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The National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) measures the nonfatal violent crimes of rape/sexual assault, robbery, and aggravated and simple assault. Victims who experience violent crimes are asked if the offender(s) used weapons.
In 2009 —
Presence of offender's weapon |
Violent crime | Rape/ sexual assault |
Robbery | Simple/ aggravated assault |
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Total | 100 | % | 100 | % | 100 | % | 100 | % | |
No weapon | 73 | % | 85 | % | 48 | % | 76 | % | |
Weapon | 22 | % | 10 | %* | 47 | % | 19 | % | |
Firearm | 8 | -- | * | 28 | 5 | ||||
Knife | 6 | 8 | * | 9 | 5 | ||||
Other | 7 | 2 | * | 8 | 7 | ||||
Type not ascertained | 2 | -- | * | 2 | * | 1 | |||
Don't know | 6 | % | 5 | %* | 6 | %* | 6 | % | |
Note: Percentage may not total to 100% because of rounding. If the offender was armed with more than one weapon, the crime is classified based on the most serious weapon present. |
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Criminal Victimization, 2009 Presents the annual estimates of rates and levels of violent crime (rape or sexual assault, robbery, aggravated assault, and simple assault), property crime (burglary, motor vehicle theft, and property theft), and personal theft (pocket picking and purse snatching). | |
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Weapon Use and Violent Crime, 1993-2001 Discusses the nature and prevalence of violent crime by armed offenders, and the consequences to the victims, age 12 or older, from 1993 through 2001. | |
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Firearm Injury and Death from Crime, 1993-97 Reports on the incidence of fatal and nonfatal firearm injuries that result from crime. Most of the data presented are from the FBI¿s Supplementary Homicide Reports and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Vital Statistics and the Firearms Injury Surveillance Study which collects data on injuries treated in hospital emergency departments. | |
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Firearm Injury from Crime: Firearms, Crime, and Criminal Justice Reports available statistical information on fatal and nonfatal firearm injury that results from crime from a number of sources. | |
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