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Domestic Violence Statistics

Data

Percent of women who have experienced domestic violence

25%

Estimated number of domestic violence incidents per year

960,000

Victims of Domestic Violence

Data

Women

85%

Men

15%

Women ages 20-24 are at the greatest risk

On average, 3 females and 1 male are murdered by their partner each day

The health costs of domestic violence yearly

$5.8 Billion

Percent of female high school students who reported being physically or sexually abused by a dating partner

20%

Percent of teens who reported threats from their boyfriend or girlfriend to harm them or themselves to avoid a breakup.

14%

Number of children who witness domestic violence annually

6 Million +

Number of women who are stalked by an intimate partner annually

503,485

Percent of domestic crimes reported to police

25%

Percent of high school students that will be involved in an abusive relationship

32 %

Percent of teenage girls who say they know someone their age that has been hit or beaten by a boyfriend

40 %

Percent of all murder victims killed by their boyfriends

7 %

Percent of college females that will experience some form of dating violence

19 %

Percent of date rape victims that are young women from 14 to 17 years of age

38 %

Percent of all sexual assaults attributed to date rape

67 %

Percent young women raped who knew their rapist either as a boyfriend, friend or casual acquaintance

68 %

Percent of the rapes of young women that occurred in their own home or a friends or relative’s home

60 %

Percent of incidents of domestic violence involving non-married persons

40 %

Number of American women assaulted by men each year

2,100,000

Percent of the victims of domestic violence that are women

95 %

Percent of all emergency room calls attributed to domestic violence

3.5 %

Percent of those that abuse their partner that also physically and/or sexually abuse their children

65 %

Number of women that die each day as a result of abuse

4

Number of children that die each day as a result of abuse

3

Percent of all women who sought care in hospital emergency rooms for violence related injuries

37 %

Number of women that are murdered by their husbands or boyfriends in this country every day

2

% of teenage girls age 14 to 17 that report knowing someone their age who has been hit or beaten by a boyfriend

40 %

Percent of violent crime experienced by men attributed to violence by an intimate partner

2 %

Family violence costs to the nation in medical expenses, police and court costs, shelters and foster care, sick leave, absenteeism, and non-productivity

$7.5 billion annually