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Also see statistics at Fawcett Society www.fawcettsociety.org.uk/index.asp?PageID=712

Also see statistics at Campaign to End Rape
www.cer.truthaboutrape.co.uk/3.html

    UK Data on Rape and Sexual Assault

Finding

Source

Method

1 in 4 women have experienced rape or attempted rape

Painter, 1991

Survey of 1,007 women in 11 cities, Northern England

1 in 7 women have been coerced into sex, rising to 1 in 3 among divorced and separated women

Painter, 1991

Survey of 1,007 women in 11 cities, Northern England

The most common perpetrators of rape are husbands and partners

Painter, 1991

Survey of 1,007 women in 11 cities, Northern England

97% of callers to Rape Crisis Lines knew their assailant prior to the assault

Rape Crisis Federation of England and Wales

Analysis of RCF members' records,
England and Wales

The majority of perpetrators are known to the victim

Kelly et. al, 2005

 

 

 

 

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