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Male Violence Statistics
An estimated 91% of victims of rape & sexual assault are female and 9% male. Nearly 99% of perpetrators are male.
Around the world, at least 1 woman in every 3 has been beaten, coerced into sex, or otherwise abused in her lifetime. Most often the abuser is a member of her own family or is her partner.
Only 2% of rapists are convicted and imprisoned.
Approximately 80-85% of completed rapes are committed by someone who is known to the victim/survivor.
In 2012, 73.8 percent of all arrestees were males.
Males accounted for 80.1 percent of persons arrested for violent crimes and for 62.6 percent of persons arrested for property crimes.
Males comprised 88.7 percent of persons arrested for murder and nonnegligent manslaughter in 2012.
Of the total number of persons arrested for drug abuse violations, 79.7 percent were males.
- FBI