49.3%
of victims that year wereminors
* Each dot is about 1% of victims
Sexual Assault Statistics in Taiwan
2008—2025
Explore victim demographics, relationships and regional differences across years of reported data.
Overview
All ages
- Female
- 83.0%7,935 people
- Male
- 16.8%1,603 people
- Other
- <0.1%2 people
- Unknown
- 0.3%25 people
* Denominator: all victims, including other and unknown
Annual change in victims
+3.6%
* 2024: 9,230 people → 2025: 9,565 people
Hualien County
81.52people
per 100,000 population
* Adjusted for population, not a ranking by total cases
Most recorded relationship
Boyfriend or girlfriend
1,199people
of relationship records 12.5%
- 01Boyfriend or girlfriend12.5%
- 02Former boyfriend/girlfriend12.0%
- 03Online acquaintance10.2%
* Denominator: all relationship records that year
8,768 suspects in total
- Male
- 87.4%7,664 people
- Female
- 9.4%828 people
- Other
- 0.0%0 people
- Unknown
- 3.1%276 people
* Each percentage uses all suspects in the selected year, including the published Other and Unknown categories.
Annual trend
How has the number of victims changed year by year?
From 2008 to 2025, how did the number of victims in the reporting system change?
Victims by year
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20259,565people
VictimsUnit: people
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| Year | Victims / people |
|---|---|
| 7,285 | |
| 8,008 | |
| 9,320 | |
| 11,121 | |
| 12,066 | |
| 10,901 | |
| 11,086 | |
| 10,454 | |
| 8,141 | |
| 8,214 | |
| 8,499 | |
| 8,160 | |
| 9,212 | |
| 7,787 | |
| 8,401 | |
| 9,413 | |
| 9,230 | |
| 9,565 |
Demographics
Which ages and genders are recorded?
See the number of victims in each age band, or filter by gender. The gender chart on the right covers all ages.
2025 age distribution
GenderAll gendersUnit: people
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| Category | All genders / people |
|---|---|
| Under 6 | 231 |
| 6–11 | 752 |
| 12–17 | 3,729 |
| 18–23 | 1,439 |
| 24–29 | 1,080 |
| 30–39 | 1,206 |
| 40–49 | 697 |
| 50–64 | 291 |
| 65+ | 91 |
| Unknown age | 49 |
Age bands are whole years: 12–17 means age 12 through 17. Unknown age is listed separately.
Suspect gender
What is the gender breakdown of reported suspects?
Gender distribution of suspects in reported cases, counted in people. Suspect and victim totals are calculated separately.
2025 · Suspects by gender
8,768 suspects in total
Male
87.4%
Female
9.4%
| Gender | People | Share of all suspects |
|---|---|---|
| Male | 7,664 | 87.4% |
| Female | 828 | 9.4% |
| Other | 0 | 0.0% |
| Unknown | 276 | 3.1% |
Relationships
How are victims related to offenders?
Learn the victim-offender relationship from the original categories. Select an age band to see how the distribution changes.
2025 relationships
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| Category | Victims / people |
|---|---|
| Boyfriend or girlfriend | 1,199 |
| Former boyfriend/girlfriend | 1,148 |
| Online acquaintance | 972 |
| Friend | 881 |
| Other | 734 |
| Stranger | 645 |
| Lineal relative | 636 |
| Classmate | 632 |
Regional comparison
How many records does your county or city have?
Compare reported records across the 22 counties and cities against the population of the same year. Rates per 100,000 reduce the effect of population size, but they do not show the incidence of unreported events.
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Rate per 100,000 = count ÷ year-end registered population × 100,000
2019—2025 / Regions over time
Regional rankings
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2019
Nantou CountyPopulation494,11236.83182 people182 people
Keelung CityPopulation368,89341.48153 people153 people
Pingtung CountyPopulation819,18436.50299 people299 people
Hsinchu CountyPopulation563,93339.01220 people220 people
Taoyuan CityPopulation2,249,03743.26973 people973 people
Taichung CityPopulation2,815,26136.201,019 people1,019 people
Taitung CountyPopulation216,78154.43118 people118 people
Hualien CountyPopulation326,24759.16193 people193 people
Miaoli CountyPopulation545,45935.20192 people192 people
Kaohsiung CityPopulation2,773,19835.09973 people973 people
2025 / Map
Sexual assault reports by region
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2025 victims in Taiwan per 100,000 population
2025 victims
New Taipei City
43.14people per 100,000Year-end population 4,044,831 people
Raw count1,745 peopleRank by rate6 / 22
Rate bins per 100,000 people per 100,000
- >0–<25
- 25–<35
- 35–<45
- 45–<60
- 60–<80
- 80+
0 (no records)
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2025 regional comparison
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| Region | Victims / people | Per 100,000 / people | Year-end population / people |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hualien County | 255 | 81.52 | 312,807 |
| Taitung County | 125 | 60.00 | 208,320 |
| Taoyuan City | 1,148 | 48.75 | 2,355,106 |
| Hsinchu City | 211 | 46.30 | 455,740 |
| Taichung City | 1,305 | 45.49 | 2,868,465 |
Population source: Department of Household Registration, Ministry of the Interior, county and city population, year-end registered population. Populations before the 2010 mergers are combined into the current 22 regions. Colors use six fixed rate bins shared by all years, and zero values stay blank.
Sources
This project compiles public statistics from the Ministry of Health and Welfare, covering 2008–2025. Suspect gender data covers 2015–2025.
How to read these numbers
- “Victims” counts people; “Reports” counts cases. Do not mix the two.
- All percentages use the same-year, same-metric total as the denominator, including “Unknown”. Rounded values may not sum to exactly 100%.
- Relationship categories that are blank and did not exist that year are not converted to 0. Categories changed in 2019 and 2021; compare across years with the original tables.
- Charts sum the underlying cells. Where printed totals in the source differ, the difference is kept in the quality notes and the source values are not altered.