KEY
FINDINGS
In 2003, there were 24.2 million criminal victimizations ofpeople over the age of
12 in the United States. Of those, 5.4 million were violent victimizations and
18.6 million were property victimizations.1
48 percent of violent crime
and over 38 percent of property crime was reported to the
police.2
Intimates perpetrated 19 percent of all violent crime against women,
while men were more likely to be victimized by strangers than
non-strangers.3
Victims experienced 223,290 rapes and sexual assaults in
2003, and 4.6 million physical assaults.4
Seven percent of violent crime victims faced
an offender with a firearm. Those least likely to be victimized by
an armed perpetrator were the victims of sexual assault and rape (11
percent), while the most likely to face an armed offender were the victims of
robbery (45 percent).5
Teenagers (12 to 19 years old) were victimized at rates
much higher than other age groups.6
In 2003, law enforcement agencies around the
country recorded 11.8 million criminal offenses. Of these, 1,381,259
were violent offenses, and 10,435,523 were property
offenses.7
1 Catalano,
Shannan. (2004). Criminal Victimization, 2003.Washington, DC: Bureau
of Justice Statistics, U.S. Department ofJustice. Online:
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/abstract/cv03.htm.
2
Ibid.
3 Ibid.
4 Ibid.
5 Ibid.
6 Ibid.
7 Federal
Bureau of Investigation. (2004). Crime in the United States,2003.
Washington, DC: FBI, U.S. Department of Justice. Online:
http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/cius_03/pdf/03sec2.pdf.
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