Statistics on Sexual Assault
Sexual violence is a devastating problem that impacts the lives of many women, men, and children each year.
Many lives are affected by sexual assault.
- Every 2.5 minutes someone in the U.S. is sexually assaulted.
- Women ages 16 to 24 experience the highest per capita rates of violence.
- 25% of women will be raped during their college career and 90% of victims know the person who sexually assaulted or raped them.
Sexual Assault is under-reported.
- 62% of sexual assaults are not reported to the police.
Sexual Assault is often carried out by a known perpetrator.
- According to a report from the U.S. Department of Justice, nearly 25% of women and 7% of men have been raped or sexually assaulted by a current or former partner.
- 90% of survivors know the person who sexually assaulted or raped them.
- 62% of women raped more than once by the same partner reported that the abuse lasted one year or more.
Sexual Assault affects both men and women.
- In the United States, one in five women and one in 33 men has experienced an attempted or completed rape.
- The FBI estimates that one in 10 men will be sexually assaulted during their lifetime.
Sexual Assault may be one of multiple violent acts experienced.
- Victims who are both physically and sexually abused are at higher risk of being injured or killed than victims who suffer from only one form of abuse.
- Between one-third and one-half of all battered women are raped by their partners at least once during their relationship.
- Women who are disabled, pregnant, or attempting to leave their abusers are at an increased risk of intimate partner rape.
Includes information from:
- National Coalition Against Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault Fact Sheet.
- U.S. Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women.
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