In 2000, U.S. residents age 12 or older experienced approximately 25.9 million crimes, according to findings from the National Crime Victimization Survey.
-- 75% (19.3 million) were property crimes
-- 24% (6.3 million) were crimes of violence
-- 1% were personal thefts.
In 2000 for every 1,000 persons age 12 or older, there occurred
--1 rape or sexual assault
--2 assaults with injury
--3 robberies
Murders were the least frequent violent victimization -- about 6 murder victims per 100,000 persons in 1999.
In surveys of 12 cities in 1998, violent crime victimization rates per 1,000 residents age 12 or older ranged from 60 in Washington, D.C. to 85 in New York, New York. Nationally, the violent crime victimization rate in urban areas was 51 per 1,000 residents.
The percentage of residents in each of the 12 cities who said they were fearful of crime in their neighborhood ranged from 20% in Madison, Wisconsin to 48% in Washington, D.C. and Chicago, Illinois
Criminal Victimization 2000: Changes 1999-2000 with Trends 1993-2000
Presents national levels and rates of personal and property victimization for the year 2000. Rates and levels of personal and property victimization by victim characteristics, type of crime, victim-offender relationship, use of weapons, and reporting to police are provided. A special section is devoted to trends in victimization from 1993 to 2000. Estimates are from data collected using the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS), an ongoing survey of households that interviews about 80,000 persons in 43,000 households twice annually. Violent crimes included in the report are rape/sexual assault, robbery, aggravated assault and simple assault (from the NCVS), and homicide (from the FBI's UCR program). Property crimes examined are burglary, motor vehicle theft, and property theft.
Highlights include the following:
According to the National Crime Victimization Survey, the violent crime rate fell 15% and the property crime rate fell 10%, 1999-2000.
Overall property crime rates fell between 1999 and 2000 due to a decrease in theft and a slight decline in motor vehicle theft.
From 1999 to 2000 violent crime rates fell for almost every demographic group considered: males, females, whites, blacks, non-Hispanics, and 12-to-24 year-olds.
Sexual Victimization of College Women
A joint report from BJS and the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) that explores the prevalence and nature of sexual assault occurring at colleges throughout the nation. The study found that about 3 percent of college women experienced a completed and/or attempted rape during the current college year. The study also included a comparison component conducted using methodology similar to that of the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) conducted by BJS. The report was authored by Bonnie S. Fisher, Francis T. Cullen, and Michael G. Turner under grants from BJS and NIJ.
Sexual Assault of Young Children as Reported to Law Enforcement: Victim, Incident, and Offender Characteristics
Presents findings from the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) regarding sexual assault, especially of young children. The data are based on reports from law enforcement agencies of 12 States and covers the years 1991 through 1996. The report presents sexual assault in 4 categories: forcible rape, forcible sodomy, sexual assault with an object, and forcible fondling. Findings include statistics on the incidence of sexual assault, the victims, their offenders, gender, response to these crimes, locality, time of incident, the levels of victim injury, victims' perceptions of offenders' ages, and victim-offender relationships, and other detailed characteristics. Highlights include the following:
Sixty-seven percent of all victims of sexual assault reported to law enforcement agencies were juveniles (under the age of 18); 34% of all victims were under age 12.
One of every seven victims of sexual assault reported to law enforcement agencies were under age 6.
Forty percent of the offenders who victimized children under age 6 were juveniles (under the age of 18)
All data may be viewed at Bureau of Justice Statistics
