Data & Statistics

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Virginia Statistics

• The Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS), an on-going telephone health survey system, tracks health conditions and risk behaviors of adults in the United States. In 2005 and 2006, the Virginia BRFSS survey included questions on Sexual Violence. The BRFSS fact sheet on Sexual Violence 2005-2006 uses the data from 2005 and 2006 to estimate the extent of sexual violence among Virginian adults 18 and older.
  

• View the legislative report, Response to and Prevention of Sexual Assault in the Commonwealth of Virginia, the study commissioned by the General Assembly requesting the Virginia Department of Health (VDH) to study the statewide response to sexual assault victims and the prevention of sexual assault.

• The Sexual Violence in Virginia Report addresses sexual violence in the Commonwealth of Virginia. There is no single data source that describes the incidence of sexual violence in Virginia. The data included in this report are from a variety of sources, but still only represent a fraction of the total victims because sexual violence is such an underreported crime. View the 2005, 2004, and 2003 reports. 

• Family and Intimate Partner Homicide in Virginia Report from the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner.  View the 2004 report.

• Violent Death in Virginia, a report from the Virginia Violent Death reporting system.  View the 2004 report.
  

• Download the Childhood Sexual Assault Victimization in Virginia (August 2004) report.

• Download the Sexual Violence Surveillance Report produced in Virginia in 2003. View the female and male telephone survey questionnaire.

• View the Virginia State Police Uniform Crime Reports for the most recent sexual violence statistics.

• A Report from Virginia's Sexual Assault Crisis Centers and Domestic Violence Programs- Includes year 2000-2004 data from VAdata, the Virginia Sexual and Domestic Violence Data Collection System.
  
  
• Estimating the Incidence of Statutory Rape in Virginia -- A report prepared for the Sexual Violence Prevention Program in February 2002

National Statistics

• Sexual Violence Reported by Correctional Authorities, 2006 -- Bureau of Justice Statistics

• National Crime Victimization Survey -- Bureau of Justice Statistics

• Prevalence, Incidence and Consequences of Violence Against Women: Findings From the National Violence Against Women Survey -- National Institute of Justice/Centers for Disease Control Report

• The Sexual Victimization of College Women -- National Institute of Justice

• Upward Trend in Rape Reporting Rates for Two Straight Years October 2002



• High? Low? Changing? : What's New in Rape Prevalence (2000) National Violence Against Women Prevention Research Center
  
  
• Rape and Sexual Assault Data Overview (2001) Dean Kilpatrick, National Violence Against Women Prevention Research Center
  
  
• Rape and Sexual Assault: Reporting to Police and Medical Attention, 1992-2000 (2002) U.S. Department of Justice Bureau of Justice Statistics
  
  
• Sexual Assault of Young Children as Reported to Law Enforcement: Victim, Incident, and Offender Characteristics -- Bureau of Justice Statistics

• The RAINN Statistics Page -- Rape Abuse Incest National Network collection of national statistics

• The Commonwealth Fund Survey of the Health of Adolescent Girls -- includes key findings related to sexual violence and dating violence.

• The Health of Adolescent Boys: Commonwealth Fund Survey Findings -- includes key findings related to sexual abuse and physical abuse.