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Property crime rates continue to decline.
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- Note: Property crimes
include burglary, theft, and motor vehicle theft.
- The National Crime Victimization Survey redesign was implemented in
1993; the area with the lighter shading is before the redesign and the
darker area after the redesign. The data before 1993 are adjusted to
make them comparable with data collected since the redesign. The adjustment
methods are described in Criminal
Victimization 1973-95. Estimates for 1993 and beyond
are based on collection year while earlier estimates are based on data
year. For additional information about the methods used, see Criminal
Victimization 2005.
- Source:
The National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS)
- Ongoing since 1972, this
survey of households interviews about 134,000 persons age 12 and older in 77,200 households each year about their victimizations from
crime.
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