How Aware

is society about
Sexual Assault?
On average there are 321,500 victims of rape or sexual
assault each year in the United States. Every 98
seconds, An American is Sexual Assaulted

Reporting
Only 230 out of every 1,000 sexual assaults are
reported to police. That means about 3 out of 4
go unreported.

20% Female Members of

Students Military:
Report The Elderly: 43% of female
32% female 28% Report victims
Non-Student 10% of male
Report victims reported

College Age*

Top Reasons Victims chose not to Report:

28% to protect the household or victim from
further crimes by the offender
25% to stop the incident or prevent recurrence
or escalation
21% to improve police surveillance or they
believed they had a duty to do so
17% to catch/punish/prevent offender from
reoffending

Children And Teens

Every 11 minutes, child protective services substantiates,
or finds   evidence for, a claim of sexual abuse. 

1 in 9 girls and 1 in 53 boys

under the age of 18
experience sexual abuse or
sexual assault in the hands
Ages 12-17 Under Age 12 of an adult.

82% of all victims under 18

are females.
Of all Victims under 18
Females ages 16-19 are 4
2 out of 3 are ages times more likely than the
12-17 years old. general population to be
victims of rape, or sexual
assault.

Perpetrators
7 out of 10 rapes are committed by someone known to
the victim
Half of Perpetrators are 30 years or Older.

93% of juvenile victims knew the

perpetrator.
59% we acquaintances
34% were family members
7% were strangers to the victim

Out of every 1,000:

370 have at least one prior felony conviction, including 100 who
have 5 or more
520 will be released either because they posted bail or for other
reasons while awaiting trial
70 of the released perpetrators will be arrested for committing
another crime before their case is decided

Effects on Victims
suicidal or depressive thoughts increases after
sexual violence.
People who have been sexually assaulted are more
likely to use drugs than the general public

94% experience symptoms

of post-traumatic stress 
30% symptoms of PTSD 9 months
after the rape
33% contemplate suicide
13% attempt suicide

3.4 times more likely to use

marijuana
6 times more likely to use
cocaine
10 times more likely to use
other major drugs

Contact
Its never too late to get help or report.

National Sexual assault hotline helps

an average of 15,964 people each moth.

800-656-HOPE
OR

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https://www.rainn.org

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 References
https://www.rainn.org/statistics/children-and-teens
https://www.rainn.org/statistics/victims-sexual-
violence
https://www.rainn.org/statistics/criminal-justice-
system
https://www.nsvrc.org/statistics