Figure 4: Number of crimes against children reported to FSU 2004-2006 Source: FSU data from GoSL’s Additional and updated information on the second periodic report on implementation of the CRC, August 2007 229. Data is presented below for the period January to December 2013. Data collection systems improved over time as did the range of possible offences against children with the enactment of laws such as the Child Rights, Domestic Violence and Sexual Offences Act, and as such the information provided below is disaggregated in more detail across a wider range of offences. Table 1: Crimes against children reported to FSUs January to December 2013 Number reported in Western Area Number reported in Southern Region Number reported in Northern Region Number reported in Eastern Region Total number reported 2,073 986 775 837 4,671 Rape 45 7 8 8 68 Unlawful carnal knowledge 65 Abduction 10 Harbouring / procuring 51 24 3 54 Offence reported Domestic violence Others specific Indecent assault 25 Child cruelty 45 Child dispute 9 Absconding 2 Abandoning 12 Sexual harassment 44 Sodomy 65 77 54 25 100 57 1 14 40 2 26 150 9 22 1 13 26 63 2 3 17 2 1 48 6 6 Child trafficking 11 4 Child neglect 23 19 3 Child stealing 7 3 3 Kidnapping 4 Assault with intent to ravish 1 Incest 9 Threatening language 245 Sexual penetration 591 Sexual touching 44 3 18 45 6 19 4 1 4 57 4 6 2 11 48 38 335 211 230 1,032 3 4 6 Source: FSU data SLP 62  Government of the Republic of Sierra Leone Initial Report on the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child 2002-2014