The Increase in missing children since 1982 is 444%.

Most abductions are done by luring children to a vehicle rather than taking them by force, about half were 4 to 11 years old, and the others were 12 or older. 74% were girls.

According to the Vanished Children's Alliance, every 40 seconds another child is missing or abducted.

According to the FBI's statistics of kidnapping children in America, strangers kidnap about 300 children every year.

The U.S. Dept of Justice statistics of kidnapping children in America estimates that 114,600 non-family abductions are attempted each year, with approximately 3,200 to 4,600 being successful.

Justice Department statistics of kidnapping children research in America indicates that the risk of abduction by a stranger is relatively low for preschoolers, but increases through elementary school and peaks at age 15. Teen-age girls are considered most vulnerable.
 
The Justice Dept statistics of kidnapping children in America also reports 24% of all kidnapping cases are "stranger-kidnapping", compared with 49% family kidnapping, and 27% aquaintance kidnapping.

According to an article dated 9/8/2002 in the Miami Herald, National Center for Missing Exploited & Exploited Children reports 3,000 to 5,000 child abduction statistics by non-family members each year, most of which are sexually motivated cases. About 200 to 300 cases are serious enough to involve murder or ransom.

In 2001, 840,279 persons (adults and juveniles) were reported missing to the police. The FBI estimates that 85-90% of missing persons were statistics of kidnapped children (juveniles). Approximately 725,000 cases or 2,000 per day in the disappearance of a child was serious enough that a parent called the police.

In 2000, 119,237 cases of missing adults and juveniles were categorized as "endangered", defined as "missing and in the company of another person under circumstances indicating that his or her physical safety is in danger."

In 2000, 28,765 cases of missing adults and juveniles were categorized as "involuntary," defined as "missing under circumstances indicating that the disappearance was not voluntary (abduction or kidnapping)."

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If you would like a more in-depth look at these disturbing crime trends take a tour of the following sites:

BUREAU OF JUSTICE STATISTICS

KLASS KIDS FOUNDATION

NATIONAL CRIME INFO CENTER (FBI)