Sexual Violence Statistics

Sexual violence is an unfortunate reality for many people,
even on college campuses.

  • Nearly 1 in 4 women will be sexually assaulted or experience an attempted sexual assault while in college*.
  • Every 2 minutes, someone in the U.S. is sexually assaulted*.
  • Nearly 1 in 5 women and 1 in 71 men reported being raped at some point*.
  • 37.4% of female rape victims were first raped between ages 18-24*.
  • 51.1% of female rape victims report being raped by an intimate partner*.
  • 42.2% of female rape victims were first raped before age 18*.
  • 27.8% of male rape victims were first raped before age 10*.
American Association of University Women.
Retrieved from http://www.aauw.org
RAINN Network.
Retrieved from http://www.rainn.org/statistics
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2011). National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey.
Retrieved from http://www.cdc.gov/ViolencePrevention/pdf/NISVS_Executive_Summary-a.pdf
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2012). Sexual Violence Facts at a Glance.
Retrieved from http://www.cdc.gov/ViolencePrevention/pdf/SV-DataSheet-a.pdf
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2012). Sexual Violence Facts at a Glance.
Retrieved from http://www.cdc.gov/ViolencePrevention/pdf/SV-DataSheet-a.pdf
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2012). Sexual Violence Facts at a Glance.
Retrieved from http://www.cdc.gov/ViolencePrevention/pdf/SV-DataSheet-a.pdf
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2012). Sexual Violence Facts at a Glance.
Retrieved from http://www.cdc.gov/ViolencePrevention/pdf/SV-DataSheet-a.pdf