The Story Map

Select a pin to read what happened and see patterns too often kept out of view.

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What you're seeing

Each pin represents an approximate location connected to a survivor's story. To protect privacy, the map is not a list of exact addresses. It is a way to show how widespread sexual abuse is, and how often these experiences are kept out of view.

Searching and filtering

Search a U.S. city or ZIP code to move the map. Use the age filter to focus on stories tied to when abuse began.

Location privacy

No pin is intended to be exact. Submitted locations are intentionally offset within the reported area before they appear here, so the map can show patterns while reducing the risk of exposing a survivor, a home, a school, or another precise place.

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Add Incident Marker

Place a marker on the map — no story attached. Shown after a brief review.

Markers are placed with a small random offset to help protect privacy and are reviewed before appearing on the map.

Submit an Article

Share a story from another source. We review every submission before publishing.