Statistics

Every 90 seconds, somewhere in America, someone is sexually assaulted.

 

Only about 40% of sexual assaults are reported to law enforcement.

 

One in three women and one in six men will be sexually assaulted in their lifetime.

 

7 in 10 sexual assault victims know their attacker prior to the assault.

 

4 million women and girls are trafficked annually.

 

1.8 million United States adolescents have been sexually assaulted.

 

An estimated one million children, mostly girls, enter the sex trade each year.

 

One of every seven victims of sexual assault reported to the participating law enforcement agencies were under age 6.

 

40% of the offenders who sexually assaulted children under age 6 were juveniles (under the age of 18).

 

One in four girls will be a victim of sexual violence before the age of 18.

 

Teens are twice as likely to be victimized as adults.

 

Sixty-seven percent of all victims of sexual assault reported to the participating law enforcement agencies were juveniles (under the age of 18); 34% of all victims were under age 12.

 

Of surveyed college women, about 90% of sexual assault victims knew their attacker prior to the assault.

(All statistics from FBI Uniform Crime Report, Bureau of Justice and National Victim Center)