Sexual Assault Statistics

• 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.