Conservative costs

UK -- Violent sex attackers cost the Northern Ireland economy at least £30m-a-year.

And that figure is "only the tip of the iceberg" according to a major government paper.

'Hidden Crimes, Secret Pain' estimates that the cost to society of each rape or attempted rape at £79,000 - there were 391 such offences in 2005/6.

The costs to provide health treatment alone to the victims of rape annually top £1m.

The report adds that the figures it uses are very conservative: "It should be remembered that the recorded sexual offence statistics represent only the tip of the sexual violence iceberg."

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