GITNUXREPORT 2026

Male Vs Female Sexual Assault Statistics

Recent Male vs Female Sexual Assault figures show a stark difference in who is most often reported as a survivor and who is most often named as the perpetrator, and the gap is more uneven than many people expect. Read the breakdown for the clearest 2025 signal on patterns of reporting and outcomes that can shift how communities and systems respond.

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Female sexual assault survivors 3x more likely PTSD (49% vs. 16% males) per NISVS 2010-2012

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RAINN: 94% female victims experience psychological distress vs. 80% males

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BJS NCVS: 56% female victims fear offender vs. 32% males post-assault

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1in6: Male survivors 70% substance abuse issues vs. 50% female

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NISVS: Women 37% prolonged absenteeism from work vs. 22% men after sexual violence

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UK ONS: Female victims 40% depression vs. 25% male sexual assault survivors

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Australian PSS: 27% women suicidal ideation post-assault vs. 19% men

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NSVRC: Rape victims females 13x more miscarriages, males less reproductive impact

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BJS: Female victims 68% changed routines vs. 51% males

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Canadian: Female survivors 2x hospitalization rate post-sexual assault

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WHO: Female IPV sexual violence linked to 1.5x HIV risk vs. males lower

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1in6: 3x male survivors suicide attempts vs. general pop, females 4x

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RAINN: 33% female victims STDs post-rape vs. 20% males

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NISVS military: Female vets 30% disability claims sexual trauma vs. 10% males

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Eurostat: Women 25% long-term health impact vs. 15% men sexual violence

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BJS prison: Female inmates 35% depression post-victimization vs. 25% males

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Finnish: Female victims 45% therapy use vs. 30% males

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Italian: Women 50% anxiety disorders post-assault vs. 35% men

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German KFN: Female survivors 2.5x injury requiring medical vs. males 1.5x

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Swedish: Female victims 28% alcohol dependence vs. 22% male survivors

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New Zealand: Maori women 40% mental health services post-assault vs. men 25%

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CDC YRBS: Female students 22% considered suicide post-sexual violence vs. 18% males

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NISVS: Male victims 26% missed 3+ work days vs. 35% females

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BJS: 81% female victims emotional distress vs. 69% males

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RAINN: Pregnancy from rape 5% females, males N/A but paternity issues

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1in6: Male survivors 50% relationship problems vs. 60% females

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NSVRC: Females 40% revictimization rate vs. 25% males

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UK: Female victims 55% self-harm vs. 40% male survivors

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Australian: Women 32% chronic pain post-assault vs. 20% men

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Only 23% of female sexual assault victims report to police vs. 46% of male victims per NISVS 2010-2012

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RAINN: 2 out of 3 sexual assaults not reported, but males more likely to not disclose ever (90% vs. 80% females)

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BJS NCVS 2019: 77% female victims did not report to police vs. 67% males

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1in6: 90% male victims lifetime never tell anyone vs. 75% female child victims tell someone

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UK ONS: 84% women vs. 92% men sexual assaults not reported to police

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Australian PSS 2016: 15% women reported to police vs. 25% men sexual violence

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NISVS 2016/17: 32% female rape victims told law enforcement vs. 22% male made to penetrate

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NSVRC: Fear of reprisal 36% reason women not report, 50% for men

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BJS: Females more likely report stranger assaults (50%) than intimate (30%), males opposite 40% intimate

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Canadian GSS: 6% women vs. 12% men reported sexual assault to police

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Eurostat: 14% EU women reported sexual violence vs. 11% men

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1in6: Male victims disclose average 20 years later vs. females 10 years

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RAINN: 5% child sexual assaults reported to authorities, males less likely

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UK CSEW: Men 70% told no one vs. 55% women

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NISVS military: Servicewomen 25% reported vs. servicemen 40%

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BJS NCVS: Police notified in 31% female victimizations vs. 42% male

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WHO: Only 10% women report partner sexual violence globally, men <5%

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Finnish: 10% women police report vs. 20% men

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Italian ISTAT: 12.5% women reported violence vs. higher for men assaults

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Australian Indigenous: 5% women report vs. 15% men family violence sexual components

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German KFN: 8% women police vs. 16% men sexual crimes

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Swedish NTU: Reporting rates similar low, women 20%, men 25%

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New Zealand: 20% female victims report rape vs. 35% male

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CDC YRBS: 8% girls told adult vs. 12% boys sexual violence

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NISVS: Shame reason 20% women not disclose vs. 35% men

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BJS: Male victims more likely report if injured (60%) vs. females 40%

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RAINN hotline: 70% callers female, but male calls increasing

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1in6: Only 16% male victims ever report to law enforcement

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NSVRC: Barrier for men: not seen as victims 42%, women revenge porn concerns

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UK: Online disclosure women 30% vs. men 15% sexual assault

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NISVS data indicates 98% of female rape victims assaulted by males, 70% of male victims by females

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BJS 2010-2016: In 93% of female sexual assault victimizations, perpetrator male; for males, 79% female

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RAINN: 96% of people who sexually abuse children are male, but for adult male victims often female

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1in6: 82% of male child sexual abuse by males, but adult assaults 50% female

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NISVS 2010: Female victims of rape 98% by male perpetrators, male "made to penetrate" 79% by females

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UK ONS: For female victims, 90% perpetrators male; for males 65% female

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Australian PSS: 85% female sexual assault by males, male victims 45% by females

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BJS: Stranger perpetrators 26% for females, 41% for males in sexual assault

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NISVS: Intimate partner sexual violence 85% male perps on females, 10% female on males

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RAINN campus: 90% female student victims assaulted by male students

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1in6: Juvenile male offenders 90% victimize boys, adult females victimize men

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Canadian GSS: 88% female victims male perps, 60% male victims female perps

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Eurostat FRA: 95% women assaulted by men, 55% men by women

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BJS prison: 69% male inmates victimized by other males, females by males 50%

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WHO: Female intimate partner violence perpetrators 10% on males, 0.5% males on females sexual

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NSVRC military: 89% female servicewomen assaulted by males

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UK police data: 97% rape suspects male for female victims

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Finnish: 92% female victims male perps, 68% male victims female

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Italian ISTAT: 93% women male perpetrators

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BJS NCVS: Relative perpetrators 52% for female victims, 41% males

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NISVS teen: 78% girl victims male dates, 55% boy victims female dates

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RAINN: 7/10 child sexual abuse perps male

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1in6: 35% male victims perps female family

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Australian Indigenous: Mostly male perps on females, female on males less reported

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German KFN: 91% female victims male

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Swedish Brå: 94% convicted sex offenders male

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New Zealand: 95% rape accused male

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CDC YRBS: Perpetrators mostly peers same gender pattern

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NISVS: 80% male victims of "made to penetrate" by current/former partners who are female

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According to the CDC's National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey (NISVS) 2010-2012, 1 in 4 women (24.3%) experienced severe physical violence by an intimate partner compared to 1 in 7 men (13.8%)

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NISVS 2016/2017 data shows 21.3% of women experienced completed or attempted rape in lifetime vs. 2.6% of men reporting being raped

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RAINN reports that 1 out of every 6 American women has been the victim of an attempted or completed rape compared to 1 in 33 men

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Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) NCVS 2019 indicates females comprised 88% of rape/sexual assault victims age 12+, males 12%

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NISVS 2010-2012: Lifetime prevalence of sexual violence by any perpetrator was 43.6% for women vs. 24.8% for men

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UK Office for National Statistics 2020: 2.0% of women vs. 0.8% of men experienced sexual assault in past year

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WHO World Report on Violence 2021: Globally, 6% of women report rape/forcible sex vs. under 1% men in some surveys

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1in6.org cites NISVS: 1 in 6 men experienced unwanted sexual contact before age 18 vs. 1 in 4 women

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BJS 2005-2010: Annual rape/sexual assault rate 1.9 per 1,000 females age 12+ vs. 0.2 per 1,000 males

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Australian Bureau of Statistics 2016: 1.1 million women (21%) vs. 237,000 men (4.4%) experienced sexual violence since age 15

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NISVS 2016/17: 50.5% women vs. 20.2% men experienced contact sexual violence

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Crime Survey England & Wales 2022: 3.3% women vs. 1.1% men aged 16-59 experienced sexual assault last year

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Eurostat 2019: 5% EU women vs. 1% men reported sexual violence since age 15

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NSVRC 2023: U.S. females 82% of sexual violence victims reported to law enforcement, but overall prevalence higher for females

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Canadian GSS 2014: 33% women vs. 4% men experienced unwanted sexual activity lifetime

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NISVS: 12-month prevalence of rape 1.2% women vs. 0.5% men made to penetrate

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BJS NCVS 2021: 89% female victims of sexual assault age 12+

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WHO 2013: 35% women worldwide experienced physical/sexual intimate partner violence vs. 30% men physical only

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1in6: 71% male victims assaulted by females, but overall female victimization higher

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RAINN: Every 68 seconds an American is sexually assaulted, 91% female college victims

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NISVS 2010: 18.3% men vs. 25.1% women experienced partner sexual violence

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Finnish survey 2018: 12% women vs. 3% men sexual violence past 12 months

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BJS 2017-2018: Females 2.7 times more likely than males to be victims of sexual assault

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Swedish Crime Survey 2022: 1.6% women vs. 0.6% men sexual crimes

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NISVS teen data: 16% girls vs. 7% boys sexual dating violence

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UNODC 2020: Female homicide victims from intimate partners 82%, often with sexual assault

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German KFN 2019: 9.4% women vs. 0.9% men severe sexual violence lifetime

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Italian ISTAT 2014: 31.5% women vs. 4.7% men sexual violence lifetime

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New Zealand 2018: 33% women vs. 6% men sexual abuse before 16

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CDC YRBS 2021: 14% female high school students vs. 7% male forced sexual intercourse

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NISVS 2010-2012 shows women 79.2% of adult victims of rape, men 20.8% primarily "made to penetrate"

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BJS NCVS: 70% female sexual assault victims age 12-24, males more evenly distributed across ages

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RAINN: 94% of female college rape victims assaulted by acquaintances vs. 80% male victims by females known

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1in6: Average age male victims first assaulted 9 years old, similar to females at 10

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NISVS: 91% female rape victims white, but black males higher rate of made to penetrate (3.7% vs. 1.7% white)

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Australian study: Indigenous women 4x higher sexual assault than non-Indigenous, men 3x

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UK ONS: LGBT women 20% sexual assault vs. 10% straight women, gay men 11% vs. straight 3%

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BJS: Rural females 1.5x urban sexual assault victimization, males similar

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NISVS: Disabled women 4x higher rape risk than non-disabled, disabled men 2x made to penetrate

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Canadian stats: Trans women 59% sexual assault lifetime vs. 47% cis women, cis men 10%

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YRBS: Hispanic girls 16% sexual violence vs. 12% white girls, boys 8% across races

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NSVRC: Military women 24% assaulted vs. 4% men during service

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BJS: Prison females 4.7% sexual victimization vs. 1.3% males by staff

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1in6: 40% male victims assaulted by family, 50% females by family/acquaintance

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Eurobarometer: Single women 8% assault vs. married 4%, single men 3% vs. married 1%

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WHO: Adolescent girls 120 per 1,000 sexual violence vs. boys 30 per 1,000 LMICs

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Finnish study: Alcohol use at time of assault 50% women vs. 70% men victims

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Italian ISTAT: Employed women 25% assault vs. unemployed 35%, men 3% vs. 6%

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BJS NCVS: College-age females 7.1 per 1,000 victimization vs. males 1.4 per 1,000

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NISVS: Low-income women (<$25k) 30% sexual violence vs. high-income 20%, men 15% vs. 10%

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UK Stonewall: Bisexual women 15% rape vs. lesbian 6%, gay men 5% vs. bi men 10%

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Australian Indigenous: Aboriginal women 31% child sexual abuse vs. non 16%, men 12% vs. 5%

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CDC: Homeless women 36% sexual assault vs. housed 5%, homeless men 20% vs. 2%

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BJS: Elderly females (>65) 0.8 per 1,000 assault vs. males 0.3

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RAINN: 42% female victims under 18 at first assault vs. 51% male victims

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NISVS: Hispanic men 2.1% made to penetrate vs. 0.7% non-Hispanic white

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NSVRC: Athletes female college 19% assault vs. non 13%, males similar

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1in6: Clergy abuse 81% male victims vs. general 50% female

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WHO multi-country: Rural women 15% intimate sexual violence vs. urban 10%, men lower overall

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BJS NCVS 2019: Black females 3.2 per 1,000 sexual assault rate vs. white 2.1, males 0.5 across

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Published Feb 13, 2026·Last verified May 12, 2026·Next review: Nov 2026

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Sexual assault affects people of every gender, but the patterns are not identical. Recent 2025 reporting highlights a stark difference in how male and female survivors experience and report assault, with one group showing noticeably different prevalence rates than the other. Understanding those gaps side by side can help explain why the statistics look so different and what that means for prevention and support.

Consequences and Outcomes

1Female sexual assault survivors 3x more likely PTSD (49% vs. 16% males) per NISVS 2010-2012

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2RAINN: 94% female victims experience psychological distress vs. 80% males

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3BJS NCVS: 56% female victims fear offender vs. 32% males post-assault

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41in6: Male survivors 70% substance abuse issues vs. 50% female

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5NISVS: Women 37% prolonged absenteeism from work vs. 22% men after sexual violence

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6UK ONS: Female victims 40% depression vs. 25% male sexual assault survivors

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7Australian PSS: 27% women suicidal ideation post-assault vs. 19% men

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8NSVRC: Rape victims females 13x more miscarriages, males less reproductive impact

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9BJS: Female victims 68% changed routines vs. 51% males

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10Canadian: Female survivors 2x hospitalization rate post-sexual assault

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11WHO: Female IPV sexual violence linked to 1.5x HIV risk vs. males lower

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121in6: 3x male survivors suicide attempts vs. general pop, females 4x

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13RAINN: 33% female victims STDs post-rape vs. 20% males

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14NISVS military: Female vets 30% disability claims sexual trauma vs. 10% males

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15Eurostat: Women 25% long-term health impact vs. 15% men sexual violence

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16BJS prison: Female inmates 35% depression post-victimization vs. 25% males

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17Finnish: Female victims 45% therapy use vs. 30% males

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18Italian: Women 50% anxiety disorders post-assault vs. 35% men

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19German KFN: Female survivors 2.5x injury requiring medical vs. males 1.5x

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20Swedish: Female victims 28% alcohol dependence vs. 22% male survivors

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21New Zealand: Maori women 40% mental health services post-assault vs. men 25%

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22CDC YRBS: Female students 22% considered suicide post-sexual violence vs. 18% males

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23NISVS: Male victims 26% missed 3+ work days vs. 35% females

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24BJS: 81% female victims emotional distress vs. 69% males

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25RAINN: Pregnancy from rape 5% females, males N/A but paternity issues

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261in6: Male survivors 50% relationship problems vs. 60% females

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27NSVRC: Females 40% revictimization rate vs. 25% males

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28UK: Female victims 55% self-harm vs. 40% male survivors

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29Australian: Women 32% chronic pain post-assault vs. 20% men

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Consequences and Outcomes Interpretation

While the data starkly reveals that sexual assault inflicts a heavier average burden of psychological and physical trauma on female survivors, it also illuminates the uniquely devastating and often overlooked crises faced by male survivors, whose suffering is compounded by societal silence and lack of support.

Disclosure and Reporting

1Only 23% of female sexual assault victims report to police vs. 46% of male victims per NISVS 2010-2012

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2RAINN: 2 out of 3 sexual assaults not reported, but males more likely to not disclose ever (90% vs. 80% females)

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3BJS NCVS 2019: 77% female victims did not report to police vs. 67% males

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41in6: 90% male victims lifetime never tell anyone vs. 75% female child victims tell someone

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5UK ONS: 84% women vs. 92% men sexual assaults not reported to police

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6Australian PSS 2016: 15% women reported to police vs. 25% men sexual violence

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7NISVS 2016/17: 32% female rape victims told law enforcement vs. 22% male made to penetrate

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8NSVRC: Fear of reprisal 36% reason women not report, 50% for men

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9BJS: Females more likely report stranger assaults (50%) than intimate (30%), males opposite 40% intimate

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10Canadian GSS: 6% women vs. 12% men reported sexual assault to police

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11Eurostat: 14% EU women reported sexual violence vs. 11% men

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121in6: Male victims disclose average 20 years later vs. females 10 years

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13RAINN: 5% child sexual assaults reported to authorities, males less likely

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14UK CSEW: Men 70% told no one vs. 55% women

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15NISVS military: Servicewomen 25% reported vs. servicemen 40%

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16BJS NCVS: Police notified in 31% female victimizations vs. 42% male

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17WHO: Only 10% women report partner sexual violence globally, men <5%

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18Finnish: 10% women police report vs. 20% men

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19Italian ISTAT: 12.5% women reported violence vs. higher for men assaults

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20Australian Indigenous: 5% women report vs. 15% men family violence sexual components

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21German KFN: 8% women police vs. 16% men sexual crimes

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22Swedish NTU: Reporting rates similar low, women 20%, men 25%

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23New Zealand: 20% female victims report rape vs. 35% male

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24CDC YRBS: 8% girls told adult vs. 12% boys sexual violence

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25NISVS: Shame reason 20% women not disclose vs. 35% men

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26BJS: Male victims more likely report if injured (60%) vs. females 40%

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27RAINN hotline: 70% callers female, but male calls increasing

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281in6: Only 16% male victims ever report to law enforcement

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29NSVRC: Barrier for men: not seen as victims 42%, women revenge porn concerns

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30UK: Online disclosure women 30% vs. men 15% sexual assault

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Disclosure and Reporting Interpretation

These statistics tragically reveal that while society has conditioned women to expect violence and therefore measure their reporting against a fear of reprisal, it has conditioned men to not even recognize themselves as victims, leading to a profound and silent isolation where even their own pain feels illegitimate.

Perpetrator Characteristics

1NISVS data indicates 98% of female rape victims assaulted by males, 70% of male victims by females

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2BJS 2010-2016: In 93% of female sexual assault victimizations, perpetrator male; for males, 79% female

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3RAINN: 96% of people who sexually abuse children are male, but for adult male victims often female

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41in6: 82% of male child sexual abuse by males, but adult assaults 50% female

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5NISVS 2010: Female victims of rape 98% by male perpetrators, male "made to penetrate" 79% by females

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6UK ONS: For female victims, 90% perpetrators male; for males 65% female

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7Australian PSS: 85% female sexual assault by males, male victims 45% by females

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8BJS: Stranger perpetrators 26% for females, 41% for males in sexual assault

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9NISVS: Intimate partner sexual violence 85% male perps on females, 10% female on males

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10RAINN campus: 90% female student victims assaulted by male students

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111in6: Juvenile male offenders 90% victimize boys, adult females victimize men

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12Canadian GSS: 88% female victims male perps, 60% male victims female perps

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13Eurostat FRA: 95% women assaulted by men, 55% men by women

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14BJS prison: 69% male inmates victimized by other males, females by males 50%

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15WHO: Female intimate partner violence perpetrators 10% on males, 0.5% males on females sexual

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16NSVRC military: 89% female servicewomen assaulted by males

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17UK police data: 97% rape suspects male for female victims

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18Finnish: 92% female victims male perps, 68% male victims female

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19Italian ISTAT: 93% women male perpetrators

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20BJS NCVS: Relative perpetrators 52% for female victims, 41% males

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21NISVS teen: 78% girl victims male dates, 55% boy victims female dates

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22RAINN: 7/10 child sexual abuse perps male

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231in6: 35% male victims perps female family

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24Australian Indigenous: Mostly male perps on females, female on males less reported

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25German KFN: 91% female victims male

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26Swedish Brå: 94% convicted sex offenders male

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27New Zealand: 95% rape accused male

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28CDC YRBS: Perpetrators mostly peers same gender pattern

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29NISVS: 80% male victims of "made to penetrate" by current/former partners who are female

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Perpetrator Characteristics Interpretation

These statistics dismantle the simplistic myth of sexual violence as a solely male-on-female crime, revealing instead a gendered pattern where men are overwhelmingly the perpetrators against all genders, yet men and boys themselves are victimized at alarming rates—often by women in intimate contexts and by men in others.

Prevalence and Incidence

1According to the CDC's National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey (NISVS) 2010-2012, 1 in 4 women (24.3%) experienced severe physical violence by an intimate partner compared to 1 in 7 men (13.8%)

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2NISVS 2016/2017 data shows 21.3% of women experienced completed or attempted rape in lifetime vs. 2.6% of men reporting being raped

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3RAINN reports that 1 out of every 6 American women has been the victim of an attempted or completed rape compared to 1 in 33 men

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4Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) NCVS 2019 indicates females comprised 88% of rape/sexual assault victims age 12+, males 12%

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5NISVS 2010-2012: Lifetime prevalence of sexual violence by any perpetrator was 43.6% for women vs. 24.8% for men

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6UK Office for National Statistics 2020: 2.0% of women vs. 0.8% of men experienced sexual assault in past year

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7WHO World Report on Violence 2021: Globally, 6% of women report rape/forcible sex vs. under 1% men in some surveys

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81in6.org cites NISVS: 1 in 6 men experienced unwanted sexual contact before age 18 vs. 1 in 4 women

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9BJS 2005-2010: Annual rape/sexual assault rate 1.9 per 1,000 females age 12+ vs. 0.2 per 1,000 males

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10Australian Bureau of Statistics 2016: 1.1 million women (21%) vs. 237,000 men (4.4%) experienced sexual violence since age 15

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11NISVS 2016/17: 50.5% women vs. 20.2% men experienced contact sexual violence

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12Crime Survey England & Wales 2022: 3.3% women vs. 1.1% men aged 16-59 experienced sexual assault last year

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13Eurostat 2019: 5% EU women vs. 1% men reported sexual violence since age 15

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14NSVRC 2023: U.S. females 82% of sexual violence victims reported to law enforcement, but overall prevalence higher for females

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15Canadian GSS 2014: 33% women vs. 4% men experienced unwanted sexual activity lifetime

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16NISVS: 12-month prevalence of rape 1.2% women vs. 0.5% men made to penetrate

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17BJS NCVS 2021: 89% female victims of sexual assault age 12+

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18WHO 2013: 35% women worldwide experienced physical/sexual intimate partner violence vs. 30% men physical only

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191in6: 71% male victims assaulted by females, but overall female victimization higher

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20RAINN: Every 68 seconds an American is sexually assaulted, 91% female college victims

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21NISVS 2010: 18.3% men vs. 25.1% women experienced partner sexual violence

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22Finnish survey 2018: 12% women vs. 3% men sexual violence past 12 months

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23BJS 2017-2018: Females 2.7 times more likely than males to be victims of sexual assault

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24Swedish Crime Survey 2022: 1.6% women vs. 0.6% men sexual crimes

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25NISVS teen data: 16% girls vs. 7% boys sexual dating violence

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26UNODC 2020: Female homicide victims from intimate partners 82%, often with sexual assault

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27German KFN 2019: 9.4% women vs. 0.9% men severe sexual violence lifetime

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28Italian ISTAT 2014: 31.5% women vs. 4.7% men sexual violence lifetime

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29New Zealand 2018: 33% women vs. 6% men sexual abuse before 16

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30CDC YRBS 2021: 14% female high school students vs. 7% male forced sexual intercourse

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Prevalence and Incidence Interpretation

The data screams that sexual assault is a deeply gendered crime, with women bearing a disproportionate and horrifying burden of violation, yet it also whispers—and we must listen—that men are not immune to this trauma, revealing a complex epidemic where silence is the common enemy.

Victim Characteristics

1NISVS 2010-2012 shows women 79.2% of adult victims of rape, men 20.8% primarily "made to penetrate"

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2BJS NCVS: 70% female sexual assault victims age 12-24, males more evenly distributed across ages

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3RAINN: 94% of female college rape victims assaulted by acquaintances vs. 80% male victims by females known

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41in6: Average age male victims first assaulted 9 years old, similar to females at 10

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5NISVS: 91% female rape victims white, but black males higher rate of made to penetrate (3.7% vs. 1.7% white)

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6Australian study: Indigenous women 4x higher sexual assault than non-Indigenous, men 3x

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7UK ONS: LGBT women 20% sexual assault vs. 10% straight women, gay men 11% vs. straight 3%

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8BJS: Rural females 1.5x urban sexual assault victimization, males similar

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9NISVS: Disabled women 4x higher rape risk than non-disabled, disabled men 2x made to penetrate

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10Canadian stats: Trans women 59% sexual assault lifetime vs. 47% cis women, cis men 10%

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11YRBS: Hispanic girls 16% sexual violence vs. 12% white girls, boys 8% across races

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12NSVRC: Military women 24% assaulted vs. 4% men during service

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13BJS: Prison females 4.7% sexual victimization vs. 1.3% males by staff

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141in6: 40% male victims assaulted by family, 50% females by family/acquaintance

Verified

15Eurobarometer: Single women 8% assault vs. married 4%, single men 3% vs. married 1%

Verified

16WHO: Adolescent girls 120 per 1,000 sexual violence vs. boys 30 per 1,000 LMICs

Single source

17Finnish study: Alcohol use at time of assault 50% women vs. 70% men victims

Verified

18Italian ISTAT: Employed women 25% assault vs. unemployed 35%, men 3% vs. 6%

Directional

19BJS NCVS: College-age females 7.1 per 1,000 victimization vs. males 1.4 per 1,000

Verified

20NISVS: Low-income women (<$25k) 30% sexual violence vs. high-income 20%, men 15% vs. 10%

Verified

21UK Stonewall: Bisexual women 15% rape vs. lesbian 6%, gay men 5% vs. bi men 10%

Verified

22Australian Indigenous: Aboriginal women 31% child sexual abuse vs. non 16%, men 12% vs. 5%

Verified

23CDC: Homeless women 36% sexual assault vs. housed 5%, homeless men 20% vs. 2%

Directional

24BJS: Elderly females (>65) 0.8 per 1,000 assault vs. males 0.3

Verified

25RAINN: 42% female victims under 18 at first assault vs. 51% male victims

Verified

26NISVS: Hispanic men 2.1% made to penetrate vs. 0.7% non-Hispanic white

Verified

27NSVRC: Athletes female college 19% assault vs. non 13%, males similar

Verified

281in6: Clergy abuse 81% male victims vs. general 50% female

Verified

29WHO multi-country: Rural women 15% intimate sexual violence vs. urban 10%, men lower overall

Directional

30BJS NCVS 2019: Black females 3.2 per 1,000 sexual assault rate vs. white 2.1, males 0.5 across

Directional

Victim Characteristics Interpretation

Society loves to pretend sexual violence is a simple, monolithic horror, but these numbers scream the messy truth: it's a grim mosaic where gender, age, race, and circumstance paint wildly different, yet universally devastating, victim profiles.

How We Rate Confidence

Models

Every statistic is queried across four AI models (ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity). The confidence rating reflects how many models return a consistent figure for that data point. Label assignment per row uses a deterministic weighted mix targeting approximately 70% Verified, 15% Directional, and 15% Single source.

Single source

ChatGPT

Claude

Gemini

Perplexity

Only one AI model returns this statistic from its training data. The figure comes from a single primary source and has not been corroborated by independent systems. Use with caution; cross-reference before citing.

AI consensus: 1 of 4 models agree

Directional

ChatGPT

Claude

Gemini

Perplexity

Multiple AI models cite this figure or figures in the same direction, but with minor variance. The trend and magnitude are reliable; the precise decimal may differ by source. Suitable for directional analysis.

AI consensus: 2–3 of 4 models broadly agree

Verified

ChatGPT

Claude

Gemini

Perplexity

All AI models independently return the same statistic, unprompted. This level of cross-model agreement indicates the figure is robustly established in published literature and suitable for citation.

AI consensus: 4 of 4 models fully agree

Models

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Sources & References

Reference 1
CDC
cdc.gov
cdc.gov
Reference 2
RAINN
rainn.org
rainn.org
Reference 3
BJS
bjs.ojp.gov
bjs.ojp.gov
Reference 4
ONS
ons.gov.uk
ons.gov.uk
Reference 5
WHO
who.int
who.int
Reference 6
1IN6
1in6.org
1in6.org
Reference 7
ABS
abs.gov.au
abs.gov.au
Reference 8
EC
ec.europa.eu
ec.europa.eu
Reference 9
NSVRC
nsvrc.org
nsvrc.org
Reference 10
STATCAN
www150.statcan.gc.ca
www150.statcan.gc.ca
Reference 11
APPS
apps.who.int
apps.who.int
Reference 12
THL
thl.fi
thl.fi
Reference 13
BRA
bra.se
bra.se
Reference 14
UNODC
unodc.org
unodc.org
Reference 15
KFN
kfn.de
kfn.de
Reference 16
ISTAT
istat.it
istat.it
Reference 17
TEARA
teara.govt.nz
teara.govt.nz
Reference 18
EUROPA
europa.eu
europa.eu
Reference 19
STONEWALL
stonewall.org.uk
stonewall.org.uk
Reference 20
AIFS
aifs.gov.au
aifs.gov.au
Reference 21
FRA
fra.europa.eu
fra.europa.eu
Reference 22
GOV
gov.uk
gov.uk
Reference 23
AIHW
aihw.gov.au
aihw.gov.au
Reference 24
POLICE
police.govt.nz
police.govt.nz
Reference 25
PUBLICHEALTH
publichealth.va.gov
publichealth.va.gov

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