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Statistics About Relationship Violence

Women ages 16-24 experienced the highest per capita rates of intimate violence; 20 per 1,000 (U.S. Dept. of Justice, 2000).
9% of murder victims in 2002 were killed by their spouse or intimate partner. 78% of those victims were female. (Federal Bureau of Investigation, 2003).
Of the women who reported being raped and/or physically assaulted since the age of 18, three-quarters were victimized by a current or former husband, cohabiting partner, date or boyfriend (National Institute Of Justice and U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, 1998).
2 out of 3 violent crimes against women are committed by someone that the victim knows (U.S. Dept. of Justice, 2000)

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