Criminal Victimization
Criminal Victimization Summary findings | BJS publications | Also by BJS Staff | Selected statistics -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Summary findings In 2004, U.S. residents age 12 or older experienced approximately 24 million crimes, according to findings from the National Crime Victimization Survey. -- 77% (18.6 million) were property crimes -- 21% (5.2 million) were crimes of violence -- 1% were personal thefts. In 2004 for every 1,000 persons age 12 or older, there occurred --1 rape or sexual assault --2 assault with injury --2 robberies Murders were the least frequent violent victimization -- about 6 murder victims per 100,000 persons in 2003. For more information about homicide, see Homicide Trends in the United States and Data Online To the top -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BJS Publications This list is in order of the most recent publication first. Additional titles are listed on other topical pages and a comprehensive list is contained on the BJS publications page. To see a full abstract of a publication linked to electronic versions of the publication, click on the title below. Criminal Victimization 2004, 9/05. Presents estimates of national levels and rates of personal and property victimization for the year 2004. NCJ 210674 Criminal Victimization 2003, 9/04. 205455 Criminal Victimization 2002, 8/03. NCJ 199994 Criminal Victimization 2001: Changes 2000-2001 with Trends 1993-2001, 9/02. NCJ 194610 Criminal Victimization 2000: Changes 1999-2000 with Trends 1993-2000, 6/01. NCJ 187007 Criminal Victimization 1999: Changes 1998-99 with Trends 1993-99, 8/00. NCJ 182734 Criminal Victimization 1998: Changes 1997-98 with Trends 1993-98, 7/99. NCJ 176353 Criminal Victimization 1997: Changes 1996-97 with Trends 1993-97, 12/98. NCJ 173385 Criminal Victimization 1996: Changes 1995-96 with Trends 1993-96, 11/97. NCJ 165812 Previous editions (non-electronic) Family Violence Statistics: Including Statistics on Strangers and Acquaintances, 6/05. Compares family and nonfamily violence statistics from victimization through the different stages of the justice system. NCJ 207846 Contacts between Police and Public: Findings from the 2002 National Survey, 4/05. Presents data on the nature and characteristics of citizen contacts with the police over a 12-month period. Gives statistics on police use of force and traffic stops, and discusses the relevance of the survey findings to the issue of racial profiling. NCJ 207845 Contacts between Police and Public: Findings from the 1999 National Survey, 2/01. NCJ 184957 Crime and Victimization in the Three Largest Metropolitan Areas, 1980-98, 2/05. Examines burglary, robbery, and aggravated assault in the metropolitan areas of New York City, Chicago, and Los Angeles to assess changes in reporting to the police over time. NCJ 208075 Crime and the Nation's Households, 2003, 10/04. Presents national prevalence estimates for the percentage of households with one or more persons who were victimized by crime as measured by the National Crime Victimization Survey. NCJ 206348 Crime and the Nation's Households, 2002, 2/04. NCJ 201797 Crime and the Nation's Households, 2000 with Trends 1994-2000, 09/02. NCJ 194107 Crime and the Nation's Households, 1992, 9/93 . NCJ 143288 Cross-National Studies in Crime and Justice, 09/04. Summarizes the results from a study that documents crime and criminal punishment trends from 1981 to 1999 in eight countries: Australia, Canada, England, the Netherlands, Scotland, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United States. NCJ 200988 Criminal Victimization in the United States, Presents 110 tables with detailed data on major variables measured by the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS). In electronic only formats: Criminal Victimization in the United States - Statistical tables, 2003, 7/05. NCJ 207811 2002, 12/03. NCJ 200561 2001, 1/03. NCJ 197064 2000, 8/02. NCJ 188290 1999, 1/01. NCJ 184938 1998, 5/00. NCJ 181585 1997, 9/00. NCJ 174446 1996, 9/00. NCJ 174445 See the Table index to find the right table in the electronic only collection. In printed and electronic formats: Criminal Victimization in the United States 1995, 5/00. NCJ 171129 Criminal Victimization in the United States 1994, 5/97. NCJ 162126 Criminal Victimization in the United States 1993, 5/96. NCJ 151657 Criminal Victimization in the United States 1992, 5/95. NCJ 145125 Previous editions (non-electronic) Hate Crimes Reported in NIBRS, 1997-99, 9/01. Utilizes data from the FBI’s National Incident-Based Reporting Program (NIBRS) to describe hate crimes reported to law enforcement in NIBRS-participating jurisdictions, between 1997 and 1999. NCJ 186765 Summary of Human Subjects Protection Issues Related to Large Sample Surveys, 6/01. Identifies best practices to ensure that large sample surveys, particularly the National Crime Victimization Survey, are ethically sound and compliant. NCJ 187692 Linking Uniform Crime Reporting Data to Other Datasets, 5/01. Outlines the contents and uses of the new Law Enforcement Agency Identifiers Crosswalk file. NCJ 185233 Sexual Victimization of College Women, 1/01. A joint report from BJS and the National Institute of Justice which explores the prevalence and nature of sexual assault occurring at colleges throughout the nation. NCJ 182369 Sexual Assault of Young Children as Reported to Law Enforcement: Victim, Incident, and Offender Characteristics 7/00. Presents findings from the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) regarding sexual assault, especially of young children. NCJ 182990 Homicide Trends in the United States: 1998 Update, 3/00. Outlines the primary findings from the section of the BJS website about homicide patterns and trends since 1976 (www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/homicide/homtrnd.htm). NCJ 179767 Homicide Trends in the United States, 1/99. NCJ 173956 Use of Force By Police: Overview of National and Local Data, 11/99 This joint report by the National Institute of Justice and BJS presents findings on the extent and nature of police use of force, discusses the difficulties in establishing measurement guidelines, illuminates circumstances under which force is applied, and provides a general framework for future research on excessive displays of force. NCJ 176330 Bridging Gaps in Police Crime Data, 7/99. Describes the history of the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) system and the data problems that it deals with in reporting crime, arrests, and homicide. Executive Summary, NCJ 177615 Full report, NCJ 176365 Conducting Community Surveys: A Practical Guide for Law Enforcement Agencies, 10/99. Summarizes basic points that law enforcement officials should consider in deciding whether to survey the public. NCJ 178246 Criminal Victimization and Perceptions of Community Safety in 12 Cities, 1998, 6/99. Presents survey data from 12 cities regarding criminal victimization and residents' attitudes toward their neighborhood, their city, and the local policing services. NCJ 173940 Crime and Justice in the United States and in England and Wales, 1981-96, 10/98. Presents data that compares crime in the United States and England with respect to crime rates (as measured both by victimization surveys and police statistics), conviction rates, incarceration rates, and length of sentences. NCJ 169284 Displaying Violent Crime Trends Using Estimates from the National Crime Victimization Survey, 6/98. Intended for an audience that is not trained in statistics, this report presents violent crime trends from the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) graphically to enhance understanding of precision in sampled data and statistical significance. NCJ 167881 Police Use of Force, 11/97. Reports the results of the Police-Public Contact Survey and describes a project to acquire use of force data from law enforcement agencies. NCJ 165040 Criminal Victimization, 1973-95, 4/97. This report presents trend data for 1973-95 from the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS), including data collected both before and after a substantial methodological redesign that was implemented in 1992. NCJ 163069 Changes in Criminal Victimization 1994-95, 4/97. Presents the 1995 findings from the National Criminal Victimization Survey, an ongoing survey of households that each year interviews about 100,000 persons in 50,000 households. NCJ 162032 National Crime Victimization Survey, 1995: Preliminary Findings, 9/96. Reports in a press release on the 1995 preliminary National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) findings that crimes of nonfatal violence and theft in the Nation declined by almost 7 percent in 1995, almost 3 million fewer offenses than in 1994. NCJ 162603 Criminal Victimization 1994: National Crime Victimization Survey, 4/14/96. Presents the first 1994 findings from National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS), based on an ongoing survey of households, each year interviewing about 100,000 persons in 50,000 household. NCJ 158022 Criminal Victimization 1993: National Crime Victimization Survey, 5/31/95. Summarizes 1993 findings from the redesigned NCVS and presents the first tabulations of 1992 data based on the redesigned survey, an ongoing survey of households, each year interviewing about 100,000 persons in 50,000 households. NCJ 151658 Crime and Neighborhoods, 6/94. Compares victimization levels and perceptions of neighborhood crime for the Nation's households using data from a variety of sources. NCJ 147005 To the top -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Also by BJS staff Rand, Michael, R. and Callie Marie Rennison "True Crime Stories? Accounting for Differences in our National Crime Indicators" Chance, Vol. 15 No. 1, 2002 Acrobat file (261K) | ASCII file (23K) Help for using Acrobat files To the top -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Selected statistics Criminal Victimization in the United States - Statistical tables in spreadsheet and portable document format files. Subjects include: Demography of victims Victims and offenders Geography The crime event Victims and the criminal justice system Series victimizations 1996-2003 data are currently available, 6/05 To find tables using keywords, see the Table index. See Data Online for State and local data on crime trends and homicide trends and victim characteristics To access clickable links go to link