Just released: Sexual Assaults Recorded by Law Enforcement, 2015 and 2019 ? INTERACTIVE REPORTS
These online, interactive reports present detailed statistics on four types of violent sexual assault recorded by law enforcement and reported to the FBI?s National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS): rape, sodomy, sexual assault with an object, and fondling. State specific data are presented for 15 states in 2015 and for 21 states in 2019?the states in which all law enforcements agencies met the criteria for reporting their crime data to NIBRS. Within states, users may compare the demographic characteristics of sexual assault victims to victims of other serious violent crimes, examine sexual victimization rates by victim demographics, and view statistics on police clearance and arrest outcomes for sexual assaults.
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Sexual Assaults Recorded by Law Enforcement, 2015 (NCJ 301235) and Sexual Assaults Recorded by Law Enforcement, 2019 (NCJ 301236) were written by BJS Statistician Kimberly H. Martin, Ph.D. The reports, related documents, and additional information about BJS?s statistical publications and programs are available on the BJS website at bjs.ojp.gov.
The Bureau of Justice Statistics of the U.S. Department of Justice is the principal federal agency responsible for collecting, analyzing, and disseminating reliable statistics on crime and criminal justice in the United States. Doris J. James is the acting director.
For more information on BJS's publications, data collections, data analysis tools, and funding opportunities,?visit?BJS online.
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