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Sexual Assault Statistics Print E-mail

·        Nationally, 1 in 3 women will be sexually assaulted and 1 in 6 men before age 18.

 

·        1 in 6 women and 1 in 33 men in the U.S. will be sexually assaulted in their lifetime.

 

·        Sexual assault is reported by 33-46% of women who are being physically assaulted by their husbands.

 

·        70% of all sexual assaults happen to people under 18

 

·        There were an estimated 248,000 rapes and sexual assaults against victims over the age of 12 in the US in 2001.

 

·        Stranger assault accounts for 20% of reported cases while 80% of reported sexual assault cases happen between two people who know each other.

 

·        85% of rapes on college campuses are acquaintance rapes.

 

·        In 2006 there were 272,350 victims of rape, attempted rape, or sexual assault. (Not including victims 12 yrs. old and younger.)

 

·        In a study of 6,000 students at 32 colleges in the US, 1 in 4 women had been the victims of rape or attempted rape. 42% of rape victims told no one and only 5% reported to the police.

 

·        About 3% of American men (1 in 33) have experienced an attempted or completed rape in their lifetime.

 

·        93% of juvenile sexual assault victims know their attacker.

 

·        1.3 women (age 18 and over) in the U.S. are forcibly raped each minute.

 

Statistics from (#1,10,11) RAINN, (#2) CALCASA 2008 Report, (#3,5,9) UCSC Rape Prevention Education, (#4,6,7,8) “I Never Called It Rape, by Robin Warshaw.