Sustainable Development Goals - 17 Goals to Transform our World
Peace and justice - strong institutions - Goal 16

Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels

Indicator 16.2.3: Proportion of young adults aged 18–29 years who experienced sexual violence by age 18

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Revised indicator: All instances of “men and women” is revised to people and all instances of “boys and girls” is revised to “all children”. This indicator has been revised for inclusivity from the original text: “Proportion of young women and men aged 18–29 years who experienced sexual violence by age 18.”

Number of sexual crimes reported

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This table provides metadata for the actual indicator available from City of Los Angeles statistics closest to the corresponding global SDG indicator. Please note that even when the global SDG indicator is fully available from Angeleno statistics, this table should be consulted for information on national methodology and other Angeleno-specific metadata information.

Indicator available

Number of victims of sex crimes defined as crimes reported under the codes:
Indicator description

Number of reported sex crimes
Local target
Geographical coverage

City of Los Angeles
Unit of measurement

Number
Definitions

Sex crimes is defined as crimes reported under the following codes in the LAPD “Crime Data from 2010 to Present” database: RAPE - ATTEMPTED, RAPE - FORCIBLE, BATTERY WITH SEXUAL CONTACT, SODOMY/SEXUAL CONTACT B/W PENIS OF ONE PERS TO ANUS OTH, ORAL COPULATION, PEEPING TOM, SEX - UNLAWFUL(INC MUTUAL CONSENT, PENETRATION W/ FRGN OBJ), SEXUAL PENETRATION W/FOREIGN OBJECT, HUMAN TRAFFICKING - COMMERCIAL SEX ACTS, LEWD/LASCIVIOUS ACTS WITH CHILD, CHILD PORNOGRAPHY, INCEST (SEXUAL ACTS BETWEEN BLOOD RELATIVES)
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Disaggregation Categories

gender, age
WCCD/ISO 37120 Indicators on City Data Alignment
Other information
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This table provides information on metadata for SDG indicators as defined by the UN Statistical Commission. Complete global metadata is provided by the UN Statistics Division.

Indicator name

Proportion of young adults aged 18–29 years who experienced sexual violence by age 18
Indicator number

16.2.3
Target name

End abuse, exploitation, trafficking and all forms of violence against and torture of children
Target number

16.2
Global indicator description

This indicator provides the proportion of young women and men aged 18-24 years who report having experienced any sexual violence by age 18. It is calculated by dividing the number of young women and men aged 18-24 years who report having experienced any sexual violence by age 18 by the total number of young women and men aged 18-24 years, respectively, in the population
UN designated tier

2
UN custodian agency

United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)
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Organisation

Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD)
Periodicity
Earliest available data
Geographical coverage

City of Los Angeles
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Release date
Next release
Statistical classification
Contact details
Other information