Domestic Violence Statistics 

• More than 65,000 adults in Minnesota receive domestic violence services from programs each year.

                Statistic from Minnesota Coalition for Battered Women

• 47% of girls from homes where others have been physically abused, hurt themselves on purpose and 56% contemplated suicide

                Statistic from Minnesota Coalition for Battered Women

• Less than 50% of people who experience domestic violence ever reach out for services

                Statistic from Minnesota Coalition for Battered Women

• In 2015, there were 29 domestic violence homicides.  Victims ranged from 14-76 years old.  The homicides took place in 17 different cities.  And 50% were in Greater Minnesota. 

                Statistic from Minnesota Coalition for Battered Women

• Domestic violence is a leading cause of housing instability.

         Housing is the #1 unmet need for domestic violence survivors

         Due to unmet housing requests, domestic violence programs report that

58% return to their abusers

16% become homeless

6%  end up living in their cars

                Statistic from Minnesota Coalition for Battered Women

• Only 7% of all survivors define success as leaving the abusive relationship

         Success means having a system (of services) available to survivors when they need it

                Statistic from Minnesota Coalition for Battered Women

Sexual Violence Statistics

• Approximately 1 in 4 Minnesota girls in 9th grade reported being touched, grabbed, or pinched in a sexual way.  

              From ongoing collaborative research by Women's Foundation of Minnesota and the University of MN Humphrey School's Center on Women and Public Policy

• By the time they graduate, a significant number of Minnesota girls have been sexually assaulted by a date

         From Minnesota Student Survey 2010 Trend Database analyzed by the Center on Women and Public Policy

• By age 23, nearly 1 in 4 Minnesota female college students have been sexually assaulted.  

         From Boynton Health Service, 2010 College Student Health Survey Report

• The FBI has identified the Twin Cities as 1 of 13 U.S. cities with a high incidence rate of child prostitution

                 From the FBI's Efforts to Combat Crimes Against Children

• By mid-life, 33% of Minnesota women have experienced a rape crime

​         From Minnesota Crime Survey, data collected and obtained from the Minnesota Department of Public Safety, Office of Justice Programs (OJP), and the Greater Twin Cities United Way 

• An estimated 60% of teen first pregnancies are preceded by expereiences of molestation, rape, or attempted rape

​         From Saewyc, E.M., et. al. (2004). Teenage pregnancy and associated risk behavior among sexually abused adolescents.  Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, 36(3),98-105.