21% of girls and 11% of boys experience childhood sexual abuse.
Most perpetrators of sexual violence are male and most victims are female.Only 3% of rapes and sexual assaults are false allegations.90% of perpetrators are known, and often trusted, by the victim prior to the offence. 72% of adults who were abused during childhood tell no-one at the time of the abuse 40% of adults who are raped tell no one about it.In 2018 less than 1 in 65 reports of rape (1.5%) resulted in a charge or a summons.Approximately 85,000 women and 12,000 men experience rape, attempted rape or sexual assault in England and Wales every year.Only 10-15% of sexual offences are reported to the police.20% of women (1 in 5) and 4% of men will experience sexual violence in their life-time.Rape myths can make it hard for victims/survivors to seek support and have far reaching consequences, for example influencing the way rape cases are handled by jury’s in the criminal justice system.īy challenging rape myths and spreading factual information and statistics we are changing these misconceptions and ultimately changing the way victims/survivors are responded to when making a disclosure. Rape myths underpin sexual violence by diminishing the responsibility of the perpetrator(s) whilst putting responsibility on the victim/survivor. We look at the myths, facts and statistics surrounding rape and sexual violence.
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