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Nonfatal Domestic Violence, 2003-2012

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DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ACCOUNTED FOR ABOUT A FIFTH OF ALL VIOLENT VICTIMIZATIONS BETWEEN 2003 AND 2012

WASHINGTON – Domestic violence accounted for 21 percent of all violent victimizations during the period from 2003 to 2012...

Victimizations Not Reported to the Police, 2006-2010

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NEARLY 3.4 MILLION VIOLENT CRIMES PER YEAR WENT UNREPORTED
TO POLICE FROM 2006 TO 2010

WASHINGTON – More than half of the nation’s violent crimes, or nearly 3.4 million violent victimizations per year, went unreported to the police between...

Criminal Victimization, 2011

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VIOLENT CRIME RATE UP 17 PERCENT, PROPERTY CRIME RATE UP 11 PERCENT IN 2011 ACCORDING TO THE NATIONAL CRIME VICTIMIZATION SURVEY

WASHINGTON – In 2011, U.S. residents age 12 or older experienced an estimated 5.8 million violent victimizations and 17.1...

Workplace Violence, 1993-2009

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HOMICIDE AND NONFATAL VIOLENT CRIMES IN THE WORKPLACE DECLINED

Law enforcement officers, security guards and bartenders had highest rates of workplace violence

WASHINGTON – More than 572,000 nonfatal violent crimes—rape, robbery, or assault—occurred against persons age 16 or older...

Hate Crime, 2003-2009

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AN ESTIMATED 148,000 HATE CRIMES REPORTED IN 2009; MOST HATE CRIMES MOTIVATED BY RACIAL OR ETHNIC BIAS

WASHINGTON –An estimated 148,400 hate crimes were reported to the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) in 2009, a decline from 239,400 in...

Firearms Stolen during Household Burglaries and Other Property Crimes, 2005-2010

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ABOUT 1.4 MILLION GUNS STOLEN DURING HOUSEHOLD BURGLARIES
AND OTHER PROPERTY CRIMES FROM 2005 THROUGH 2010

WASHINGTON – About 1.4 million firearms were stolen during household burglaries and other property crimes over the six-year period from 2005 through 2010, according...

Contacts between Police and the Public, 2008

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CONTACTS BETWEEN POLICE AND THE PUBLIC DECLINED FROM 2002 TO 2008

Police used or threatened to use force in less than two percent of contacts

WASHINGTON—An estimated 40 million U.S. residents age 16 or older, or about 17...

Criminal Victimization, 2010

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RATE OF VIOLENT VICTIMIZATION DECLINED 13 PERCENT IN 2010

WASHINGTON – During 2010, U.S. residents age 12 or older experienced a double-digit drop (down 13 percent) in the rate of violent victimization, the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS)...

Firearms Stolen During Household Burglaries and Other Property Crimes, 2005-2010

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ABOUT 1.4 MILLION GUNS STOLEN DURING HOUSEHOLD BURGLARIES
AND OTHER PROPERTY CRIMES FROM 2005 THROUGH 2010

WASHINGTON – About 1.4 million firearms were stolen during household burglaries and other property crimes over the six-year period from 2005 through 2010, according...

Intimate Partner Violence, 1993-2010

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INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE DROPPED 64 PERCENT FROM 1993 TO 2010

WASHINGTON – Intimate partner violence declined from about 2.1 million victimizations in 1993 to around 907,000 in 2010, according to a report released today by the Justice Department’s Bureau...

Violent Victimization Committed by Strangers, 1993-2010

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VIOLENCE COMMITTED BY STRANGERS DECLINED 77 PERCENT SINCE 1993

WASHINGTON – Strangers committed about 1.8 million nonfatal violent crimes in 2010, or about 38 percent of all nonfatal violent victimizations during the year, the Justice Department’s Bureau of Justice...

Female Victims of Sexual Violence, 1994-2010

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OVER 60 PERCENT DECLINE IN SEXUAL VIOLENCE AGAINST FEMALES
FROM 1995 TO 2010

WASHINGTON – From 1995 to 2005, sexual violence against U.S. female residents age 12 or older declined 64 percent from 5.0 per 1,000 females to 1.8...

Hate Crime Victimization, 2003-2011

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NEARLY TWO-THIRDS OF HATE CRIMES WENT UNREPORTED TO POLICE IN RECENT YEARS

U.S. residents experienced about 259,700 hate crimes annually from 2007 to 2011

WASHINGTON –The percentage of hate crimes reported to the police declined from 46 percent from...

Firearm Violence, 1993-2011

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11,101 FATAL AND 467,300 NONFATAL FIREARM VICTIMIZATIONS OCCURRED IN 2011

WASHINGTON–Firearm-related homicides declined 39 percent and nonfatal firearm crimes declined 69 percent from 1993 to 2011, the Justice Department’s Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) announced today. Firearm-related homicides dropped...

Workplace Violence Against Government Employees, 1994-2011

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RATES OF WORKPLACE VIOLENCE HIGHER FOR GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES

WASHINGTON –Government employees experienced a rate of nonfatal workplace violence that was more than three times the rate for private-sector employees during 2011, the Justice Department’s Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS)...

Criminal Victimization, 2012

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FOR SECOND CONSECUTIVE YEAR VIOLENT AND PROPERTY CRIME RATES INCREASED IN 2012

Increases driven by simple assaults and crime not reported to police

WASHINGTON – Violent and property crime rates rose for U.S. residents in 2012, the Bureau of Justice...

Intimate Partner Violence: Attributes of Victimization, 1993-2011

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SERIOUS INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE AGAINST FEMALES DECLINED 72 PERCENT FROM 1994 TO 2011

Percentage involving physical attacks, weapons and injury showed little change

WASHINGTON – From 1994 to 2011, the rate of serious intimate partner violence, such as rape...

Requests for Police Assistance, 2011

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STUDY FINDS SOME RACIAL DIFFERENCES IN PERCEPTIONS OF POLICE BEHAVIOR DURING CONTACT WITH THE PUBLIC

WASHINGTON – An estimated 62.9 million U.S. residents age 16 or older, or about 26 percent of the population, had one or more contacts...

Measuring the Prevalence of Crime with the National Crime Victimization Survey

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NEW BJS REPORT ON CALCULATING THE PREVALENCE OF CRIME IN THE U.S.

WASHINGTON – The Justice Department’s Bureau of Justice Statistics released a report today on a new procedure for calculating the prevalence of crime in the U.S. each...

Victims of Identity Theft, 2012

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16.6 MILLION PEOPLE EXPERIENCED IDENTITY THEFT IN 2012

Financial losses totaled $24.7 billion

WASHINGTON – An estimated 16.6 million people, representing 7 percent of all persons age 16 or older in the United States, experienced at least one incident of...

Crime Against Persons with Disabilities, 2009-2012 - Statistical Tables

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1.3 MILLION NONFATAL VIOLENT CRIMES AGAINST PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES IN 2012, UNCHANGED FROM 2011

WASHINGTON – An estimated 1.3 million nonfatal violent crimes occurred against persons with disabilities in 2012, the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) announced today. While the...

Hate Crime Victimization, 2004-2012 - Statistical Tables

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U.S. RESIDENTS EXPERIENCED ABOUT 293,800 HATE CRIME VICTIMIZATIONS
IN 2012 — UNCHANGED FROM 2004

WASHINGTON – In 2012, an estimated 293,800 nonfatal violent and property hate crime victimizations occurred in...

Hate crime victimization

Refers to a single victim or household that experienced a criminal incident believed by the victim to be motivated by prejudice based on race, gender or gender identity, religion, disability, sexual orientation, or ethnicity. BJS's National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) and the FBI's Uniform Crime Reports (UCR) Hate Crime Statistics Program are the principal sources of annual information on hate crime in the United States and use the definition of hate crime provided in the Hate Crime Statistics Act (28 U.S.C. § 534).