Columbus, Ga. Crime Statistics Provided by the Columbus Police Department

CPD 2016 Annual Report

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Georgia Statistics:

Uniform Crime Report for Georgia, 2017:

Reported cases of rape: 2,718

• Columbus: 71

Arrest Data- 349 total arrested:

• Arrested in Georgia for rape by age:
  • 16 & under: 34
  • 17-21: 78
  • 22-29: 88
  • 30-39: 76
  • 40-49: 39
  • 50+: 34
• Arrested in Georgia for rape by sex:
  • Male: 346
  • Female: 3
• Arrested in Georgia for rape by race:
  • White: 149
  • Non-white: 200
• Juveniles arrested for rape by year:
  • 2012: 33
  • 2013: 53
  • 2014: 43
  • 2015: 35
  • 2016: 50
  • 2017: 53

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Family Violence in Georgia 2016:

Reported cases of sexual abuse:

• Male: 383
• Female: 30

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RAINN.org National Statistics

Women
1 out of every 6 American women has been the victim of an attempted or completed rape in her lifetime (14.8% completed rape; 2.8% attempted rape). 17.7 million American women have been victims of attempted or completed rape. 9 of every 10 rape victims were female in 2003.

Lifetime rate of rape /attempted rape for women by race:

• All women: 17.6%
• White women: 17.7%
• Black women: 18.8%
• Asian Pacific Islander women: 6.8%
• American Indian/Alaskan women: 34.1%
• Mixed race women: 24.4%

Men
About 3% of American men — or 1 in 33 — have experienced an attempted or completed rape in their lifetime.

• From 1995-2010, 9% of rape and sexual assault victims were male.
• 2.78 million men in the U.S. have been victims of sexual assault or rape.

​Campus Sexual Violence

• Women 18-24 who are enrolled in college are 3 times more likely than women in general to suffer from sexual violence.
  • Females of the same age who are not enrolled in college are 4 times more likely.
• Male college aged students are 78% more likely than non-students to be a victim of rape or sexual assault.
• Female college aged students are 20% less likely than non-students to be a victim of rape or sexual assault.
• Only 20% of female student survivors age 18-24 report to law enforcement.
  • In comparison, 33% of female non-student survivors aged 18-24 report to law enforcement.
• 72% of campus law enforcement agencies have a staff member responsible for survivor response and assistance.
• 8% of all sexual assaults occur while victim is attending school.

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Children

• 15% of sexual assault and rape victims are under age 12.
• 29% are age 12-17.
• 44% are under age 18.
• 80% are under age 30.
• 12-34 are the highest risk years.
• Girls ages 16-19 are 4 times more likely than the general population to be victims of rape, attempted rape, or sexual assault.
• 7% of girls in grades 5-8 and 12% of girls in grades 9-12 said they had been sexually abused.
• 3% of boys grades 5-8 and 5% of boys in grades 9-12 said they had been sexually abused.
• 82% of all juvenile victims are female.

For 80% of juvenile victims, the perpetrator was a parent. 6% were other relatives. 4% were unmarried partners of a parent. 5% were "other" (from siblings to strangers).

On average during 1992-2001, American Indians age 12 or older experienced annually an estimated 5,900 rapes or sexual assaults.

• American Indians were twice as likely to experience a rape/sexual assault compared to all races.
• Sexual violence makes up 5% of all violent crime committed against Indians (about the same as for other races).
• Offender/victim relationship: 41% stranger; 34% acquaintance; 25% intimate or family member.

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Effects of Rape
Victims of sexual assault are:

• 3 times more likely to suffer from depression.
• 6 times more likely to suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder.
• 13 times more likely to abuse alcohol.
• 26 times more likely to abuse drugs.
• 4 times more likely to contemplate suicide.

​The year in a male’s life when he is most likely to be the victim of a sexual assault is age 4. A female’s year of greatest risk is age 14.
One in nine girls and one in 53 boys under the age of 18 experience sexual abuse or assault at the hands of an adult.
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In 1995, local child protection service agencies identified 126,000 children who were victims of either substantiated or indicated sexual abuse.

• Of these, 75% were girls.
• Nearly 30% of child victims were between the age of 4 and 7.
• Every 8 minutes, Child Protective Service responds to a report of sexual abuse.
• ​93% of juvenile sexual assault victims know their attacker.
• 34.2% of attackers were family members.
• 58.7% were acquaintances.
• Only 7% of the perpetrators were strangers to the victim.

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