Human Trafficking Incidents Reported by Law Enforcement, 2022 – Statistical Tables

Abstract

In 2022, there were an estimated 2,950 incidents of human trafficking involving an estimated 3,570 victimizations reported to the FBI’s National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS). Human trafficking is a crime that involves the exploitation of a person for the purpose of compelled sex (i.e., sex trafficking) or involuntary servitude (i.e., labor trafficking). Sex trafficking made up the majority of both human or more victims, criminal offenses, or alleged offenders. Victimizations reflect the total number of times that persons were victims of crime. trafficking incidents (81%) and human trafficking victimizations (78%) in 2022 (figure 1). Findings are based on crime known to law enforcement that was reported to the FBI via NIBRS. Imputation and weighting procedures were applied to develop national estimates of reported human trafficking incidents and victimizations that account for nonresponse and missing data. An incident is one or more criminal offenses committed by the same offender, or a group of offenders acting in concert, at the same time and place. An incident may involve one or more victims, criminal offenses, or alleged offenders. Victimizations reflect the total number of times that persons were victims of crime.