NCJ Number
124544
Date Published
1990
Length
8 pages
Annotation
One-fourth of the 95 million households in the United States were victimized by a crime of violence or theft in 1989.
Abstract
This means that the household fell victim to a burglary, motor vehicle theft, or household theft; a household member age 12 or older was raped, robbed, or assaulted; or a household member age 12 or older experienced a personal theft. The crimes included attempted crimes as well as those reported. The data were measured by the National Crime Survey, which is the source of this paper. The survey found that households in the West had the highest proportion of households touched by crime (30 percent), while the Northeast had the lowest (19 percent). Twenty-four percent of households in the Midwest and 25 percent of households in the South were victimized by crime in 1989. The paper includes data on: (1) trends in the percentage of households victimized by crime; (2) 1988-89 comparisons; (3) race and ethnicity of households victimized; (4) household income; (5) place of residence; (6) region; (7) size of household; (8) crimes of high concern; (9) race and crime seriousness; (10) factors affecting trends; and (11) methodology. Tables, figures, notes