Rape & Sexual Assault Facts

According to RAINN:

• 1 in 6 Women will be sexually assaulted in their lifetime.
  
• 1 in 33 Men will be sexually assaulted in their lifetime.
  
• Every 2 minutes someone in the USA is sexually assaulted.
  
• 73% of rape victims know their assailant.
  

• Women who use non forceful verbal strategies to defend against a rape were raped 93% of the time! 1
• Those who use violent physical force reduced that rate to 44% - 14%! 1
  

"Statistics from: Fighting back works: The case for advocating and teaching self-defense against rape. By Marge Heyden, Tiel Jackson, Billie Anger, and Todd Ellner.  From the Journal of Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance, May/June 1999"

Violent Crime Facts

According to the FBI Unified Crime Report of 2009

• 1,318,398 violent crimes occurred nationwide.
  
• 15,241 Murders
• 88,097 Forcible Rapes
• 408,217 Robbery's
• 806,843 Aggravated Assaults

In Florida alone:

• 1,017 Murders occurred.
• 5.501 Forcible Rapes
• 30,911 Robbery's
• 76,112 Aggravated Assaults

In Lee County:

• 20 Murders
• 200 Forcible Rapes
• 407 Robbery's
• 771 Aggravated Assaults
• 2084 Assaults/Stalkings
• 1593 Domestic Assaults