NCJ Number
172480
Journal
Gazette Volume: 60 Issue: 4 Dated: (April 1998) Pages: 26-29
Date Published
1998
Length
4 pages
Annotation
This article presents data on crime victimization for U.S. residents ages 12 or older obtained from the National Crime Victimization Survey for 1994-95.
Abstract
The National Crime Victimization Survey measures personal and household offenses, including crimes not reported to police, by interviewing all the occupants, ages 12 and older, of housing units that have been selected to comprise a representative sample. The sample also includes persons living in group quarters such as dormitories, rooming houses, and religious group dwellings. In 1995 criminal victimization rates for U.S. residents ages 12 or older declined for both personal and property crimes. The overall personal crime rate of 46.2 per 1,000 persons fell 13 percent from 1994. Violent crime dropped 12.4 percent to 44.5 crimes per 1,000 persons age 12 or older. Overall, property crime declined by 9.1 percent to a rate of 279.5 per 1,000 households. These declines are the largest changes recorded for the broad categories of crime since the survey began. Overall, violent crime rates declined for both male and female victims from 1994 to 1995. Between 1994 and 1995, whites had significant reductions in violent crime overall and in total assault, as well as aggravated assault. The only statistically reliable change for blacks was a drop of 24 percent in the aggravated assault rate to 12.6 per 1,000. Victimization rates for Hispanic respondents had no significant change in either violent crime or personal theft between 1994 and 1995. Other Survey information provided in this article pertains to victims' household income, region, urbanization, and home ownership.