Almost three-fourths of the rapes and domestic violence incidents reported in Kansas last year took place in a house or an apartment, according to statistics released by the Kansas Attorney General’s Office.

Forty-seven rapes and almost 800 incidents of domestic battery occurred in a car or truck.

Compiled by the Kansas Bureau of Investigation, the 84-page report released last month found that of 988 rapes reported in Kansas last year, one-third of the perpetrators were “acquaintances” of the victims. Other perpetrators included:

• boyfriends, 9 percent;
• friends, 6 percent;
• husbands, 4 percent; and
• family members (parents, in-laws, brothers, stepsiblings, uncles and cousins), 8 percent.

The “unknown” and “stranger” categories formed the largest group at 36 percent.

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According to the statistics, most rape victims are white women between 10 and 19 years old. Most offenders are 15- to 24-year-old white males.

More than 26 percent of all rape offenders were reportedly under the influence of alcohol, drugs or both during the crime. More than one-third of all rapes occurred between 10 p.m. and 2 a.m. on a Saturday or Sunday.

The statistics reflect incident reports filed by most police and sheriff’s departments throughout the state.

All 41 rapes reported in Douglas County last year occurred in Lawrence and were investigated by the Lawrence Police Department.

Last year, five rapes were reported in Jefferson County; 13 in Franklin County.

Lt. Dave Cobb, who oversees the Lawrence Police Department’s technical services division, said agency records showed 19 of the 41 rapes reported in Douglas County last year resulted in an arrest. Some of the reported cases didn’t pan out.

“One ‘reporter’ changed her mind, five turned out to be false reports, one (victim) refused to testify (and) one refused to complete the report form,” Cobb said after checking the department’s database.

Cobb said three or four of the victims told police they were passed out at the time of their assault and could provide little or no help in identifying their assailants.

The report showed the percentage of arrests made in reported domestic violence incidents peaked at 65 percent in 2000, followed by 57 percent in 2001.

Last year, at least 15 people – 12 women, three men – were killed during incidents involving domestic violence in Kansas.