United States Statistics
These statistics are from the Bureau of Justice, U.S. Department of Justice, for the years 1995 through 1998.

• One of three women can expect to be sexually assaulted in their lifetime.
• Somewhere in America, on average, a woman was raped every two minutes
• during 1995 and 1996, 977,000 women were the victims of rape, attempted rape or sexual assault.
• Only about 31% of rapes and sexual assaults were reported to law enforcement officials. Of the reported number,41% occurred in the daytime, 59% occurred at night.
• Assault victims took protection measures 87% of the time; 71% avoided being raped by taking such measures. women who made absolutely no attempt to resist were all raped.
• A rape usually lasted 2 to 4 hours.
• Most sexual assaults, and four in ten rapes, took place at the victim's home.
• Approximately 68% of rape victims knew their assailant (28% of the victims were raped by husbands or boyfriends, 35% by acquaintances, 55 by other relatives); 32% were raped by strangers.
• At least 45% of the rapists were under the influence of alcohol or drugs.
• In 29% of rapes, the offender used a weapon; firearms were used only 6% of the time.
• 75% of female rape victims require medical care after the attack.
• Teen women ages 16 to 19 were three and one half times more likely than the general population to be victims of rape, attempted rape or sexual assault. One in two rape victims was under age 18; one in six was under age 12.
• 90% of rape victims were women; 10% were men and boys.
• During 1995, 126,000 children were victims of either substantiated or indicated sexual abuse; of these, 75% were girls and nearly 30% were between ages four and seven

More information on beating crime can be found at http://www.fbi.gov/becrimesmart.htm