The Idaho State Police Statistical Analysis Center (SAC) is happy to announce that we have now published our first ever Sexual Violence in Idaho report. For those of you who don't have time to read through the entire report, here are some of the highlights:

Idaho Incident Based Reporting System (Crimes Reported to Law Enforcement) 
   * The rate of reported sex crimes has steadily decreased from 2009 to 2015.
   * A lower percentage of reported sex crimes involve the suspected use of alcohol compared to other violent crimes.
   * 72% of victims of reported sex crimes are under the age of 18 and 83% are female.
   * 96% of reported sex crimes are committed by someone known to the victim.
   * 38% of all reported sex crimes are committed by a friend/acquaintance and 34% are committed by a family member. 
   * Shoshone (2.118), Bear Lake (2.011), Valley (1.825), Bingham (1.662), and Cassia (1.403) counties had the highest rates of reported sexual victimizations in 2015.
   * 24% of reported sex offenses between 2009 and 2015 resulted in an arrest compared to 49% of other violent crimes.
   * Idaho, Nez Perce, Caribou, Minidoka, and Teton counties exhibit the largest disparities between arrests for sex crimes and arrests for other violent crimes.
   * Sex crimes committed by a same-sex partner are least likely to result in arrest (14%). 

Idaho Supreme Court Repository (Court Cases)
   * Nearly half (46%) of charges for a sex crime were dismissed while 48% resulted in a guilty conviction.
   * Of those resulting in a guilty conviction, certain offenses are more likely to be amended to a misdemeanor, including sexual assault with an object (43%), sexual abuse or exploitation (32%), and human trafficking11 (25%).
   * Rape charges are most likely to be amended or modified (30%), followed by forcible fondling (24%) and sexual assault with an object (20%).

Law Enforcement and Court Data
   * 4% of reported rapes in the state of Idaho result in a guilty conviction for a sex crime.

The above publication along with many others, can be found on our website at https://www.isp.idaho.gov/pgr/Research/sac.html.

In addition to statewide reports, SAC can also provide individual agencies with local statistics on sexual and domestic violence. If you would like specific information for your agency/area, please call Misty Kifer, SAC Director at (208) 884-7054 or email her at misty.kifer@isp.idaho.gov.