Introduction: The present study was conducted to determine the epidemiological characteristics of rape victims and rapists. Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted on 68 examined cases of sexual violence in Shiraz Legal Medicine Organization during 2013-2014. Victims were referred from the judicial authority or deputy. The file information of referred cases was extracted without a name and a unique code for each file. Results: All cases in this study were female victims. The mean age of the victims was 21. 39 ±,6. 11 years. The majority of cases were single (94%). Of all cases in the study, 63. 2% and 30. 9% had middle and low socioeconomic status, respectively. Someone's home was the most frequent place of rape (54. 4%). In 58. 8% of cases, victims and assailants knew each other. There was a single perpetrator (59. 7%) most of the time, but in 19. 4% and 11. 8%, respectively, there were two and three perpetrators concurrent. In 76. 5% of cases, victims mentioned that they were under verbal threats, 8. 8% were under gun threats, and 28% were under knife threats. Completed rape happened in most of the victims (98. 5%). Conclusion: The results of this study emphasized the priority of sexual assaults prevention and increasing public awareness of these violations as a legitimate public health issue.