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The National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) asks victims of crime whether the crimes were reported to police. Data are available on both crimes reported to the police as well as those that were not reported. The data on crime reported to police are based on information the victims give at the time of interview about whether they or someone else reported the incident.

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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

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

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

Criminal Victimization, 2012 FOR SECOND CONSECUTIVE YEAR VIOLENT AND PROPERTY CRIME RATES INCREASED IN 2012 Increases driven by simple assaults and crime not reported to police
  Press Release
Part of the Criminal Victimization in the United States Series

Criminal Victimization, 2011 Presents 2011 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 (1.8M) | ASCII file (46K) | Comma-delimited format (CSV) (Zip format 38K)
Part of the Criminal Victimization Series

Victimizations Not Reported to the Police, 2006-2010 Presents findings, for a five-year period from 2006 to 2010, on the characteristics of crime victimizations that went unreported to police, according to data from the National Crime Victimization Survey.
  Press Release | PDF (1.25M) | ASCII file (45K) | Comma-delimited format (CSV) (Zip format 29K)

Criminal Victimization, 2010 Presents 2010 estimates of rates and levels of criminal victimization in the U.S., including violent victimization (rape or sexual assault, robbery, aggravated assault, and simple assault), property victimization (burglary, motor vehicle theft, and property theft), and personal theft (pocket picking and purse snatching).
  Press Release | PDF (1.9M) | ASCII file (32K) | Spreadsheet (Zip format 26K)
Part of the Criminal Victimization Series

Criminal Victimization in the United States -- Statistical Tables Presents 110 tables with detailed data on major variables measured by the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS).
 
Part of the Criminal Victimization in the United States Series

Criminal Victimization in the United States, 2008 - Statistical Tables Presents tables with detailed data on major items measured by the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS).
  Complete set of tables (PDF 1.6M) | Complete set of tables - Spreadsheets (Zip format 243K) | Demography of victims (PDF 1M) | Demography of victims - Spreadsheets (Zip format 49K) | Victims and offenders (PDF 1M) | Victims and offenders - Spreadsheets (Zip format 26K) | The crime event (PDF 239K) | The crime event - Spreadsheets (Zip format 46K) | Victims and the criminal justice system (PDF 1M) | Victims and the criminal justice system - Spreadsheets (Zip format 32K) | Series victimizations (PDF 959K) | Series victimizations - Spreadsheet (PDF 5K) | Methodology (PDF 107K) | Methodology (ASCII file 35K)
Part of the Criminal Victimization in the United States Series

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).
  Press Release | PDF (420K) | ASCII file (24K) | Spreadsheet (Zip format 23K)
Part of the Criminal Victimization Series