The Statistics

In 2021, San Miguel Resource Center:

  • Served 174 clients

    • 139 domestic violence survivors

    • 18 sexual assault survivors

    • 26 survivors of other crimes

    • 35 Latinx clients

    • 58 West End clients

  • 419 in-person contacts with clients

  • 942 phone contacts with clients

  • Provided safehousing for 12 adults and 2 children

  • Facilitated 352 youth-targeted presentations

  • Facilitated 76 community outreach/awareness presentations

Domestic Violence Statistics

  • A recent Commonwealth Fund Report reveals that one-third of American women report being physically or sexually abused by a husband or boyfriend at some point in their lives.

  • Statistics reveal that as many 30 to 60 percent of children living in violent homes also suffer from abuse

  • Men who witness their mother’s abuse are 700 times more likely to abuse their female partners. Every 37.8 seconds in America a man is battered, which is more than 830,000 men a year who fall victim to domestic violence

  • 30 percent of Americans say they know a woman who has been physically abused by her husband or boyfriend in the past year.

  • At least 3 women are murdered by their husbands and boyfriends in this country every day.