Stalking Facts – What You Need to Know

If you believe your life is in imminent danger, call 911.

• An estimated 3.4 million men and women become victims of stalking every year.
• Stalking is a crime in all 50 states and the District of Columbia and should be reported immediately.
• Unlike other crimes, stalking is not a single, easily identifiable crime but a series of acts, a course of conduct, directed at a specific person that would cause that person fear.
• Women make up 67% of stalking victims. 87% reported that their stalkers were male.
• More than 50% of stalking victims are younger than 30 years old.
• Three in four victims know their stalker.
• Women are three times more likely to be stalked than raped.
• One in seven victims has reported moving because of stalking.
• Nearly 29% of victims believe stalking behavior will never stop.
• One in eight stalking victims reported losing time at work because of stalking incidents.
• 76% of women killed by their intimate partners were stalked by their partners beforehand.

Source: SafeHorizon.org