Statistics
  • Someone is sexually assaulted somewhere in America every two minutes.
  • 1 in every 4 women will experience domestic violence in her lifetime.
  • 90% of sexual assault victims know their attacker.
  • An estimated 1.3 million women are victims of physical assault by an intimate partner each year.
  • 1 in every 4 women will be sexually assaulted in their lifetime.
  • 1 in 12 women and 1 in 45 men have been stalked in their lifetime.
  • 30% to 60% of perpetrators of intimate partner violence also abuse children in the household.
  • Boys who witness domestic violence are twice as likely to abuse their own partners and children when they become adults.
  • The cost of intimate partner violence exceeds $5.8 billion each year, $4.1 billion of which is for direct medical and mental health services.

Source: National Coalition Against Domestic Violence