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Crime Statistics 2007

Statistics compiled by the U.S. Department of Criminal Justice, Senate Judiciary Committee reports, & the F.B.I

Violent Crimes in General

90 % of violent attacks happen in Key-Related situations.
82% of society will be the victims of a violent crime during their lifetimes.
An average of 80 million crimes of violence are reported each year.
Over 16,000 murders occur on average each year.
3 out of 4 women will be victims of at least one violent crime during their lifetime.

Rape / Sexual Assault

Every hour 22 women confront rapists.
A woman is raped every 4.5 minutes.
42% of rape victims tell no one.
Only 5% of all sexual assaults are reported to law enforcement.
58% of sexual assaults are not reported by the victims to either law enforcement or crisis centers.
78% of sexual assaults are committed by someone the victim knows.
42% of sexual assaults occur inside the victim's home.
3 out of 7 women who are sexually assaulted, are assaulted by multiple assailants.
22% of sexual predators assault an average of 7 victims before they are caught and convicted.
Only 2% of all sexual assaults result in the assailant(s) being convicted and imprisoned.
The United States has a rape rate 13 times higher than Great Britain (UK), nearly 4 times higher than Germany, and more than 20 times higher than Japan.

Violent Assault & Battering

A women is beaten by her spouse every 9 seconds.
3 to 4 million women are battered each year.
More than 1 million women seek medical assistance for injuries caused by battering each year.
Females are approximately 75% of the victims of intimate murders and about 85% of the victims of non-lethal intimate violence.
Women age 16 to 24 experience the highest per capita rate of intimate violence..