Domestic Abuse Statistics 

  • Domestic violence affects one in four Minnesota women.
  • Women aged 18-34 have the highest risk of victimization.
  • Domestic Violence is the leading cause of injury to women, exceeding injuries caused by muggings, stranger rape and automobile accidents combined.
  • Last year in Minnesota, nearly 70,000 victims received services from domestic violence agencies.
  • About 76% of women killed by their current or former partners were stalked before their murder. 67% were also physically abused in the year before their murder.
  • About one in five high school girls has been physically or sexually abused by a dating partner.
  • Nearly one third of homeless women in MN are homeless at least in part because of domestic abuse.
  • Domestic abuse victims account for one quarter of violent crime victims in Minnesota. An estimated 80% of domestic assaults go unreported.
  • Nearly 35% of all Minnesota law enforcement calls are domestic disputes.
  • Direct medical services for victims of intimate partner violence in the U.S. costs $4.1 billion per year.
  • According to the U.S. Department of Labor, domestic abuse may have cost Minnesota employers as much as $3 billion in 2007.