According to the FBI forcible rape is defined as the carnal knowledge of a female forcibly and against her will. The FBI also include in their UCR attempt to commit rape by force or threat of force. Left out from the UCR are statutory rape and other sex offenses. If a male becomes victim to a sexual attack the FBI counts it as an aggravated assault of sex offense depending on the victim’s injuries. Forcible rape accounted for 6.8% of all violent crimes committed in 2010. In 2010 there was an estimated 84,767 forcible rapes reported to police. This estimate was 5% lower than the prior year’s estimate and 6.7% lower than the 2001 estimate. The amount of forcible rapes committed vary by region, in 2010 the south had the most rapes committed at 38.1% while the north east had the least at 18.1%. In metropolitan areas across the United States there were an estimated total of 69,746 forcible rapes committed. This number varies dramatically from nonmetropolitan areas where the estimated total of rapes committed was 6,654. This shows that forcible rapes happen mainly in areas where population is greater. 93% of all rapes reported were rapes by force, while the other 7% accounted for attempt or assaults to commit rape. By looking at the forcible rape rate over a 10 year period we can see that in 2001, the rate was 31.8