[Sexual violence against adolescents in Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil].

Objective: To analyze the situation of sexual violence against adolescents.

Methods: Cross-sectional study with spatial analysis, covering 172 reporting forms, from January 2009 to January 2013, in Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul. Data were grouped by neighborhood for spatial analysis.

[Sexual violence against adolescents: notifications filed in the Child and Adolescent Protective Services in the city of Campo Grande, state of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil].

Unlabelled: This study examines reports of sexual violence against adolescents in 2007 and 2008 made with the North- and South-District Child and Adolescent Protective Services of Campo Grande, the capital city of the state of Mato Grosso do Sul Brazil. Data for this retrospective, descriptive and quantitative research were collected from the services' archives on sexual violence against adolescents.

Results: most victims were females.