All information gathered is in regards to statistics in the United States.
- Approximately 1 in 5 women are raped or sexually assaulted in their lifetime.
- 81% of women and 43% of men have reported experiencing a form of sexual harassment or sexual assault in their lifetime.
- 9/10 victims of rape are female
- Every 68 seconds there is another victim of sexual assault
- 8/10 rapes occur by someone the victim knows
- Each year, 60,000 children experience sexual abuse
This website presents a graph of the forcible rape rate per 100,000 people in 2020, separated by state…
https://www.statista.com/statistics/232563/forcible-rape-rate-in-the-us-by-state/
Sources used:
https://www.nsvrc.org/statistics
https://www.rainn.org/statistics
For more in-depth knowledge on the statistics of sexual assault, click on the links above to explore these organizations’ websites.