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Rape and Sexual Assault Statistics and Information

• A woman is beaten every 15 seconds.
  
• Domestic violence causes more injury to women than car accidents, mugging, and rape combined.
  
• 1 in 5 women victimized has been victimized repeatedly by the same person.
  
• About 1/3 of male batterers are professionals (doctors, psychologists, lawyers, ministers, executives, etc.).
  
• 22 to 35% of women visiting the ER are there because of ongoing partner abuse.
  
• 1 in 4 women has a history of domestic violence.
  
• No one deserves to be abused.
  
• Men can be victims, too.
  
• Domestic violence happens in both heterosexual and homosexual relationships.
  
• Leaving a violent relationship is difficult.
  
• Many victims minimize the violence.
  
• Victims experience guilt, shame, and self-blame.
  
• There is no excuse for abuse.
  
• 60 to 70% of rapes are at least partially planned beforehand by the rapist.
  
• Rape victims are of every age, shape, race, and social class.
  
• 1 in 6 women in the U.S. will be a victim of sexual assault.
  
• 1 in 6 American women have been a victim of an attempted or completed rape in their lifetime.
  
• 17.7 million American women have been victims of attempted or completed rape.
  
• 1 in 33 American men (3%) have experienced an attempted or completed rape in their lifetime.
  
• 15% of sexual assault and rape victims are under age 12.
  
• 93% of juvenile sexual assault victims know their attacker.
  
• Victims of sexual assault are 3 times more likely to suffer from depression.
  
• Victims of sexual assault are 6 times more likely to suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder.
  
• Victims of sexual assault are 4 times more likely to contemplate suicide.
  
• It is estimated that there are over 3000 pregnancies each year as a result of rape.
  
• Every 2 minutes, someone in the U.S. is sexually assaulted.
  
• Every 8 minutes, someone in the U.S. is raped.
  
• 60% of rapes and sexual assaults are NOT reported to the police.
  
• Only about 6% of rapists ever serve a day in jail or prison.
  
• 15 of 16 rapists walk free.
  
• Almost 2/3 of rapes were completed by someone the victim knows.
  
• 73% of sexual assaults were perpetrated by a NON-stranger.
  
• More than 50% of rapes/sexual assaults occurred within 1 mile of the victim’s home.
  
• 4 in 10 rapes take place in the victim’s home.
  
• 2 in 10 rapes occur in the home of a friend, neighbor, or relative.
  
• 43% of rapes occur between 6:00 p.m. and midnight.
  
• 24% of rapes occur between midnight and 6:00 a.m.
  
• 33% of rapes occur between 6:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m.
  
• The average age of a rapist is 31 years old.
  
• 22% of imprisoned rapists report that they are married.
  
• In 1 out of 3 sexual assaults the perpetrator was intoxicated, usually with alcohol.
  
• 38% of rapists are friends or acquaintances of the victim.
  
• 3 to 4 million women are battered each year.
  
• 3 out of 4 women will be victims of at least one violent crime during their lifetime.
  
• More than 40% of college women who have been raped expect to be raped again.
  
• 1 out of every 7 women currently attending college has been raped.
  
• The average age of a rape victim is 18.5 years old.
  
• Women of ages 16 to 19 are the most likely to be raped.
  
• 57% of college rape victims are attacked by their dates.
  
• If you don’t hear “yes” then you don’t have consent– it’s rape.

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