U.S. Dept. of Justice
Stalking Statistics and Facts
Your chances of being stalked are close to 1 in
10.
One in 12 women are stalked at some point in
their life.
A woman is 3 times more likely to be stalked than
raped.
Each year an estimated 1,006,970 women and
370,992 men are stalked in the U.S.
The primary targets of stalkers are women (80%).
8% of all women and 2% of all men are stalked at
some time in their life.
10% of female victims and 12% of male victims are
less than 18 years old.
Approximately 50% of all stalking victims never
report their victimization to law enforcement.
Only 25% attain restraining orders against their
assailant.
80% of all restraining orders attained against
stalkers are violated.
Facts
As of January 1, 1994, all fifty states in the
U.S. have an anti-stalking law.
On September 23, 1996 President Bill Clinton
signed into law the Interstate Stalking
Punishment and Prevention Act of 1996 making it a
federal offense to stalk across state lines.
Most violent crimes begin with stalking. People,
including children, are typically stalked prior
to being abducted.
Stalking is prolonged criminal behavior that
endangers the victim, their family, the
community, and also poses a very real threat for
workplace violence.
Millions of innocent citizens are secondary
targets to stalking. They suffer the
repercussions of the criminal acts - either
directly or indirectly.
More than 45% of all stalking cases involve
disruption within the workplace and have
devastating effects on the productivity of
organizations and on the quality of life of
employees.
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