National - RAINN

On average, there are 463,634 victims (age 12 or older) of rape and sexual assault each year in the United States.

• Ages 12-34 are the highest risk years for rape and sexual assault.3

• Those age 65 and older are 92% less likely than 12-24 year olds to be a victim of rape or sexual assault, and 83% less likely than 25-49 year olds.

• Millions of women in the United States have experienced rape.

  • As of 1998, an estimated 17.7 million American women had been victims of attempted or completed rape.