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The National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) obtains information about offender(s) who commit violent victimizations from the victim who experienced the crime. The victim is asked to provide information on age, race or Hispanic origin, and sex of the offender. The victim is also asked about his/her relationship with the offender, whether the victim perceived that the offender was drunk or on drugs, and whether the offender was a gang member. For crimes committed by strangers, the victim may not be able to provide all of the information. For crimes in which a relative, friend, or acquaintance was the offender, the victim may have more detailed information about the offender. Victims are encouraged to think about incidents committed by relatives or other non-strangers that may have been a crime and describe these incidents in the interview. Information about non-stranger crime still may be underreported in the survey because some victims may not feel comfortable providing such information or victims may not perceive some events as crimes.

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Criminal Victimization, 2015 Presents national rates and levels of criminal victimization in 2015 and annual change from 2014.
	Press Release | Summary (PDF 203K) | PDF (818K) | ASCII file (47K) | Comma-delimited format (CSV) (Zip format 13K) Part of the Criminal Victimization Series
Co-Offending Among Adolescents in Violent Victimizations, 2004-13 Presents estimates of nonfatal violent victimizations perceived by the victim to be committed by adolescents ages 12 to 17 during 2004-13.
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Criminal Victimization, 2014 Presents 2014 estimates of rates and levels of criminal victimization in the United States.
	Press Release | PDF (745KB) | ASCII file (42KB) | Comma Separated Values (CSV) (Zip format) Part of the Criminal Victimization Series
Household Poverty and Nonfatal Violent Victimization, 2008–2012 Presents findings from 2008 to 2012 on the relationship between households that were above or below the federal poverty level and nonfatal violent victimization, including rape or sexual assault, robbery, aggravated assault, and simple assault.
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Criminal Victimization, 2013 IN 2013 VIOLENT AND PROPERTY CRIME RATES DECLINED AFTER TWO YEARS OF INCREASES
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Criminal Victimization, 2013 (Revised) Presents 2013 estimates of rates and levels of criminal victimization in the United States. This bulletin includes violent victimization (rape or sexual assault, robbery, aggravated assault, and simple assault) and property victimization (burglary, motor vehicle theft, and property theft).
	Press Release | PDF (1M) | ASCII file (40K) | Comma-delimited format (CSV) (Zip format 34K) Part of the Criminal Victimization Series
Seasonal Patterns in Criminal Victimization Trends Uses data from the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) to examine the seasonal patterns in violent and property crime victimization in the United States from 1993 to 2010.
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Victims of Identity Theft, 2012 Presents findings on the prevalence and nature of identity theft from the 2012 Identity Theft Supplement to the National Crime Victimization Survey.
	Press Release | PDF (1.32M) | ASCII file (41K) | Comma-delimited format (CSV) (Zip format 32K) Part of the Identity Theft Series
Intimate Partner Violence: Attributes of Victimization, 1993–2011 SERIOUS INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE AGAINST FEMALES DECLINED 72 PERCENT FROM 1994 TO 2011 Percentage involving physical attacks, weapons and injury showed little change
	Press Release Part of the Intimate Partner Violence Series
Criminal Victimization, 2012 Presents 2012 estimates of rates and levels of criminal victimization in the U.S. This bulletin includes violent victimization (rape or sexual assault, robbery, aggravated assault, and simple assault) and property victimization (burglary, motor vehicle theft, and property theft).
	Press Release | PDF (836K) | ASCII file (38K) | Comma-delimited format (CSV) (Zip format 48K) Part of the Criminal Victimization Series

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