Child Maltreatment

Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), Serving Children, Families, and Communities

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Child Maltreatment

Q:	What is the trend in the child maltreatment victimization rate?
A:	The victimization rate in 2006 was 10% below the rate in 1990.

Maltreatment victimization rate per 1,000 children ages 0-17, 1990-2006

Note: A child was counted as a victim each time he or she was found to be a victim of maltreatment.

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The 2006 child maltreatment victimization rate of 12.1 per 1,000 children under 18 was 10% below the rate in 1990 (13.4).
An estimated 905,000 children were the victims of maltreatment in 2006, up 5% from the number of victims in 1990 (860,000).

Internet citation: OJJDP Statistical Briefing Book. Online. Available: http://ojjdp.ncjrs.gov/ojstatbb/victims/qa02105.asp?qaDate=2006. Released on September 12, 2008.

Data Source: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration on Children, Youth, and Families. Child Maltreatment 2006. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 2008.