In 2023, there were 127,216 reported rape cases in the United States. This figure also includes attempts and assaults to commit rape, but unforced statutory rape and other sex offenses are excluded. Sexual assault in the U.S. What is particularly common when it comes to sexual assault, is that many victims know their assailant. A rapist being a stranger lurking in the shadows is less likely than people may like to think. Additionally, most cases of rape or sexual assault in the United States often report the fact that the assailant did not have a weapon on them. These are frightening thoughts for anyone, which has led the U.S. to take a deeper look at what exactly is happening.

metoo

Sexual assault, in any form, has been a long simmering problem in the U.S.; one which has only recently begun to be addressed in the public spotlight. The #metoo movement began to go viral in October 2017 in response to sexual assault allegations against movie producer Harvey Weinstein. The movement aims to show just how widespread sexual assault is, and over half of Americans support the movement.

In 2023, the rate of forcible rapes in the United States stood at 38 per 100,000 inhabitants. As the FBI revised the definition of rape in 2013, the 2023 rate is a slight decrease from 1990, when there were 41.2 forcible rapes per 100,000 inhabitants. What is forcible rape? According to the FBI, forcible rape is defined as “sexual penetration, no matter how slight, with a body part or object without the consent of the victim.” This definition changed in 2013 from the previous definition, which specified “carnal knowledge of a female victim forcibly and against her will.” Attempted rape was included in the previous definition, but statutory rape and other sexual offenses were excluded. The old definition was seen as problematic, as people of any gender can be raped. Since the revision of the definition of rape, reported rapes increased, although it is not clear if this is due to the revised definition or if the rate itself has increased. Rape in the United States While rape and sexual assault have been extensively talked about in the U.S. in recent years, especially since the start of the #metoo movement, there is still a large number of sexual offences committed each year. Sadly, the majority of sex offences in the U.S. are carried out against individuals age 20 and under. Astoundingly, the Anchorage, Alaska metropolitan area had the highest rape rate in the United States in 2023, followed by St Joseph in Missouri and Kansas. Since rape and sexual assault continue to be underreported in the United States, it is important to find a solution to this devastating problem.

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Alaska crime data from 2000 to present from the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) program. Information includes data on both violent and property crime.The UCR Program's primary objective is to generate reliable information for use in law enforcement administration, operation, and management; over the years, however, the data have become one of the country’s leading social indicators. The program has been the starting place for law enforcement executives, students of criminal justice, researchers, members of the media, and the public at large seeking information on crime in the nation. The program was conceived in 1929 by the International Association of Chiefs of Police to meet the need for reliable uniform crime statistics for the nation. In 1930, the FBI was tasked with collecting, publishing, and archiving those statistics.Source: US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)This data has been visualized in a Geographic Information Systems (GIS) format and is provided as a service in the DCRA Information Portal by the Alaska Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development Division of Community and Regional Affairs (SOA DCCED DCRA), Research and Analysis section. SOA DCCED DCRA Research and Analysis is not the authoritative source for this data. For more information and for questions about this data, see: FBI UCR ProgramOffenses Known to Law Enforcement, by State by City, 2017 The FBI collects these data through the Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program. Important note about rape data In 2013, the FBI’s UCR Program initiated the collection of rape data under a revised definition within the Summary Based Reporting System. The term “forcible” was removed from the offense name, and the definition was changed to “penetration, no matter how slight, of the vagina or anus with any body part or object, or oral penetration by a sex organ of another person, without the consent of the victim.” In 2016, the FBI Director approved the recommendation to discontinue the reporting of rape data using the UCR legacy definition beginning in 2017. General comment This table provides the volume of violent crime (murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, rape, robbery, and aggravated assault) and property crime (burglary, larceny-theft, and motor vehicle theft) as reported by city and town law enforcement agencies (listed alphabetically by state) that contributed data to the UCR Program. (Note: Arson is not included in the property crime total in this table; however, if complete arson data were provided, it will appear in the arson column.) Caution against ranking Readers should take into consideration relevant factors in addition to an area’s crime statistics when making any valid comparisons of crime among different locales. UCR Statistics: Their Proper Use provides more details. Methodology The data used in creating this table were from all city and town law enforcement agencies submitting 12 months of complete offense data for 2017. Rape figures, and violent crime, which rape is a part, will not be published in this table for agencies submitting rape using the UCR legacy rape definition. The rape figures, and violent crime, which rape is a part, published in this table are from only those agencies using the UCR revised rape definition as well as converted data from agencies that reported data for rape, sodomy, and sexual assault with an object via NIBRS. The FBI does not publish arson data unless it receives data from either the agency or the state for all 12 months of the calendar year. When the FBI determines that an agency’s data collection methodology does not comply with national UCR guidelines, the figure(s) for that agency’s offense(s) will not be included in the table, and the discrepancy will be explained in a footnote. Population estimation For the 2017 population estimates used in this table, the FBI computed individual rates of growth from one year to the next for every city/town and county using 2010 decennial population counts and 2011 through 2016 population estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau. Each agency’s rates of growth were averaged; that average was then applied and added to its 2016 Census population estimate to derive the agency’s 2017 population estimate.

During this 2017 survey, ** percent of surveyed women stated they have experienced sexual harassment, while ** percent of surveyed men stated the same. In total, about ** percent of American adults stated they have been sexually harassed before.

Increasing awareness in the U.S.

Sexual harassment is, of course, illegal but notoriously underreported. The discrepancy between perceived figures of cases and actual ones is severe, and in fact the actual number of cases of sexual harassment is at least twice as high as the average guesses, regardless of the country the survey was conducted in. However, in the United States, only a third of men and just as many women are really concerned about sexual harassment of women.

metoo sheds some light on dark figures

When the #metoo movement started in 2017, many women and men came forward and shared their experiences, and the number of reported cases of rape increased significantly. Public support for this movement is high in the United States, especially among the younger generations. Still, the United States have a long way to go, with harassment and discrimination based on gender and sexual harassment in the workplace still being a problem that needs to be addressed more thoroughly.

United States Exports of rape or colza seeds, whether or not broken to Belgium was US$9.8 Thousand during 2017, according to the United Nations COMTRADE database on international trade. United States Exports of rape or colza seeds, whether or not broken to Belgium - data, historical chart and statistics - was last updated on August of 2025.

In 2023, an estimated 1,21,467 violent crimes occurred in the United States. This is a decrease from the year before, when 1,256,671 violent crimes were reported. Violent crime in the United States The Federal Bureau of Investigation reported that violent crime fell nationwide in the period from 1990 to 2023. Violent crime was at a height of 1.93 million crimes in 1992, but has since reached a low of 1.15 million violent crimes in 2014. When conducting crime reporting, the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting Program considered murder, nonnegligent manslaughter, forcible rape, robbery and aggravated assault to be violent crimes, because they are offenses which involve force or threat of violence. In 2023, there were 19,252 reported murder and nonnegligent manslaughter cases in the United States. California ranked first on a list of U.S. states by number of murders, followed by Texas, and Florida.The greatest number of murders were committed by murderers of unknown relationship to their victim. “Girlfriend” was the fourth most common relationship of victim to offender in 2023, with a reported 568 partners murdering their girlfriends that year, while the sixth most common was “wife.” In addition, seven people were murdered by their employees and 12 people were murdered by their employers. The most used murder weapon in 2023 was the handgun, which was used in 7,1 murders that year. According to the FBI, firearms (of all types) were used in more than half of the nation’s murders. The total number of firearms manufactured in the U.S. annually has reached over 13 million units.

This dataset contains the tweet ids of 1,482,343 tweets with the hashtag #believesurvivors. This collection is a subset of the Schlesinger Library #metoo Digital Media Collection, and contains tweets published between October 15, 2017 and March 31, 2020.Tweets between October 15, 2017 and December 10, 2018 were licensed from Twitter's Historical PowerTrack and received through GNIP. Tweets after December 10, 2018 were collected weekly from the Twitter API through Social Feed Manager using the POST statuses/filter method of the Twitter Stream API.Please note that this is VERSION 1 of the dataset. New versions with updated data will be submitted at the end of each quarter.Because of the size of the files, the list of identifiers are split in 2 files containing 1,000,000 ids each.Per Twitter’s Developer Policy, tweet ids may be publicly shared for academic purposes; tweets may not. Therefore, this dataset only contains tweet ids. In order to retrieve tweets still available (not deleted by users) tools like Hydrator are availableThere are similar subsets related to the Schlesinger Library #metoo Digital Media Collection available in this dataverse

United States Exports of rape or colza seeds, whether or not broken to Denmark was US$28.87 Thousand during 2017, according to the United Nations COMTRADE database on international trade. United States Exports of rape or colza seeds, whether or not broken to Denmark - data, historical chart and statistics - was last updated on September of 2025.

Palau Imports from United States of Rape or colza seeds, whether or not broken was US$68 during 2017, according to the United Nations COMTRADE database on international trade. Palau Imports from United States of Rape or colza seeds, whether or not broken - data, historical chart and statistics - was last updated on July of 2025.

This dataset contains the tweet ids of 24,443,707 tweets with the hashtag #metoo. This collection is a subset of the Schlesinger Library #metoo Digital Media Collection, and contains tweets published between October 15, 2017 and March 31, 2020.Tweets between October 15, 2017 and December 10, 2018 were licensed from Twitter's Historical PowerTrack and received through GNIP. Tweets after December 10, 2018 were collected weekly from the Twitter API through Social Feed Manager using the POST statuses/filter method of the Twitter Stream API.Please note that this is VERSION 1 of the dataset. New versions with updated data will be submitted at the end of each quarter.Because of the size of the files, the list of identifiers are split in 25 files containing 1,000,000 ids each.Per Twitter’s Developer Policy, tweet ids may be publicly shared for academic purposes; tweets may not. Therefore, this dataset only contains tweet ids. In order to retrieve tweets still available (not deleted by users) tools like Hydrator are availableThere are similar subsets related to the Schlesinger Library #metoo Digital Media Collection available in this dataverse

Estonia Imports from United States of Rape or colza seeds, whether or not broken was US$13.74 Thousand during 2017, according to the United Nations COMTRADE database on international trade. Estonia Imports from United States of Rape or colza seeds, whether or not broken - data, historical chart and statistics - was last updated on July of 2025.

St Kitts and Nevis Imports from United States of Rape or colza seeds, whether or not broken was US$137 during 2017, according to the United Nations COMTRADE database on international trade. St Kitts and Nevis Imports from United States of Rape or colza seeds, whether or not broken - data, historical chart and statistics - was last updated on August of 2025.

As of September 2024, California had the most mass shootings in the United States, with 26 total shootings since 1982. The source defines a mass shooting as a shooting where three or more people were killed. Recently, a mass shooting occurred in the state of Maine on October 26, 2023, during which one of the highest number of fatalities from a mass shooting was recorded after Robert Card opened fire in a bowling alley and a bar, killing 18 and injuring 13 others. Firearms in the U.S. Mass shootings in the United States are disturbingly common. In comparison with other Western countries, there are significantly more shootings in the U.S., which some theorize is due to the relatively lax gun control laws. Gun control laws in the U.S. are dependent on the state, and the right to own a firearm is enshrined in the United States Constitution. Mass shootings The worst mass shooting in the U.S. was the Las Vegas Strip massacre in 2017, which resulted in 58 deaths and 546 injuries. 13 of the worst mass shootings in the United States have occurred since 2015 and the vast majority of these incidents in the U.S. have been carried out by shooters who are White and male.

Iran Imports from United States of Rape or colza seeds, whether or not broken was US$1.72 Thousand during 2017, according to the United Nations COMTRADE database on international trade. Iran Imports from United States of Rape or colza seeds, whether or not broken - data, historical chart and statistics - was last updated on August of 2025.

Russia Imports from United States of Rape or colza seeds, whether or not broken was US$3.17 Thousand during 2017, according to the United Nations COMTRADE database on international trade. Russia Imports from United States of Rape or colza seeds, whether or not broken - data, historical chart and statistics - was last updated on August of 2025.

United States Imports from United Kingdom of Rape or colza seeds, whether or not broken was US$104.52 Thousand during 2017, according to the United Nations COMTRADE database on international trade. United States Imports from United Kingdom of Rape or colza seeds, whether or not broken - data, historical chart and statistics - was last updated on July of 2025.

Lithuania Exports of rape or colza seeds, whether or not broken to United States was US$288.05 Thousand during 2017, according to the United Nations COMTRADE database on international trade. Lithuania Exports of rape or colza seeds, whether or not broken to United States - data, historical chart and statistics - was last updated on September of 2025.

Serbia Imports of rape or colza seeds, whether or not broken from United States was US$21.28 Thousand during 2017, according to the United Nations COMTRADE database on international trade. Serbia Imports of rape or colza seeds, whether or not broken from United States - data, historical chart and statistics - was last updated on July of 2025.

South Korea Exports of rape or colza seeds, whether or not broken to United States was US$58 during 2017, according to the United Nations COMTRADE database on international trade. South Korea Exports of rape or colza seeds, whether or not broken to United States - data, historical chart and statistics - was last updated on July of 2025.