Fast Facts: With Cyber Options, Stalking Methods Converge
Stalkers are putting new technology to work, using digital tools to track, contact, and interfere with their victims.
An estimated one in three U.S. women and one in six U.S. men have experienced stalking victimization at some point in their lifetime. In 2019 alone, about 1.3 percent (3.4 million) of all people aged 16 or older in the United States were victims of in-person or digital stalking, according to a 2022 study from the U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics.
But this crime is dramatically underreported, making it difficult to get an accurate picture of the scope of stalking. The 2022 report found that less than a third of stalking victims reported the crimes to law enforcement, with cyberstalking complicating the crime even more.
Learn more in the video below.
Additional Resources
Stalking Victimization, 2019, a 2022 bulletin from the U.S. Department of Justice and Bureau of Justice Statistics
The psychological consequences of stalking: cross-sectional findings in a sample of Danish help-seeking stalking victims, a 2023 study published in the European Journal of Psychotraumatology
“Global Kaspersky report reveals digital violence has increased,” March 2024
