CARE CENTER ABUSE STATISTICS

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As Oklahoma County’s child advocacy center and non-profit member of the DA’s Task Force on Child Abuse, the CARE Center provides a physically and psychologically safe and private place for our community’s youngest child abuse victims. The following statistics reflect the number of children served by this Task Force’s multidisciplinary team approach

Number of Victims By Gender

Male 497
Female 633
Not specified 37

Ages of Children Served

Birth to 1 year: 132
1 to 2 years: 140
3 to 6 years: 329
7 to 12 years: 417
13 to 17 years: 122

Type of Abuse Investigated

Neglect: 393
Physical: 282
Sexual: 527
Emotional: 16
Child Death: 39

Locations of Incidents

Total ZIP Codes with one or more incidents: 80
10 - 20 incidents: 73003, 73045, 73102, 73111, 73115, 73118, 73122, 73139, 73149, 73162
20 - 30 incidents: 73120, 73135, 73159
30 - 50 incidents: 73106, 73107, 73108, 73109, 73112, 73127, 73132
More than 50 incidents: 73114, 73119, 73129

Ages of Alleged Perpetrators Investigated

Under 13 years: 38
13 to 17 years: 86
18 years and over: 1,136
Not specified 311

Five Highest Categories of Alleged Perpetrators’ Relationship to Child

Father: 314
Mother: 445
Mother’s: Paramour 83
Step-Father: 58
Sibling: 56