The following information comes from PAVSA (Program for Aid to Victims of Sexual Assault); statistics come from the FBI and National Crime Victims Survey. For additional information, please visit PAVSA's website or contact them at (218) 726-1442.

• One in three women will be raped in her lifetime.
• One out of four girls and one out of five boys will be sexually assaulted before they are old enought to vote.
• The median age of a rape victim is 15.
• Roughly 90% of victims know their attacker.
• 3/4 of all rapes are planned in advance.
• Most sexual assaults occur in the victim's home.
• For every rape that is reported, 10 rapes go unreported.
• 2/1000 reported rapes are false reports, a figure lower than false reports of other violent crimes.