Domestic Violence Facts

National Coalition Against Domestic Violence

-1 in every 4 women will experience domestic violence in her lifetime.

-An estimated 1.3 million women are victims of physical assault by an intimate partner each year.

-85% of domestic violence victims are women.

-Historically, females have been most often victimized by someone they knew.

-Females who are 20-24 years of age are at the greatest risk of nonfatal intimate partner violence.

-Most cases of domestic violence are never reported to the police.

-30% to 60% of perpetrators of intimate partner violence also abuse children in the household.

-In 70-80% of intimate partner homicides, no matter which partner was killed, the man physically abused the woman before the murder.

-The cost of intimate partner violence exceeds $5.6 billion each year.

-1 in 6 women and 1 in 33 men have experienced an attempted or completed rape.