Stalking

Statistics

1.4 million people are stalked every year in the United States.
Approximately 90% of stalking cases involve men: approximately 75% are men stalking women but men stalk men, women stalk women and women stalk men.
The majority of stalking victims (74%) are between 18 and 39 years old.
1 in 12 women will be stalked at some point in her lifetime.
1 in 45 men will be stalked at some point in his lifetime.
More than 80% of women who are stalked on campus knew their stalker.
3 in 10 college women reported being injured emotionally or psychologically from being stalked.
31% of the women who are stalked by an intimate partner are sexually assaulted by that partner.
All stalkers should be considered unpredictable and potentially dangerous.
76 percent of women killed by their intimate partners were stalked by these partners before they were killed.
The average duration of stalking is 1.8 years.
If stalking involves intimate partners, the average duration of stalking increases to 2.2 years.
All 50 States have stalking laws.