An average of 24 people per minute are victims of rape, physical violence or stalking by an intimate partner in the United States — more than 12 million women and men over the course of a single year.
19% of domestic violence involves a weapon. The presence of a gun in domestic violence situations increases the risk of homicide by 500%.
Only 34% of people who are injured by intimate partners receive medical care for their injuries. Domestic victimization is correlated with a higher rate of depression and suicidal behavior.
From 1994 to 2010, approximately 4 in 5 victims of intimate partner violence were female.
On a typical day, there are more than 20,000 phone calls placed to domestic violence hotlines nationwide. 1 in 15 children are exposed to intimate partner violence each year, and 90% of these children are eyewitnesses to this violence.
Almost half of all women and men in the US have experienced psychological aggression by an intimate partner in their lifetime (48.4% and 48.8%, respectively).
Nearly 3 in 10 women (29%) and 1 in 10 men (10%) in the US have experienced rape, physical violence, and/or stalking by a partner and reported it having a related impact on their functioning.
Victims of intimate partner violence lose a total of 8.0 million days of paid work each year. The cost of intimate partner violence exceeds $8.3 Billion Per Year.
Most female victims of intimate partner violence were previously victimized by the same offender at rates of 77% for women ages 18 to 24, 76% for ages 25 to 34, and 81% for ages 35 to 49.
Intimate partner violence accounts for 15% of all violence crime. 72% of all murder-suicides involve an intimate partner; 94% of the victims of these murder suicides are female.
Women ages 18 to 24 and 25 to 34 generally experience the highest rates of intimate partner violence.
*Domestic Violence Statistics from: https://ncadv.org/statistics
