Die mate waarin verkragting aangemeld, vervolg of skuldiges gevonnis word, verskil grootliks van gebied tot gebied. Die voorkoms van bekende voorvalle van verkragting het in 2010 gewissel tussen 0,2 per 100 000 mense in [[Azerbeidjan]] en 92,9 per 100 000 mense in [[Botswana]]. Die gemiddelde was 6,3 per 100 000 mense in [[Litaue]].<ref name="unodc1">[http://www.unodc.org/documents/data-and-analysis/Crime-statistics/Sexual_violence_sv_against_children_and_rape.xls "Rape at the National Level, number of police recorded offenses".] [[Verenigde Nasies]].</ref> Volgens die Amerikaanse Mediese Vereniging (1995) is seksuele geweld, veral verkragting, die misdaad wat die minste aangemeld word.<ref>American Medical Association (1995) Sexual Assault in America. AMA.</ref><ref name="rds.homeoffice.gov.uk">{{cite web|url=http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20110314171826/http://rds.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdfs05/hors293.pdf |title=A gap or a chasm? Attrition in reported rape cases|format=PDF |accessdate=31 Desember 2010}}</ref>
Verkragting deur vreemdelinge is gewoonlik minder algemeen as verkragting deur iemand wat die slagoffer ken.<ref name=rainn>{{cite web |url=http://www.rainn.org/statistics/ |title=Statistics | Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network |publisher=Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network/rainn.org |accessdateaccess-date=1 Januarie 2008 |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200414131547/https://www.rainn.org/statistics |archive-date=14 April 2020 |url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref name="ncjrs.gov">Alberto R. Gonzales et al. [http://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/210346.pdf Extent, Nature, and Consequences of Rape Victimization: Findings From the National Violence Against Women Survey]. U.S. Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs. Januarie 2006</ref> Verskeie studies toon aan die verkragting van mans deur mans en vroue deur vroue in [[tronk]]e is die soort verkragting wat die minste aangemeld word.<ref>Human Rights Watch[http://www.hrw.org/legacy/reports/2001/prison/report7.html#_1_48 No Escape: Male Rape In U.S. Prisons. Part VII. Anomaly or Epidemic: The Incidence of Prisoner-on-Prisoner Rape.]</ref><ref>Robert W. Dumond, "Ignominious Victims: Effective Treatment of Male Sexual Assault in Prison," 15 Augustus 1995, bl. 2</ref>
Mense wat verkrag is, kan erg getraumatiseer wees en kan aan [[posttraumatiese stressteuring]] ly;<ref name="aaets">{{cite web |url=http://www.aaets.org/article178.htm |title=Post Traumatic Stress Disorder in Rape Survivors |publisher=The American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress |year=1995 |accessdateaccess-date=30 April 2013 |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190913203354/http://www.aaets.org:80/article178.htm |archive-date=13 September 2019 |url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref> benewens die [[Sielkunde|sielkundige]] skade kan verkragting ook lei tot [[Liggaam|fisieke]] beserings, [[seksueel oordraagbare infeksie]]s en [[swangerskap]]. Soms kry verkragtingslagoffers geweldddadige dreigemente van die verkragter en, in sommige kulture, van die slagoffer se eie familie.<ref name="zeenews.india">{{cite web|url=http://zeenews.india.com/news/uttar-pradesh/rape-victim-threatened-to-withdraw-case-in-up_694364.html |title=Rape victim threatened to withdraw case in UP |publisher=Zeenews.india.com |date=19 Maart 2011 |accessdate=3 Februarie 2013}}</ref><ref name="wisemuslimwomen">{{cite web |url=http://www.wisemuslimwomen.org/currentissues/stigmitizationofrape/ |title=Stigmatization of Rape & Honor Killings |publisher=WISE Muslim Women |date=31 Januarie 2002 |accessdateaccess-date=3 Februarie 2013 |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170927175136/http://www.wisemuslimwomen.org:80/currentissues/stigmitizationofrape |archive-date=27 September 2017 |url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref name="bbc">{{cite web |last=Harter |first=Pascale |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-13760895 |title=BBC News - Libya rape victims 'face honour killings' |publisher=BBC News |date=14 Junie 2011 |accessdateaccess-date=3 Februarie 2013 |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200129141606/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-13760895 |archive-date=29 Januarie 2020 |url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
In middel Desember 2007 is die [[Suid-Afrika]]anse Wet op Seksuele Oortredings verander dat die seksuele aanranding van ’n seun of man vir die eerste keer ook as verkragting beskou word.<ref>[http://152.111.1.88/argief/berigte/beeld/2007/12/19/B2/7/lpseks_1939.html Beeld], Meisies nou ook oor seks vervolg, 19 Desember 2007, URL besoek op 30 Oktober 2014</ref>
