4 Damage caused by sexual offenses
Table 5-1-1-4 shows the number of cases by rape and forcible indecency and their rate per 100,000 people over the last 10 years. The number of victims and rate of rape and female victims of forcible indecency were on an upward trend until 2003, but changed to a downward trend since 2004.
Table 5-1-1-4 Number of rape and forcible indecency cases, and their victim rate (1998–2007)