GITNUXREPORT 2026

Rainn Sexual Assault Statistics

Sexual assault is a widespread crisis affecting one in six American women.

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Key Statistics

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Survivors of sexual assault are 3 times more likely to suffer from depression.

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30% of women who experience rape develop PTSD.

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33% of rape victims consider suicide.

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Sexual assault increases the risk of gynecological, gastrointestinal, and other health issues.

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Victims are 4 times more likely to suffer from chronic pain.

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Sexual violence costs $127 billion annually in US.

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Sexual assault survivors 2x more likely to smoke.

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3x more likely to abuse alcohol.

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26x more likely to abuse drugs.

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54% of sexual abuse victims depressed.

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32% attempted suicide.

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40% have eating disorders.

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PTSD in 33-50% of rape survivors.

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94% experience PTSD symptoms 1 week post-assault.

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30% develop chronic PTSD.

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Survivors 4x more likely to contemplate suicide.

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80% develop substance abuse issues.

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Rape victims 6.4x more likely to suffer major depression.

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3.4x borderline personality disorder.

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2.5x PTSD.

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Adverse childhood experiences increase adult rape risk 2-4x.

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Survivors 2x likely to experience homelessness.

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Sexual assault increases HIV risk 30x.

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Victims 2-3x more likely STDs.

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Pregnancy from rape: 5% rate.

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96% of people who sexually abuse a child are male.

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93% of juvenile sexual assault victims know their perpetrator.

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34% of perpetrators are family members.

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59% of assaults on youth are committed by acquaintances.

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50.5% of female victims of sexual assault are raped by an intimate partner.

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51.1% of female rape victims were raped by an intimate partner.

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41% by an acquaintance.

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94% of child sexual abuse perpetrators known to victim.

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60% of assaults on children 12-17 by known adult.

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80% of sexual assaults by family acquaintance or friend.

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79.6% of male victims by female perpetrators.

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91.1% of female victims by male perpetrators.

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90% of campus sexual assaults by acquaintances.

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99% of campus sexual assaults by men.

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93% of adolescent boys sexually abused by males.

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34% of child victims molested by family.

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90% know abuser.

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50% assaulted by family member.

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Perpetrators 65% use alcohol.

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75% of acquitances assaults involve alcohol.

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52% of child sexual abuse by parent.

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93% offenders known to child.

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86% of offenders not Indian.

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97% of Native women offenders non-Indian.

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40% of Native women assaulted by stranger.

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82% of juvenile victims assaulted by relatives.

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69% of rapes/sexual assaults by relatives, acquaintances, friends.

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42% of forcible rapes by known assailant.

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30% of women killed by intimate partners.

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38% of murders of women by partner.

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Every 68 seconds, an American is sexually assaulted.

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1 in 6 American women has been the victim of an attempted or completed rape in her lifetime (14.8% completed, 2.8% attempted).

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About 3% of American men—or 1 in 33—have experienced an attempted or completed rape in their lifetime.

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From 2005-2010, there were an average of 207,754 victims (age 12 or older) of rape and sexual assault each year.

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21% of TGQN (transgender, genderqueer, or non-consenting) students reported being sexually assaulted in college.

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In 2021, RAINN responded to 363,000 crisis calls.

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1 in 5 women have experienced completed or attempted rape.

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Nearly 1 in 5 women (18.3%) have experienced rape.

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1 in 71 men (1.4%) have experienced rape.

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1 in 6 women have experienced stalking victimization.

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Rape/sexual assault victimization rate was 1.2 per 1,000 persons age 12 or older in 2021.

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College women: 1 in 5 assaulted sexually.

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13% of college women report rape attempt.

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42% of college rape victims alcohol involved.

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Lifetime rape prevalence 21.3% for women.

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43.6% women experienced sexual violence other than rape.

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Men: 24.8% experienced sexual violence other than rape.

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47% of TGQN college students assaulted.

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13% of women sexually assaulted in military.

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1 in 4 transgender service members assaulted.

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Child sexual abuse reported in 9% of households.

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67% of child sex offenses involve fondling.

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5.4% of state prisoners sexually victimized by staff.

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4.4% by inmates.

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70-80% of sexual assaults involve drugs/alcohol.

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50% of victims black out from alcohol.

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1 in 10 high school girls forced into sex.

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9% of high school boys.

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1 in 5 women worldwide raped or assaulted.

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Out of every 1,000 rapes, only 384 are reported to police (38.4%).

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About 3 out of 4 rapes are not reported to police.

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Only 28% of reported incidents result in arrest.

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Of those arrested, only 19 lead to a felony conviction.

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Only 6 out of 1,000 result in incarceration.

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12.5% of incidents reported to police resulted in arrest in 2019.

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Only 31% of sexual assaults reported to law enforcement.

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Less than 5% of rapes on college campuses reported.

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Only 12% of child sexual abuse reported to authorities.

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38% of survivors never disclose.

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Only 13% of assaults reported on reservations.

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65% of reported cases no arrest.

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15,093 forcible rapes reported in 2010.

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17.7% clearance rate for rapes.

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In a national survey, 91.5% of rape and sexual assault victims were female and 8.5% were male.

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82% of juvenile victims are female.

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90% of adult rape victims are female.

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Females ages 16-19 are 4 times more likely than the general population to be victims of rape, attempted rape, or sexual assault.

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1 out of every 10 rape victims are male.

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Black women are 2.5 times more likely to be raped than white women.

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American Indian/Alaska Native women are 2.2 times more likely.

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Females experienced rape/sexual assault at a rate of 2.1 per 1,000.

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Males at 0.3 per 1,000.

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70% of sexual assaults occur to girls 16 or younger.

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37% of female victims raped before age 12.

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43% raped before age 18.

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Bisexual women 46.0% rape victimization.

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Lesbian women 13.1%.

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55% of female victims first raped before 12.

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42.2% of female victims first raped 11-17 years.

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27.8% first raped 18 or older.

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50% of transgender people experience sexual assault.

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64% of transgender people sexually assaulted in lifetime.

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Rape victimization rate highest for ages 16-24.

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2.7 per 1,000 for 16-19 females.

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1 in 3 girls sexually abused before 18.

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1 in 6 boys.

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1 in 4 girls, 1 in 6 boys victimized by age 18.

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49% of female inmates raped before prison.

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35% of men in prison raped as children.

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1 in 4 girls, 1 in 13 boys experience child sexual abuse.

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1 in 3 American Indian women raped in lifetime.

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34% before age 18.

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1 in 3 Native men experienced sexual violence.

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90% of homeless women abused as child.

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1 in 3 homeless men survivors.

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38% of prostitutes first sexually assaulted as child.

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73% raped, 63% molested as children.

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11% girls physically forced into sex.

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92% of juvenile victims female.

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12% girls under 20 experience forced sex.

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Written by Marcus Engström·Edited by Rajesh Patel·Fact-checked by Sarah Mitchell

Published Feb 13, 2026·Last verified Apr 1, 2026
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Every sixty-eight seconds, the cold, terrifying reality of sexual violence shatters another life in America—a relentless epidemic where one in six women and one in thirty-three men will face attempted or completed rape in their lifetime.

Key Takeaways

  • Every 68 seconds, an American is sexually assaulted.
  • 1 in 6 American women has been the victim of an attempted or completed rape in her lifetime (14.8% completed, 2.8% attempted).
  • About 3% of American men—or 1 in 33—have experienced an attempted or completed rape in their lifetime.
  • In a national survey, 91.5% of rape and sexual assault victims were female and 8.5% were male.
  • 82% of juvenile victims are female.
  • 90% of adult rape victims are female.
  • 96% of people who sexually abuse a child are male.
  • 93% of juvenile sexual assault victims know their perpetrator.
  • 34% of perpetrators are family members.
  • Out of every 1,000 rapes, only 384 are reported to police (38.4%).
  • About 3 out of 4 rapes are not reported to police.
  • Only 28% of reported incidents result in arrest.
  • Survivors of sexual assault are 3 times more likely to suffer from depression.
  • 30% of women who experience rape develop PTSD.
  • 33% of rape victims consider suicide.

Sexual assault is a widespread crisis affecting one in six American women.

Impacts

1Survivors of sexual assault are 3 times more likely to suffer from depression.
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230% of women who experience rape develop PTSD.
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333% of rape victims consider suicide.
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4Sexual assault increases the risk of gynecological, gastrointestinal, and other health issues.
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5Victims are 4 times more likely to suffer from chronic pain.
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6Sexual violence costs $127 billion annually in US.
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7Sexual assault survivors 2x more likely to smoke.
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83x more likely to abuse alcohol.
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926x more likely to abuse drugs.
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1054% of sexual abuse victims depressed.
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1132% attempted suicide.
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1240% have eating disorders.
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13PTSD in 33-50% of rape survivors.
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1494% experience PTSD symptoms 1 week post-assault.
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1530% develop chronic PTSD.
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16Survivors 4x more likely to contemplate suicide.
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1780% develop substance abuse issues.
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18Rape victims 6.4x more likely to suffer major depression.
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193.4x borderline personality disorder.
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202.5x PTSD.
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21Adverse childhood experiences increase adult rape risk 2-4x.
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22Survivors 2x likely to experience homelessness.
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23Sexual assault increases HIV risk 30x.
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24Victims 2-3x more likely STDs.
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25Pregnancy from rape: 5% rate.
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Impacts Interpretation

The staggering and deeply interconnected aftermath of sexual assault reveals it is not a single-event crime, but a poison that chronically rewires a survivor's mind, body, and entire life trajectory.

Perpetrators

196% of people who sexually abuse a child are male.
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293% of juvenile sexual assault victims know their perpetrator.
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334% of perpetrators are family members.
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459% of assaults on youth are committed by acquaintances.
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550.5% of female victims of sexual assault are raped by an intimate partner.
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651.1% of female rape victims were raped by an intimate partner.
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741% by an acquaintance.
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894% of child sexual abuse perpetrators known to victim.
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960% of assaults on children 12-17 by known adult.
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1080% of sexual assaults by family acquaintance or friend.
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1179.6% of male victims by female perpetrators.
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1291.1% of female victims by male perpetrators.
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1390% of campus sexual assaults by acquaintances.
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1499% of campus sexual assaults by men.
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1593% of adolescent boys sexually abused by males.
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1634% of child victims molested by family.
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1790% know abuser.
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1850% assaulted by family member.
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19Perpetrators 65% use alcohol.
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2075% of acquitances assaults involve alcohol.
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2152% of child sexual abuse by parent.
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2293% offenders known to child.
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2386% of offenders not Indian.
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2497% of Native women offenders non-Indian.
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2540% of Native women assaulted by stranger.
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2682% of juvenile victims assaulted by relatives.
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2769% of rapes/sexual assaults by relatives, acquaintances, friends.
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2842% of forcible rapes by known assailant.
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2930% of women killed by intimate partners.
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3038% of murders of women by partner.
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Perpetrators Interpretation

The chilling truth behind these statistics is that sexual assault is not a crime of shadowy strangers, but a profound betrayal most often committed by men who are trusted, loved, or familiar within the victim's own world.

Prevalence

1Every 68 seconds, an American is sexually assaulted.
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21 in 6 American women has been the victim of an attempted or completed rape in her lifetime (14.8% completed, 2.8% attempted).
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3About 3% of American men—or 1 in 33—have experienced an attempted or completed rape in their lifetime.
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4From 2005-2010, there were an average of 207,754 victims (age 12 or older) of rape and sexual assault each year.
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521% of TGQN (transgender, genderqueer, or non-consenting) students reported being sexually assaulted in college.
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6In 2021, RAINN responded to 363,000 crisis calls.
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71 in 5 women have experienced completed or attempted rape.
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8Nearly 1 in 5 women (18.3%) have experienced rape.
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91 in 71 men (1.4%) have experienced rape.
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101 in 6 women have experienced stalking victimization.
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11Rape/sexual assault victimization rate was 1.2 per 1,000 persons age 12 or older in 2021.
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12College women: 1 in 5 assaulted sexually.
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1313% of college women report rape attempt.
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1442% of college rape victims alcohol involved.
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15Lifetime rape prevalence 21.3% for women.
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1643.6% women experienced sexual violence other than rape.
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17Men: 24.8% experienced sexual violence other than rape.
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1847% of TGQN college students assaulted.
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1913% of women sexually assaulted in military.
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201 in 4 transgender service members assaulted.
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21Child sexual abuse reported in 9% of households.
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2267% of child sex offenses involve fondling.
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235.4% of state prisoners sexually victimized by staff.
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244.4% by inmates.
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2570-80% of sexual assaults involve drugs/alcohol.
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2650% of victims black out from alcohol.
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271 in 10 high school girls forced into sex.
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289% of high school boys.
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291 in 5 women worldwide raped or assaulted.
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Prevalence Interpretation

Every sixty-eight seconds, another American is sexually assaulted, a relentless national heartbeat of violation that disproportionately targets women, transgender individuals, and the young, revealing a crisis woven deeply into the fabric of our schools, colleges, military, and homes.

Reporting

1Out of every 1,000 rapes, only 384 are reported to police (38.4%).
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2About 3 out of 4 rapes are not reported to police.
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3Only 28% of reported incidents result in arrest.
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4Of those arrested, only 19 lead to a felony conviction.
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5Only 6 out of 1,000 result in incarceration.
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612.5% of incidents reported to police resulted in arrest in 2019.
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7Only 31% of sexual assaults reported to law enforcement.
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8Less than 5% of rapes on college campuses reported.
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9Only 12% of child sexual abuse reported to authorities.
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1038% of survivors never disclose.
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11Only 13% of assaults reported on reservations.
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1265% of reported cases no arrest.
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1315,093 forcible rapes reported in 2010.
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1417.7% clearance rate for rapes.
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Reporting Interpretation

The grim reality is that a sexual assault is far more likely to be silently endured by a survivor than it is to ever see a day in court, revealing a justice system in desperate need of repair.

Victims

1In a national survey, 91.5% of rape and sexual assault victims were female and 8.5% were male.
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282% of juvenile victims are female.
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390% of adult rape victims are female.
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4Females ages 16-19 are 4 times more likely than the general population to be victims of rape, attempted rape, or sexual assault.
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51 out of every 10 rape victims are male.
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6Black women are 2.5 times more likely to be raped than white women.
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7American Indian/Alaska Native women are 2.2 times more likely.
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8Females experienced rape/sexual assault at a rate of 2.1 per 1,000.
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9Males at 0.3 per 1,000.
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1070% of sexual assaults occur to girls 16 or younger.
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1137% of female victims raped before age 12.
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1243% raped before age 18.
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13Bisexual women 46.0% rape victimization.
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14Lesbian women 13.1%.
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1555% of female victims first raped before 12.
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1642.2% of female victims first raped 11-17 years.
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1727.8% first raped 18 or older.
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1850% of transgender people experience sexual assault.
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1964% of transgender people sexually assaulted in lifetime.
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20Rape victimization rate highest for ages 16-24.
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212.7 per 1,000 for 16-19 females.
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221 in 3 girls sexually abused before 18.
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231 in 6 boys.
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241 in 4 girls, 1 in 6 boys victimized by age 18.
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2549% of female inmates raped before prison.
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2635% of men in prison raped as children.
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271 in 4 girls, 1 in 13 boys experience child sexual abuse.
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281 in 3 American Indian women raped in lifetime.
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2934% before age 18.
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301 in 3 Native men experienced sexual violence.
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3190% of homeless women abused as child.
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321 in 3 homeless men survivors.
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3338% of prostitutes first sexually assaulted as child.
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3473% raped, 63% molested as children.
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3511% girls physically forced into sex.
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3692% of juvenile victims female.
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3712% girls under 20 experience forced sex.
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Victims Interpretation

While men are not exempt from this violence, the epidemic of sexual assault in America is a systematic and devastating attack on female bodies, particularly young women and girls, with the burden crushing hardest on Black, Native, and LGBTQ+ individuals.

How We Rate Confidence

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ChatGPTClaudeGeminiPerplexity

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

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ChatGPTClaudeGeminiPerplexity

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AI consensus: 4 of 4 models fully agree

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