CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT In 2022, there were 1,805 reports received of child abuse and neglect in Payne County. Those reports led to 634 investigations conducted, according to the Oklahoma Department of Human Services. A total of 1,091 children were involved in the investigations, with 285 of those children substantiated to be victims of child abuse or neglect. The number of children reported in those reflects duplicated counts of children included in multiple investigations. Since 2021, these numbers have increased significantly based on data provided by OKDHS.
COMPLETED ABUSE INVESTIGATIONS BY CATEGORY
Sexual
Neglect
Physical
Total
Unique Count of Alleged Victims
81
7.1%
991
87.5%
260
22.9%
1,132
Count of Allegations
5.7%
1,450
302
77.9%
16.2%
1,859
107
Unique Count of Substantiated Victims Count of Substantiated Allegations
7.1%
257
406
21
87.7%
13.6%
293
39
81.8%
10%
480
8.1%
393
48
Fig. 29, Source: Oklahoma Department of Human Services *Note: Some victims had allegations in more than one Abuse Type Category and may have had multiple allegations of abuse within the same Abuse Type
The Saville Center for Child Advocacy was also consulted for this report. In 2023, the Saville Center saw and assisted 402 children in Payne County. That number reflects the amount of cases and investigations that took place. Of the children included in those investigations, 182 were male and 219 were female with the 0-6 age category having the largest number of cases. For the 402 cases, there were 275 alleged offenders with the relationship to the child highlighted in Figure 31.
Unknown 2.3%
Other Known Person 14%
Age of Child at First Contact with Saville Center
0-6 years
Parent's Boyfriend/Girlfriend 6.7%
7-12 years
Parent 53.8%
Other Relative 15.4%
13-18 years
0
50
100
150
200
Stepparent 7.7%
Fig. 30 Source: Saville Center for Child Advocacy
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Fig. 31, Source: Saville Center for Child Advocacy
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