Peru: 8,000+ minor-perpetrated sexual abuse cases since 2022; 17k adolescent crimes in 2026

Peru's Poder Judicial reports 17,326 criminal violations by adolescents from Jan–Aug 2026, with 25.4% being sexual liberty offenses; since 2022, over 8,000 such cases in Lima/Callao and 28,809 nationwide. The data, from the Ministerio Público's Criminality Observatory, indicates a sustained pattern of juvenile sexual offenses, though the source is a single national report and lacks comparative baselines.