Two thirds do not report sex assaults to gardaí

Almost two thirds of victims of sexual violence do not report their assault to the gardaí and 85% of survivors know their attacker.

Furthermore, just 35% of victims of sexual assault engaged with the 11 rape crisis centres around Ireland had reported a crime to any kind of formal authority.

The data is contained in the Rape Crisis Network of Ireland’s (RCNI) annual report for 2015 which gathers the information from rape crisis centres around the country.