Among those surveyed 13.1 per cent said they were aged between six and 10, while 3.7 per cent were aged five or younger, when they first experienced sexual harassment.
The proportion rises to around three in ten among 11- to 13-year-olds and 14–16-year-olds (30.9 per cent).
The research, published by the charity Crimestoppers and carried out by academics at the University of Suffolk, involved 1,800 adults as young as 18. Almost nine out of ten of those who took part are women.
One in ten women surveyed say they have been raped and just under a quarter said they had been forced to have sex.
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