Statistics

=__** A Statistical Representation of the Truth **__=


 * Of every 100 incidents of sexual assault, only 6 are reported to the police
 * 1 - 2% of "date rape" sexual assaults are reported to the police
 * 1 in 4 North American women will be sexually assaulted during their lifetime
 * 11% of women have physical injury resulting for sexual assault
 * Only 2 - 4% of all sexual assaults reported are false reports
 * About 50% of sex assaults occur on dates
 * 60% of sexual abuse/assault victims are under the age of 17
 * over 80% of sex crime victims are women
 * 80% of sexual assault incidents occur in the home
 * 17% of girls under 16 have experienced some form of incest
 * 83% of disabled women will be sexual assaulted during their lifetime
 * 15% of sexual assault victims are boys under 16
 * half of all sexual offenders are married or in long term relationships
 * 57% of aboriginal women have been sexually abused
 * 1/5th of all sexual assaults involve a weapon of some sort
 * 80% of assailants are friends and family of the victim
 * 63% of victims suffer physical harm
 * 9% of victims are disfigured from the attack

Victim-offender Relationship for date rape -Very common amongst peers to slip date rape into a friends alcoholic beverage