| FRA | 2008–2024 | – | – | – |
| French Guiana | – | – | – | Stopped after 2009, totals to 2020 |
| Georgia | Stopped after 2010, totals to 2019 | – | – | – |
| Guadeloupe | – | – | – | Stopped after 2009, totals to 2016 |
| Liechtenstein | Stopped after 2016, totals to 2024 | – | – | – |
| Montserrat | – | – | – | Stopped after 2012, totals to 2018 |
| Myanmar | Stopped after 2015, totals to 2022 | – | – | – |
| NLD | 2008–2024 | – | – | – |
| North Macedonia | Stopped after 2014, totals to 2024 | – | – | – |
| POL | 2009–2023 · Stopped after 2015, totals to 2024 | – | – | – |
| Republic of Moldova | Stopped after 2014, totals to 2024 | – | – | – |
| Russian Federation | Stopped after 2020, totals to 2024 | – | – | – |
| Seychelles | – | – | – | Stopped after 2014, totals to 2022 |
| Sri Lanka | Stopped after 2016, totals to 2022 | – | – | – |
| SWE | 2008–2024 | – | – | – |
| Tajikistan | Stopped after 2011, totals to 2020 | – | – | – |
| Trinidad and Tobago | Stopped after 2020, totals to 2024 | – | – | – |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | – | – | – | Stopped after 2014, totals to 2024 |
| Uganda | Stopped after 2014, totals to 2024 | – | – | – |
| Ukraine | – | – | – | Stopped after 2017, totals to 2021 |
| United Republic of Tanzania | Stopped after 2015, totals to 2024 | – | – | – |
| Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | – | – | – | Stopped after 2017, totals to 2023 |
Recorded changes in how sources report (43)
- 2025, BJS NCVS: BJS moved fully to the redesigned NCVS-R in January 2025 and says its estimates are not comparable with the legacy survey, so this series ends in 2024. source · page
- 2024, Eurostat: Eurostat's note: Switzerland revised its sexual criminal law in 2024, which could affect the figures (Eurostat crim_sims). source · page
- 2024, UNODC: Eurostat's note: Switzerland revised its sexual criminal law in 2024, which could affect the figures (Eurostat crim_sims). source · page
- 2024, BJS NCVS: About half of 2024 households got the redesigned questionnaire; the 2024 data here come from the legacy half-sample only, which BJS says gives more variation and higher standard errors. source · page
- 2023, Eurostat: Act 723/2022 amending the Criminal Code, in force 1 January 2023. Eurostat's note: before 2023 rape was defined "with the use of force or threat to use force", from 2023 "with the use of force or without consent"; the counting method was also revised to include reports the police decided were not an offence (Eurostat crim_sims). source · page
- 2023, UNODC: Act 723/2022 amending the Criminal Code, in force 1 January 2023. Eurostat's note: before 2023 rape was defined "with the use of force or threat to use force", from 2023 "with the use of force or without consent"; the counting method was also revised to include reports the police decided were not an offence (Eurostat crim_sims). source · page
- 2023, Eurostat: Eurostat's note: from the 2023 data, Spain's rape figure includes sexual assaults with penetration and sexual abuse with penetration, after Organic Law 10/2022 (Eurostat crim_sims). source · page
- 2023, UNODC: Eurostat's note: from the 2023 data, Spain's rape figure includes sexual assaults with penetration and sexual abuse with penetration, after Organic Law 10/2022 (Eurostat crim_sims). source · page
- 2022, Eurostat: Organic Law 10/2022 on sexual freedom, in force 7 October 2022: sexual aggression is any act against sexual freedom "without consent", and consent exists only when freely expressed. source · page
- 2022, UNODC: Organic Law 10/2022 on sexual freedom, in force 7 October 2022: sexual aggression is any act against sexual freedom "without consent", and consent exists only when freely expressed. source · page
- 2021, Eurostat: Consent-based law (Act no. 2208 of 29 December 2020, "samtykkebaseret voldtægtsbestemmelse"): rape is intercourse with a person who has not consented. In force 1 January 2021. source · page
- 2021, UNODC: Consent-based law (Act no. 2208 of 29 December 2020, "samtykkebaseret voldtægtsbestemmelse"): rape is intercourse with a person who has not consented. In force 1 January 2021. source · page
- 2018, Brå: Consent-based law from 1 July 2018: whether the person took part voluntarily is the starting point for judging an act as rape. Brå links part of the rise in reported rapes to the 2016 and 2018 changes (Brå, Anmälda brott 2025, p. 28). source · page
- 2018, Brå: Consent-based law from 1 July 2018: whether the person took part voluntarily is the starting point for judging an act as rape. Brå links part of the rise in reported rapes to the 2016 and 2018 changes (Brå, Anmälda brott 2025, p. 28). source · page
- 2018, Eurostat: Consent-based law from 1 July 2018: whether the person took part voluntarily is the starting point for judging an act as rape. Brå links part of the rise in reported rapes to the 2016 and 2018 changes (Brå, Anmälda brott 2025, p. 28). source · page
- 2018, UNODC: Consent-based law from 1 July 2018: whether the person took part voluntarily is the starting point for judging an act as rape. Brå links part of the rise in reported rapes to the 2016 and 2018 changes (Brå, Anmälda brott 2025, p. 28). source · page
- 2018, Eurostat: Eurostat's table has no figures for this part of the UK after 2018. source · page
- 2016, Brå: Brå's statistics report dates a widening of rape, the introduction of "särskilt utsatt situation", to 1 July 2016 (Anmälda brott 2025, p. 28); bill 2012/13:111 gives that term from 2013. Both dates are shown as their sources give them. source · page
- 2016, Eurostat: Germany introduced consent-based rape legislation in 2016 (Brå report 2020:13, p. 26). Brå notes that German rape statistics are recorded only once the investigation is complete (p. 26, note 9). source · page
- 2016, UNODC: Germany introduced consent-based rape legislation in 2016 (Brå report 2020:13, p. 26). Brå notes that German rape statistics are recorded only once the investigation is complete (p. 26, note 9). source · page
- 2016, Brå: Brå's statistics report dates a widening of rape, the introduction of "särskilt utsatt situation", to 1 July 2016 (Anmälda brott 2025, p. 28); bill 2012/13:111 gives that term from 2013. Both dates are shown as their sources give them. source · page
- 2016, Eurostat: Brå's statistics report dates a widening of rape, the introduction of "särskilt utsatt situation", to 1 July 2016 (Anmälda brott 2025, p. 28); bill 2012/13:111 gives that term from 2013. Both dates are shown as their sources give them. source · page
- 2016, UNODC: Brå's statistics report dates a widening of rape, the introduction of "särskilt utsatt situation", to 1 July 2016 (Anmälda brott 2025, p. 28); bill 2012/13:111 gives that term from 2013. Both dates are shown as their sources give them. source · page
- 2016, BJS NCVS: The sample grew by 41% and was moved to the 2010 Census base; BJS issued a revised 2016 file so that 2016 can be compared with other years (Criminal Victimization, 2016: Revised). source · page
- 2015, Eurostat: New penal code from October 2015: sexual intercourse with a child under 14 is always rape, regardless of force. Eurostat's note says this explains the rise in revised figures (Eurostat crim_sims; also Brå report 2020:13, p. 26 and p. 31). source · page
- 2015, UNODC: New penal code from October 2015: sexual intercourse with a child under 14 is always rape, regardless of force. Eurostat's note says this explains the rise in revised figures (Eurostat crim_sims; also Brå report 2020:13, p. 26 and p. 31). source · page
- 2013, Brå: Government bill 2012/13:111 (proposed in force 1 July 2013): rape widened by replacing "helpless state" with the wider "particularly vulnerable situation". Brå 2020:13 (p. 26) also dates a broadening to 2013. source · page
- 2013, Eurostat: Denmark broadened its rape legislation in 2013 (Brå report 2020:13, p. 26). source · page
- 2013, UNODC: Denmark broadened its rape legislation in 2013 (Brå report 2020:13, p. 26). source · page
- 2013, Brå: Government bill 2012/13:111 (proposed in force 1 July 2013): rape widened by replacing "helpless state" with the wider "particularly vulnerable situation". Brå 2020:13 (p. 26) also dates a broadening to 2013. source · page
- 2013, Eurostat: Government bill 2012/13:111 (proposed in force 1 July 2013): rape widened by replacing "helpless state" with the wider "particularly vulnerable situation". Brå 2020:13 (p. 26) also dates a broadening to 2013. source · page
- 2013, UNODC: Government bill 2012/13:111 (proposed in force 1 July 2013): rape widened by replacing "helpless state" with the wider "particularly vulnerable situation". Brå 2020:13 (p. 26) also dates a broadening to 2013. source · page
- 2012, BJS NCVS: The NCVS Select file carries perceived offender race and Hispanic origin (offtracenew) from the first quarter of 2012; earlier records are coded invalid, so this breakdown starts with 2013-2016. source · page
- 2006, BJS NCVS: BJS found "a break in series between 2006 and previous years" at the national level, mainly from a new sample based on the 2000 Census, the use of first-time interviews, and computer-assisted interviewing from July 2006 (Criminal Victimization, 2006, p. 1). source · page
- 2005, Brå: Government bill 2004/05:45, a new sexual offences chapter (in force 1 April 2005): rape widened, with a lower force requirement and the most serious cases of sexual exploitation moved into rape; rape of a child introduced with no force requirement. source · page
- 2005, Brå: Government bill 2004/05:45, a new sexual offences chapter (in force 1 April 2005): rape widened, with a lower force requirement and the most serious cases of sexual exploitation moved into rape; rape of a child introduced with no force requirement. source · page
- 2005, UNODC: Government bill 2004/05:45, a new sexual offences chapter (in force 1 April 2005): rape widened, with a lower force requirement and the most serious cases of sexual exploitation moved into rape; rape of a child introduced with no force requirement. source · page
- 1999, Brå: Brå: figures for 1999 and 2000 may be affected by the change of statistical system in those years (Tabell 1.1, sheet "Förändringar"). source · page
- 1999, Brå: Brå: figures for 1999 and 2000 may be affected by the change of statistical system in those years (Tabell 1.1, sheet "Förändringar"). source · page
- 1998, Brå: Government bill 1997/98:55, Kvinnofrid (in force 1 July 1998): rape widened so that other sexual acts comparable to forced intercourse count as rape; some acts earlier judged as sexual coercion became rape. source · page
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