Rape and Child Molestation Cases Increase by 31% in the Last Five Years
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The number of cases of sexual crimes, comprising rape and molestation, has increased over the past five years.
Between 2016 and 2021, there was a 31% increase in rape and molestation cases. In 2016, the number of such cases was 5,237, while in 2020 it reached 6,872.
Over the past five years, the trend in the number of rape and molestation cases has fluctuated. The number of cases increased by 5.1% to 5,513 in 2017 compared to 2016. In 2018, the number of cases decreased by 4.6% to 5,258. Meanwhile, the lowest number of cases occurred in 2019, at 5,233.
Maluku province recorded the highest number of sexual crime cases with 1,398 cases. Conversely, North Kalimantan had the lowest number of cases, with only 32.
Komnas Perempuan (National Commission on Violence Against Women) in its 2021 Catahu report recorded 299,911 cases of crimes against women in 2020. This number is lower than the 431,471 cases recorded in 2019. This is mainly due to a decrease in the number of institutions returning questionnaires to Komnas Perempuan, from 239 to 120.
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