Rape Fact Sheet
| An estimated 683,000 adult women are raped each year. (Natl. Women’s Study 1990) | |
| Every minute in the U.S., there are 1.3 forcible rapes of adult women. (Natl. Victim Center 1992) | |
| 78 women are raped each hour. (Natl. Victim Center 1992) | |
| Up to 85% of rapes go unreported. (Natl. Women’s Study 1990) | |
| 29% of all forcible rapes in America occurred when the victim was less than 11-years-old. (Natl. Victim Center 1992) | |
| 61% of all rapes occurred before the victim reached 18. (Natl. Women’s Study 1990) | |
| Approximately 75% of rapes are committed by someone the victim knows. (Natl. Women’s Study 1990) | |
| Of the cases of forcible rape reported in 1993, only 53% led to the arrest of the alleged perpetrator. (1994 FBI report to Natl. Victim Center) | |
| There were approximately 30,000 sexual assaults of males, ages 12 and over, in the U.S. in 1993. (Criminal Victimization in the U.S. report to Bureau of Justice 1994) | |
| 98% of rapists are men. 66% of rapists are White, 30% are Black and 4% are other races. (Report of Felony Sentences in State Courts to the Bureau of Justice 1992) | |
| The rate of recidivism among recently released sex offenders from a psychiatric prison was approximately 76%. (Journal of Interpersonal Violence, Vol. 10 1995) | |
| The average sentence for a rapist is 17 years in prison, the actual time served is approximately 8 years. (U.S. Dept. of Justice 1995) | |
| Out of 1.8 million severe assaults against women in 1991, 45,000 of them were marital rapes. (U.S. Dept. of Justice 1992 |