One-in-14 adults in England and Wales sexually abused as a child

One in every 14 adults in England and Wales was sexually abused as a child, according to the first research of its kind.

Some 11% of women and 3% of men — an average of 7% — said they were sexually assaulted during their childhood, according to the Crime Survey for England and Wales.

The findings also suggested that 567,000 adult women aged between 16 and 59, and 102,000 men in the same age bracket, suffered “sexual assault by rape or penetration” as minors.