Sexual Abuse Statistics
Sexual Abuse Statistics:
- 90% of all campus rapes occur when alcohol has been used by either the assailant or the victim. (Facts on Tap website)
- One in twelve college males admit to having committed acts that meet the legal definition of rape or acquaintance rape. (Facts on Tap website)
- 55% of female students and 75% of male students involved in acquaintance rape admit to having been drinking or using drugs when the incident occurred. (Facts on Tap website)
- Female college freshman are at the highest risk for sexual assault between the first day of school and Thanksgiving break. (Facts on Tap website)
- Every two and a half minutes, somewhere in America someone is sexually assaulted. (Rape, Abuse, and Incest National Network, RAINN website)
- In 2003, there were 198,850 victims of rape, attempted rape or sexual assault. (2003 National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS))
- 1 in 4 girls are sexually assaulted before the age of 18. (Federal Bureau of Investigation, 1999)
- A recently published eight year study indicates that when perpetrators of rape are current or former husbands or boyfriends, the crimes go unreported to police 77 percent of the time. When perpetrators are friends or acquaintances, the rapes go unreported 61 percent of the time; and when the perpetrators are strangers, the rapes go unreported 54 percent of the time. (Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2002)
- 84% of sexual assault victims know the offender. (National Victim Center, 1992. US Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics, 1991)
- One out of every six American women have been the victims of an attempted or completed rape in their lifetime (Prevalence, Incidence and Consequences of Violence Against Women Survey, National Institute of Justice Centers for Disease & Prevention, 1998)
- In 2003, nine out of ten rape victims were female. (NCVS 2003)
- About three percent of American men – a total of 2.78 million men – have experienced an attempted or completed rape in their lifetime. (Prevalence, Incidence and Consequences of Violence Against Women Survey, 1998)
- In 2003, one in every ten rape victims was male. (NCVS 2003)
Statistics in Iowa:
- 2,070 sex offenses were reported to Iowa law enforcement agencies in 2003. (IowaCASA Statistics, 2003)
- Over 70.4% of rapes reported to Iowa law enforcement in 2003 were committed by someone known to the victim. (IowaCASA Statistics, 2003)
- 70.8% rape victims knew their attacker. (IowaCASA Statistics, 2003)
Story County SART (Sexual Assault Response Team) statistics:
- There were 55 SART responses in 2004.
- Breakdown of the 55 cases in 2004:
- 65% were between the ages of 18-25
- 98% were female and 2% male
- 47% of victims were ISU students
- 54% were acquaintances
- 71% of victims reported having used alcohol or other drugs
- 61% of victims reported that the perpetrator used alcohol or other drugs
