SAVA Center - Stats

Colorado Statistics

24% (1 in 4) of Colorado women and 6% (1 in 17) Colorado men have experienced a completed or attempted sexual assault in their life time. That is equal to over 11,000 men and women each year who have experienced a sexual assault in Colorado. Unfortunately, only 16% of rapes are reported to Colorado law enforcement.

Statistics

1 in 6 women and 1 in 33 men will be sexually assaulted in their lifetime.

In 2003 1 of every 10 rape victims were male.

2.78 million men in the U.S. have been victims of sexual assault or rape.

College age women are 4 times more likely to be sexually assaulted.

In 2006, there were 272,350 victims of sexual assault, not including victims 12 years old and younger.

Every 2 minutes someone in the U.S. is sexually assaulted.

60% of sexual assaults are not reported to the police.

Reporting has increased by 1/3 since 1993.

Approximately 73% of rape victims know their assailants.

Only 6% of rapists will ever spend a day in jail.

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

4 in 10 rape/sexual assault incidents take place at the victim’s home.

2 in 10 rape/sexual assault incidents take place at the home of a friend, neighbor, or relative.

1 in 12 rape/sexual assault incidents take place in a parking garage.

43% of rapes occur between 6 p.m. and midnight.

24% of rapes occur between midnight and 6 a.m.

33% of rapes occur between 6 a.m. and 6 p.m.

The average age of a rapist is 31 years old

52% of rapists are white