Domestic Violence Statistics

REPORTING RATES

Domestic violence is one of the most chronically underreported crimes.20

Only approximately one-quarter of all physical assaults, one-fifth of all rapes, and one-half of all stalkings perpetuated against females by intimate partners are reported to the police.1

Approximately 20% of the 1.5 million people who experience intimate partner violence annually obtain civil protection orders.1

Approximately one-half of the orders obtained by women against intimate partners who physically assaulted them were violated.1 More than two-thirds of the restraining orders against intimate partners who raped or stalked the victim were violated.


http://www.ncadv.org/files/DomesticViolenceFactSheet(National).pdf