Rise in reported sexual violence is usually caused by easier, safer, more welcoming reporting, not by actual rise in the base rate.

> When I was young I didn't hear about being stabbed to death so that their Rolex could be stolen.

Exactly, you didn't hear about it, such violence was quite common in some places, but there was no 24/7 online reporting backed by immediate social media outrage. Things are much much more hysterical now.