- Indicator 43: Victims of Violent Crimes

Indicator 43: Victims of Violent Crimes

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Table 43. Number of violent crime victims per 1,000 persons, by type of crime, sex, race of victim and age group: Various years, 1995 to 2002
						2002
Age, sex, and race	1995	1996	1997	1999	2000	Total	Robbery	Assault	Rape/ sexual assault¹
Total²
12 to 15 years old	107.0	95.0	87.9	74.4	60.1	44.4	3.0	39.3	2.1
16 to 19 years old	107.7	102.7	96.2	77.4	64.3	58.2	4.0	48.6	5.5
20 to 24 years old	78.8	74.3	67.8	68.5	49.4	47.4	4.7	39.8	2.9
25 to 34 years old	54.8	51.1	46.9	36.3	34.8	26.3	2.8	22.8	0.6 !
Male
12 to 15 years old	128.3	120.0	105.9	85.0	74.0	46.1	4.9	41.2	# !
16 to 19 years old	125.0	122.1	105.2	87.7	74.4	58.4	4.9	52.6	0.8 !
20 to 24 years old	88.2	82.8	76.3	74.1	56.6	56.7	7.2	49.1	0.4 !
25 to 34 years old	63.0	55.9	49.4	37.3	39.6	29.4	3.2	26.0	0.1 !
Female
12 to 15 years old	84.7	68.8	68.9	63.4	45.7	42.6	0.9 !	37.3	4.3
16 to 19 years old	89.7	82.6	86.7	66.7	53.6	58.1	3.2 !	44.5	10.4
20 to 24 years old	69.5	65.9	59.2	62.9	42.2	38.3	2.2 !	30.7	5.4
25 to 34 years old	46.7	46.3	44.4	35.3	30.1	23.2	2.4	19.8	1.1 !
White³
12 to 15 years old	106.8	96.8	90.1	68.5	58.7	47.5	2.6	43.0	2.0 !
16 to 19 years old	110.5	104.4	93.6	77.3	63.4	56.6	4.2	49.0	3.4
20 to 24 years old	76.5	72.0	71.4	70.8	50.2	49.8	4.8	41.9	3.1
25 to 34 years old	53.8	49.8	45.0	36.7	36.2	26.4	2.5	23.2	0.7 !
Black³
12 to 15 years old	120.4	95.5	90.8	109.8	66.7	39.6	4.5 !	32.0	3.0 !
16 to 19 years old	100.0	96.7	126.7	88.1	81.9	73.9	4.3 !	51.5	18.1
20 to 24 years old	97.3	94.9	62.3	65.6	54.6	34.5	2.8 !	30.3	1.5 !
25 to 34 years old	60.2	61.0	57.7	35.6	31.6	31.9	5.6 !	25.5	0.7 !
# Rounds to zero.
! Interpret data with caution.
¹Includes verbal threats of rape and threats of sexual assault.
²Includes other races not separately shown.
³Includes persons of Hispanic origin.
NOTE: Violent crimes include rape, sexual assault, robbery, aggravated assault, and simple assault. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics, Criminal Victimization in the United States, various years.

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