Crime and Neighborhoods

• NCJ Number: 147005
• Author(s): C J Defrances; S K Smith
• Date Published: June 1994
• Length: 2 pages
• Agencies: BJS
• Publication Type: Survey

Annotation

According to the American Housing Survey, the percentage of U.S. households identifying crime as a neighborhood problem increased from 5 to 7 percent between 1985 and 1991.

Abstract

This brief uses data from a variety of sources to compare victimization levels and perceptions of neighborhood crime for the Nation's households. It also compares racial and residential subgroups in the population over a number of years.