Domestic violence statistics

Grace Weismantel, Freelance Reporter

  • On average, nearly 20 people per minute are physically abused by an intimate partner in the United States.
  • 1 in 7 women and 1 in 18 men have been stalked by an intimate partner during their lifetime to the point where they believed they or someone close to them would be hurt or killed.
  • The presence of a gun is a domestic violence situation increases the risk of homicide by 500%.
  • Intimate partner violence accounts for 15% of all violent crime.
  • Women between the age of 18-24 are most commonly abused by an intimate partner.
  • 19% of domestic violence involves a weapon.
  • Only 34% of people who are injured by intimate partners receive medical care for their injuries.
  • 1 in 15 children are exposed to intimate partner violence each year, and 90% of these children are eyewitnesses to this violence.

Information provided by https://ncadv.org/statistics.