National Stats. for Domestic Violence

National Statistics

According to the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence 1 in 4 women will experience domestic violence during her lifetime. 20% of violent crime against women was intimate partner violence, compared to 3 % of violent crime against men. 1 in 15 women and 1 in 33 men have experienced an attempted or completed rape. In 2000, 1,247 women and 440 men were killed by an intimate partner. In 1999, intimate partner homicides accounted for 32% of the murders of females and 4% of the murders of males. Between 3.3 and 10 million American Children witness domestic violence annually (Schechter, 2000). In 43% of households where domestic violence occurs, at least one child under the age of 12 lives in the home (Bureau of Justice Statistics Special Report, 2000)

According to a National Violence Against Women Survey, 22% of women, 15.4% of gay men, 11.4% of lesbians and 7.7% of heterosexual men, are assaulted by a date or intimate partner during their lives. More than 1 million women and 371,000 men are stalked by partners each year.