NCJ Number
129391
Date Published
1991
Length
146 pages
Annotation
This report presents more than 120 statistical tables that provide information on criminal victimization in the United States during 1989, based on the findings of the National Crime Survey.
Abstract
The data came from interviews of about 97,000 people ages 12 or over living in a representative sample of 48,000 housing units. Ninety-six percent of the households selected to participate did so. Results revealed that about 35.8 attempted and completed crimes were committed against individuals or households that year. Approximately 37 percent of all violent crimes, 94 percent of the personal crimes of theft, and 84 percent of all household crimes reported to the National Crime Survey were completed. Rape, robbery, and assault represented 16 percent of all offenses reported to the National Crime Survey. Personal and household larceny accounted for 64 percent of all offenses, while household burglaries and motor vehicle thefts represented 20 percent of the offenses. The violent crime rate was 29 per 1,000 persons age 12 or older. The rate of theft offenses was 69 per 1,000. Three-fifths of all violent crime victims who took self-protective measures believed that their actions helped the situation. Appended survey instrument, methodological information, estimate of the economic cost of crime to victims, and analysis of domestic assault