Crime and the Nation's Households, 1992

• NCJ Number: 143288
• Author(s): M R Rand
• Date Published: 1993
• Length: 8 pages
• Corporate Author: Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS)
• Sale Source: NCJRS Photocopy Services; Justice Statistics Clearinghouse/NCJRS
• Publication Format: Document
• Publication Type: Statistics
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

According to results of the 1992 National Crime Victimization Survey, 23 percent of U.S. households were victimized by a crime of violence or theft.

Abstract

This figure represents a decrease of 1 percent from 1992 figures and the lowest recorded since 1975. The marginal decrease was caused by a fall in the number of households victimized by burglary or theft. Five percent of households had at least one member age 12 or older who was the victim of a violent crime. Black households were more likely to be victimized than white households, and Hispanic households were more vulnerable than non-Hispanic ones. Urban households were the most likely to sustain a crime, while rural households experienced the lowest crime rates. In general, the more people in a household, the greater its susceptibility to crime victimization. Respondents to the survey perceived burglaries and violent crimes committed by strangers to be the most threatening. 6 tables, 3 figures, and 11 notes