In 2009, law enforcement in New Mexico identified 20,050 incidents of domestic violence.
Nearly 2 in 3 female victims of violence were related to or knew their attacker.
Nearly one-third of American women (31%) report being physically or sexually abused by a husband or boyfriend at some point in their lives.
Domestic violence is the leading cause of injury to women between the ages of 15 and 44, more common than automobile accidents, muggings, and cancer deaths combined.
40% of teenage girls age 14 to 17 report knowing someone their age who has been hit or beaten by a boyfriend.
One in five female high school students reports being physically or sexually abused by a dating partner.
In Gallup, NM, there were 29 cases of Forcible Rape and 277 cases of Aggravated Assault in 2010.7
NM ranks 8th in the US [/capita] for family violence.
