STALKING STATISTICS

1,006,970 women and 370,990 men are stalked annually in the United States.

1 in 12 women and 1 in 45 men will be stalked in their lifetime.

77% of female and 64% of male victims know their stalker.

87% of stalkers are men.

59% of female victims and 30% of male victims are stalked by an intimate partner.

81% of women stalked by a current or former intimate partner are also physically assaulted by that partner.

31% of women stalked by a current or former intimate partner are also sexually assaulted by that partner.

The average duration of stalking is 1.8 years.

If stalking involves intimate partners, the average duration of stalking increases to 2.2 years.

61% of stalkers made unwanted phone calls; 33% sent or left unwanted letters or items; 29% vandalized property; and 9% killed or threatened to kill a family pet.

28% of female victims and 10% of male victims obtained a protective order. 69% of female victims and 81% of male victims had the protection order violated.

- Tjaden & Thoennes. (1998). "Stalking in America," NIJ.

STALKING ON CAMPUS

13% of college women were stalked during one six to nine month period.

80% of campus stalking victims knew their stalkers.

3 in 10 college women reported being injured emotionally or psychologically from being stalked.

- Fisher, Cullen, and Turner. (2000). “The Sexual Victimization of College Women,” NIJ/BJS.

STATE LAWS

Stalking is a crime under the laws of all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and the Federal Government.

13 states classify stalking as a felony upon the first offense.*

35 states classify stalking as a felony upon the second offense and/or when the crime involves aggravating factors.*

Aggravating factors may include: possession of a deadly weapon; violation of a court order or condition of probation/parole; victim under 16; same victim as prior occasions.

* For a complete list of state, tribal and Federal laws visit:www.ncvc.org/src

* Last updated June 2004