Child abuse on the rise in Oklahoma County

(Oklahoma City-AP) -- Child abuse is on the rise in Oklahoma County. <br><br>A report issued by the Community Council of Central Oklahoma shows that while crime has gone down, cases of child abuse are

Sunday, November 24th 2002, 12:00 am

By: News On 6

(Oklahoma City-AP) -- Child abuse is on the rise in Oklahoma County.

A report issued by the Community Council of Central Oklahoma shows that while crime has gone down, cases of child abuse are increasing.

The report shows that the number of crimes such as murder, assault, rape and burglary have dropped, while confirmed cases of child abuse and neglect have spiked since 1994.

There were one-thousand-three-hundred-68 cases of child abuse and neglect in 1994. That number peaked at three-thousand-one-hundred-89 cases in 1999. In 2000 there were two-thousand-seven-hundred-91 cases of child abuse.

Data for 2001 was not available.