Crime and the Nation's Households, 2003

• NCJ Number: 206348
• Author(s): Patsy A. Klaus, Bureau of Justice Statistics
• Date Published: October 2004
• Publication Series: Crime and the Nation's Households
• Publication Type: Publication

Annotation

Presents national prevalence estimates for the percentage of households with one or more persons who were victimized by crime as measured by the National Crime Victimization Survey.

Abstract

Presents national prevalence estimates for the percentage of households with one or more persons who were victimized by crime as measured by the National Crime Victimization Survey. Analyses provide household prevalence estimates for violent and property crimes and information on those households experiencing vandalism and intimate partner violence. Findings are presented by race and Hispanic origin, by region, by urban, suburban or rural location and by household size. Overall trends since 1994 are included. Comparisons with 2002 are made.

Highlights

• The percentage of households experiencing crimes, about 15%, did not change significantly between 2002 and 2003.
• In 2003 about 3 in 1,000 households included a member victimized by an intimate partner, such as a spouse, ex-spouse, boyfriend, or girlfriend.
• About 1 in every 26 households in 2003 were either burglarized or had a member age 12 or older who was victim of a violent crime committed by a stranger.