Latest stats 2014, 2015

• Each rape costs approximately $151,423
• Annually, rape costs the U.S. more than any other, crime ($127 billion), followed by assault ($93 billion), murder ($71 billion), and drunk driving ($61 billion)
• 73% of sexual assaults were perpetrated by a non-stranger.
• Rape is the most under-reported crime.
• 63% of sexual assaults are not reported to police.
• Only 12% of child sexual abuse is reported to the authorities.
• 38% of rapists are a friend or acquaintance.
• 28% are an intimate.
• 43% of rapes occur between 6:00 pm and midnight.
• 91% of the victims of rape and sexual assault are female, and 9% are male.
• 8% of rapes occur while the victim is at work.
• One in 5 women and one in 16 men are sexually assaulted while in college.
• More than 90% of sexual assault victims on college campuses do not report the assault.
• 3% of men at one university who self-reported acts qualifying as rape or attempted rape admitted to committing repeat rapes.
• More than 50% of all rape/sexual assault incidents were reported by victims to have occurred within 1 mile of their home or at their home.
• 4 in 10 take place at the victim’s home.

Sexual assault is one of the most under reported crimes, with 54% still being left unreported.

Only 3% of Reported Rapists  Are Convicted.

Most sex criminals that go to trial are not convicted. This makes it very difficult for many victims to press charges.

Victims of sexual assault are:

• Each rape costs approximately $151,423
• Annually, rape costs the U.S. more than any other, crime ($127 billion), followed by assault ($93 billion), murder ($71 billion), and drunk driving ($61 billion)
• Healthcare is 16% higher for women who were, sexually abused as children.
• 81% of women and 35% of men report significant short-term or long-term impacts such as Post Traumatic, Stress Disorder (PTSD)
• Survivor is 3 times more likely to suffer from depression.
• Survivor is 6 times more likely to suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder.
• Survivor is 13 times more likely to abuse alcohol.
• Survivor is 26 times more likely to abuse drugs.
• Survivor is 4 times more likely to contemplate suicide.
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• 1 in 2 women (50%) are sexually abused in their lifetime.
• 79% of female rape victims report that the rape occurred before age 25.
• 42.2% of female rape victims were first raped before age 18.
• 86% of female rape victims know their abuser as an intimate partner, family member, or acquaintance.
• About 32,000 pregnancies are the result of rape each year.
• 94% of women who are raped experience post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms during the two weeks following the rape.9
• 30% of women report PTSD symptoms 9 months after the rape.10
• 33% of women who are raped contemplate suicide.11
• 13% of women who are raped attempt suicide.11
• Approximately 70% of rape or sexual assault victims experience moderate to severe distress, a larger percentage than for any other violent crime.

• About 3% of American men have experienced an attempted or completed rape in their lifetime.
• 2.78 million men in the U.S. have been victims of sexual assault or rape.
• 1 in 5 men (20%) are sexually abused in their lifetime
• 52.4% of male rape victims report their perpetrator was an acquaintance.
• 28% of male rape victims say they were first raped by the age of 10.

• 325,000 children are at risk of becoming victims of commercial child sexual exploitation(human traffickng) each year .
• The average age at which girls first become victims of prostitution is 12 to 14 years old, and the average age for boys is 11 to 13 years old.
• 15% of sexual assault and rape victims are under age 12.
• 29% are age 12-17.
• 44% are under age 18.3
• 80% are under age 30.3
• 12-34 are the highest risk years.
• Girls ages 16-19 are 4 times more likely than the general population to be victims of rape, attempted rape, or sexual assault.
  • 7% of girls in grades 5-8 and 12% of girls in grades 9-12 said they had been sexually abused.
  • 3% of boys grades 5-8 and 5% of boys in grades 9-12 said they had been sexually abused.
• Nearly 30% of child victims were between the age of 4 and 7.
  • Of these, 75% were girls.
• 93% of juvenile sexual assault victims know their attacker.
• 34.2% of attackers were family members.
• 58.7% were acquaintances.
• Only 7% of the perpetrators were strangers to the victim.
• 34% of people who sexually abuse a child are family members .
• 96% of people who sexually abuse children are male
• 76.8% of people who sexually abuse children are adults.

• An estimated 80,600 inmates each year experience sexual violence while in in American correctional facilities.
• 60% of all sexual violence against inmates is perpetrated by jail or prison staff.
• More than 50% of the sexual contact between inmate and staff member—all of which is illegal—is nonconsensual.
• The Justice Department estimates that the total bill to society for prison rape and sexual abuse is as high as $51.9 billion per year.
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• 18,900 military members experienced unwanted sexual contact in the fiscal year ending September, 2014.16
• 3% of active duty women and 0.9% of active duty men experienced unwanted sexual contact in FY14.
• Of the 18,900 survivors, 43% of females and 10% of males reported.
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• More than half (53%) of violence against persons with disabilities and more than two-thirds (69%) of rapes or sexual assaults against persons with disabilities were committed against those with multiple disabilities.,
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