I am a sexual abuse victim as a toddler. I am 60 and I still have cPTSD and need counseling. I cut off all local news to help with depression and anxiety and only read what I choose, yet in the past week there are literally over a dozen new cases with attempted kidnappings, peepers in bathrooms and showers, multiple rapes, CSAM from various religious organizations, and lawsuits going back decades. It seems like a pandemic of predators is happening.
You have a bunch of people in here saying no, that its increased reporting and cameras, and that is likely true for some of it, but unfortunately there really was a sharp increase during the pandemic. I haven’t kept up with the numbers since. Here is a random source that I haven’t verified, but this was reported at the time in many places: https://protectchildren.ca/en/press-and-media/news-releases/2021/stats-canada-crime-data-pandemic