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A look at Pennsylvania child abuse data during Child Abuse Awareness Month

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April 05, 2024

Under Pennsylvania’s child abuse laws, 32,075 people were charged in 36,386 child abuse cases between 2019 to 2023, resulting in 10,915 case convictions. Of those defendants who were charged in child abuse cases, 56% were between the ages of 19-35 and 23% were charged with endangering the welfare of children.

The infographic below highlights key data and demographics about child abuse in Pennsylvania.  Download a high-resolution version of the graphic. See editor’s note for county data detail.

 

Infographic: A look at Pennsylvania child abuse data during Child Abuse Awareness Month

 

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Editor’s Note:

Statewide data pulled from the Magisterial District Judge System and Common Pleas Case Management System from 1/1/2019 through 12/31/2023 for child abuse offenses as defined by Title 18 sections 2702, 2709, 2901, 2902, 2903, 3011, 3121, 3122.1, 3123, 3124, 3125, 3126, 4302, 4304, 5902, 5903, 6301, 6312, 6318 and 6320.

Statewide number of cases filed from 1/1/2019 through 12/31/2023 for Child Abuse offenses, as recorded in the Magisterial District Judge System (MDJS) and Common Pleas Case Management System (CPCMS); Grouped by County

County

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

Grand Total

% of Total

Adams

54

52

80

68

52

306

0.84%

Allegheny

997

834

814

742

721

4,108

11.29%

Armstrong

61

70

60

75

42

308

0.85%

Beaver

114

118

111

129

122

594

1.63%

Bedford

55

36

26

35

37

189

0.52%

Berks

154

133

148

137

105

677

1.86%

Blair

128

124

112

112

153

629

1.73%

Bradford

78

52

52

34

37

253

0.70%

Bucks

151

118

110

129

124

632

1.74%

Butler

76

83

60

71

66

356

0.98%

Cambria

124

124

124

103

85

560

1.54%

Cameron

2

15

8

5

 

30

0.08%

Carbon

59

62

49

48

39

257

0.71%

Centre

31

34

21

32

27

145

0.40%

Chester

228

227

224

186

165

1,030

2.83%

Clarion

50

24

36

23

19

152

0.42%

Clearfield

57

51

48

93

65

314

0.86%

Clinton

22

29

29

23

27

130

0.36%

Columbia

57

53

43

41

29

223

0.61%

Crawford

53

43

37

51

39

223

0.61%

Cumberland

189

202

139

180

159

869

2.39%

Dauphin

316

320

348

335

286

1,605

4.41%

Delaware

282

288

296

251

306

1,423

3.91%

Elk

27

46

38

35

25

171

0.47%

Erie

116

151

153

131

147

698

1.92%

Fayette

98

115

89

83

110

495

1.36%

Forest

6

2

4

4

3

19

0.05%

Franklin

162

138

93

97

98

588

1.62%

Fulton

12

13

12

6

14

57

0.16%

Greene

28

20

19

26

26

119

0.33%

Huntingdon

44

24

41

33

16

158

0.43%

Indiana

74

60

37

43

40

254

0.70%

Jefferson

48

74

59

44

50

275

0.76%

Juniata

20

10

15

27

14

86

0.24%

Lackawanna

188

153

145

146

170

802

2.20%

Lancaster

298

250

263

259

261

1,331

3.66%

Lawrence

50

54

45

34

55

238

0.65%

Lebanon

92

46

51

36

34

259

0.71%

Lehigh

55

50

56

49

75

285

0.78%

Luzerne

197

164

254

173

136

924

2.54%

Lycoming

115

103

108

140

85

551

1.51%

McKean

33

43

33

25

30

164

0.45%

Mercer

145

129

144

113

110

641

1.76%

Mifflin

23

22

36

19

24

124

0.34%

Monroe

189

170

161

139

119

778

2.14%

Montgomery

267

250

230

262

219

1,228

3.37%

Montour

14

10

8

4

11

47

0.13%

Northampton

156

95

99

100

97

547

1.50%

Northumberland

99

91

96

58

95

439

1.21%

Perry

43

49

54

54

46

246

0.68%

Philadelphia

989

692

1,001

864

985

4,531

12.45%

Pike

37

26

30

30

23

146

0.40%

Potter

40

30

21

16

6

113

0.31%

Schuylkill

105

87

82

70

63

407

1.12%

Snyder

41

52

31

27

20

171

0.47%

Somerset

77

70

66

64

54

331

0.91%

Sullivan

2

6

3

10

7

28

0.08%

Susquehanna

10

25

26

20

13

94

0.26%

Tioga

22

23

19

21

22

107

0.29%

Union

34

22

30

23

16

125

0.34%

Venango

88

89

62

70

66

375

1.03%

Warren

46

40

37

26

36

185

0.51%

Washington

105

105

94

88

117

509

1.40%

Wayne

29

31

23

29

17

129

0.35%

Westmoreland

211

238

225

249

241

1,164

3.20%

Wyoming

18

24

26

13

27

108

0.30%

York

326

308

244

207

241

1,326

3.64%

Grand Total

8,117

7,292

7,338

6,870

6,769

36,386

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