For every 1,000 persons age 12 or older, there occurs: 1 rape or sexual assault, 1 assault with injury, 3 robberies. -US Department of Justice, 2005

Up to 70% of female murder victims are killed by their male partners. -WHO 2002

About 1 in 4 incidents of violent crime occur at or near the victim's home. -US Department of Justice

Around 25% of all hospital emergency department visits by women result from domestic assaults. -Illinois Department of Public Health

Approximately 48% of rape victims are raped by a friend or acquaintance; 30% by a stranger; 16% by an intimate; 2% by another relative; and in 4% of cases the relationship is unknown. -2000 NCVS

Up to 47% of women report that their first sexual intercourse was forced. -WHO 2002

Victims of sexual assault are: 3 times more likely to suffer from depression, 6 times more likely to suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder,13 times more likely to abuse alcohol, 26 times more likely to abuse drugs, 4 times more likely to contemplate suicide. -RAINN

86% of rape victims reported the use of physical force as the only weapon used during the attack.  Only about 7% of rapes involved the use of a weapon—2% used a gun, 4% used a knife and 7% were unsure. -2000 NCVS

More than 50% of all rape/sexual assault incidents were reported by victims to have occurred within 1 mile of their home or at their home. -RAINN

1 in 4 college women experience completed or attempted rape during their college years. -National College Women Sexual Victimization Study, Fisher 2000

College age women are 4 times more likely to be sexually assaulted than other age groups. -RAINN

College females are 4 times more likely to be assaulted by someone they know than by a stranger. -National Crime Victimization Study 1995-2002