Child Sexual Abuse Case by Type and by Nature in 2021 
 
1)  Number of Child Protection Case (CPC) by Type of Sexual Abuse# 
 
Type of Sexual Abuse 
2021 
Incest 
19 
Sexual intercourse with relatives 
7 
Sexual intercourse with non-relatives 
133 
Other* 
300 
Total 
459 
#One or more than one type(s) could be selected under sexual abuse case.    Thus, the total number of type may not equal to the total 
number of sexual abuse case. 
* Please refer to our reply dated 30 March 2022 on the clarification of “other”. 
 
2)  Number of Sexual Abuse Case by Nature of the Incident 
 
Nature of Case 
2021 
The incident was considered as a harm/maltreatment to a child in the 
Multi-disciplinary Case Conference on Protection of Child with Suspected 
407 
Maltreatment (MDCC) or by all professionals concerned (for cases where 
MDCC was dispensed with) after the investigation. 
A child was considered of having a high risk of harm/maltreatment in future 
though the incident was not considered as a harm/maltreatment to a child in 
28 
a MDCC or by all professionals concerned (for cases where MDCC was 
dispensed with) after the investigation. 
The incident was not ascertained as a harm/maltreatment to a child who was 
also not considered of having a high risk of harm/maltreatment in future in 
a MDCC or by all professionals concerned (for cases where MDCC was 
13 
dispensed with) after the investigation but, with analysis on the concrete 
information available, professionals considered that the harm/maltreatment 
incident was very likely to have happened. 
Total 
448 
 

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