Domestic Violence is one of the most prevalent crimes in the United States, with many cases going unreported. The numbers for national domestic violence statistic show that nearly one in three American women report being physically or sexually abused by a husband or boyfriend at some point in their lives. Each year since 1976, about 30 percent of all female murder victims are killed by their intimate partner. As of 2010, Gerogia ranked 15th in the nation for domestic violence related homicides.

The Chatham County District Attorney's Office

• Savannah Chatham County
  Metropolitan Police Department:
  911
  www.scmpd.org
   

• Army/DOD Resources:
  www.preventsexualassault.army.mil
  www.sapr.mil
   

• Battered Women's Justice Project
  www.bwjp.org
   

• Family Violence Council
  Savannah-Chatham County
  www.familyviolencecouncil.org
   

• Fort Stewart and Hunter AAF Resources
  Sexual Assault Response Coordinator
  (912) 767-6350
   

• Georgia Coalition Against Domestic Violence
  Crisis Hotline
  1 (800) 334-2836
  www.gcadv.org
  info@gcadv.org
   

• Men Stopping Violence
  works to end men's violence against women
  1 (866) 717-9317
  www.menstoppingviolence.org
   

• National Center for Victims of Crime
  the nation's leading resource and advocacy organization for crime victims.
  www.ncvc.org
   

• National Domestic Violence Hotline
  Anonymous & Confidential Help 24/7
  1 (800) 799-SAFE (7233)
  1 (800) 787-3224 (TTY)
   

• Rape Crisis Center of Coastal Georgia
  sexual assault support and intervention services
  (912) 233-7273 or (888) 241-7273
  www.rccsav.org
   

• S.A.F.E. Shelter
  outreach & residential shelter for domestic abuse victims and their children
  3025 Bull Street, suite 305
  Savannah, GA 31405
  (912) 651-0004; 629-8888
  www.safeshelter.org