Between 1980 and 2022, around ** percent of families in the United States reported to have had an event of incest in the family, while around ** percent of rape victims who were children were raped by someone in their own family. Only ** percent of incest victims reported the crime to law enforcement.
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Bedbible.com. (February 17, 2023). Key statistics on incest in the United States from 1980 to 2022 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 13, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1368830/us-key-facts-on-incest/
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