20% of women and 4% of men have experienced some type of sexual assault since the age of 16, equivalent to 3.4 million female and 631,000 male victims
Only around 15% of those who experience sexual violence report to the police
3.1% of women (510,000) and 0.8% of men (138,000) aged 16 to 59 had experienced a sexual assault in the last year
Approximately 90% of those who are raped know the perpetrator prior to the offence
Conviction rates for rape are far lower than other crimes, with only 5.7% of reported rape cases ending in a conviction for the perpetrator. (Kelly, Lovett and Regan, A gap or a chasm? Attrition in reported rape cases, 2005)
Rapecrisis.org.uk. (2019). Statistics - Sexual Violence | Rape Crisis England & Wales. [online] Available at: https://rapecrisis.org.uk/get-informed/about-sexual-violence/statistics-sexual-violence/ [Accessed 2 Apr. 2019].