Sexual Assault Statistics

• Every two minutes someone somewhere in America is sexually assaulted (RAINN Calculation based on 2002 National Crime Victimization Survey. Bureau of Justice Statistics, U.S. Department of Justice.)
• One out of six women has been the victim of an attempted rape or completed rape (Prevalence Incidence and Consequences of Violence Against Women Survey. National Institute of Justice and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1998.)
• 13.1% of the 1.3 million adult women living in Oklahoma has been the victim of one or more forcible rapes in their lifetime (2003 “Rape in Oklahoma: A Report to the State”)
• In 2002, one out of every eight rape victims was male (2002 National Crime Victimization Survey. Bureau of Justice Statistics, U.S. Department of Justice)
• 93% of juvenile victims know their attacker (Sexual Assault of Young Children as Reported to Law Enforcement. Bureau of Justice Statistics, U.S. Department Justice, 2000.)
• Of the 380 forensic rape exams Call Rape advocated at in 2003, 49% were under the age 18
• Girls aged 16 to 19 are four times more likely than the general population to be victims of rape, attempted rape or sexual assault (2000 National Crime Victimization Survey. Bureau of Justice Statistics, U.S. Department of Justice.)
• In 2003, 39%, or one out of three rapes was reported to law enforcement (National Crime Victimization Survey. Bureau of Justice Statistics, U.S. Department of Justice)
• In Oklahoma, a rape occurs every five hours fifty minutes and twenty-four seconds (Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigations)
• Four out of ten assaults take place at the victim’s own home. Two in ten take place in the home of a friend, neighbor or relative. One in ten takes place outside, away from home. And about one in twelve takes place in a parking garage (Sex Offenses and Offenders. Bureau of Justice Statistics, U.S. Department of Justice, 1997.)
• Approximately 50% of victims are raped by a friend or acquaintance; 30% by a stranger; 12% by an intimate; 8% by another relative (2003 National Crime Victimization Survey. Bureau of Justice Statistics, U.S. Department of Justice.)
• In 2003, only about 11% of rapes involved the use of a weapon (National Crime Victimization Survey. Bureau of Justice Statistics, U.S. Department of Justice.)
• 43% of rapes occur between 6 pm and midnight. 24% occur between midnight and 6am. The other 33% take place between 6am and 6pm (Sex Offenses and Offenders. Bureau of Justice Statistics, U.S. Department of Justice, 1997.)
• Juveniles accounted for about 16% of forcible rape arrestees in 2003 and 20% of those arrested for other sex offenses (Crime in the United States. 2003 Federal Bureau of Investigations Report)