Rape* Rates of Children Under the Age of 18 Years Between 2006 and 2008
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Figure 4: Rape* Rates of Children Under the Age of 18 Years Between 2006 and 2008
 

* The implementation of the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Related Matters) Amendment Act, Act 32 of 2007 on 16 December 2007 resulted in changes to the definitions of certain sexual offences (inter alia providing for male rape, which was previously recorded under indecent assault). This has an impact on the statistics pertaining to sexual offences. The statistics reflected in the table above with regard to Rape thus only have a bearing on the period April to December of the different financial years under review to allow for some sort of comparison.
Figure 4: shows that incidents of Rape against children under the age of 18 years have decreased.

Source: South African Police Service: http://www.saps.gov.za

 
Figure 7: Indecent Assault* Rates of Children Under the Age of 18 Years Between 2006 and 2008
 

* The implementation of the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Related Matters) Amendment Act, Act 32 of 2007 on 16 December 2007 resulted in changes to the definitions of certain sexual offences (inter alia providing for male rape, which was previously recorded under indecent assault). This has an impact on the statistics pertaining to sexual offences. The statistics reflected in the table above with regard to Indecent Assault thus only have a bearing on the period April to December of the different financial years under review to allow for some sort of comparison.
Figure 7: shows that levels of Indecent Assault against children under the age of 18 years have decreased.

Source: South African Police Service: http://www.saps.gov.za

 

Source:
The South African Police Service: http://www.saps.gov.za
How Rich the Rewards: Results of the 2005 CJCP Youth Victimisation Study
http://www.cjcp.org.za/cjcp_publications.htm