Parents’ worst nightmare is their child not coming back from school. Unfortunately, kidnapping statistics show that this nightmare turned into reality for many families, as they suffered such a worse-than-death fate not to see their beloved kid ever again.
The sole thought of the possibility of their child being abducted keeps most parents up at night. Every time your child is late from school, doesn’t answer the phone, or a stranger looks at them funny, your heart skips a beat. After all, how easy would it be to snatch a child away from the safety of their parents?
And it’s not just children either. Young women looking for work opportunities, disgruntled teenagers, or men who owe money to the wrong people have fallen victim to kidnappers.
Top Kidnapping Stats and Facts (Editor’s Pick)
- More than 340,000 kids went missing in 2020.
- Around 5,000 children are kidnapped every year.
- In 2020, only 0.11% of missing children cases were the result of stranger abductions.
- 12+ years old children are the kidnapping victims in around 80% of all cases that include minors
- Girls from 12 to 17 years of age are the most typical victims of abduction
- Human trafficking is a $150 billion-worth industry
- 99% of sex trafficking victims are females
- Human trafficking wasn’t a federal crime in the US until 2000
- Every year, 600,000 people go missing in the US
- 43% of global kidnappings for ransom occurred in Asia