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Trends in offending rates by
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Victim's perception of the age of the offender in serious violent crime,
1973-2007
Number of incidents involving persons age:
| |
12-17 |
18+ |
Unknown |
| 1973 |
921,000 |
2,342,000 |
296,000 |
| 1974 |
879,000 |
2,580,000 |
309,000 |
| 1975 |
792,000 |
2,442,000 |
336,000 |
| 1976 |
860,000 |
2,455,000 |
284,000 |
| 1977 |
837,000 |
2,531,000 |
271,000 |
| 1978 |
832,000 |
2,539,000 |
228,000 |
| 1979 |
844,000 |
2,767,000 |
205,000 |
| 1980 |
812,000 |
2,614,000 |
365,000 |
| 1981 |
917,000 |
2,947,000 |
224,000 |
| 1982 |
747,000 |
2,929,000 |
239,000 |
| 1983 |
746,000 |
2,391,000 |
300,000 |
| 1984 |
739,000 |
2,671,000 |
329,000 |
| 1985 |
652,000 |
2,438,000 |
256,000 |
| 1986 |
618,000 |
2,358,000 |
286,000 |
| 1987 |
657,000 |
2,354,000 |
393,000 |
| 1988 |
703,000 |
2,507,000 |
324,000 |
| 1989 |
680,000 |
2,457,000 |
369,000 |
| 1990 |
785,000 |
2,399,000 |
297,000 |
| 1991 |
811,000 |
2,398,000 |
481,000 |
| 1992 |
925,000 |
2,726,000 |
294,000 |
| 1993 |
1,108,000 |
2,733,000 |
329,000 |
| 1994 |
1,031,000 |
2,636,000 |
406,000 |
| 1995 |
811,000 |
2,240,000 |
205,000 |
| 1996 |
805,000 |
2,148,000 |
278,000 |
| 1997 |
705,000 |
2,027,000 |
262,000 |
| 1998 |
616,000 |
1,812,000 |
317,000 |
| 1999 |
610,000 |
1,668,000 |
225,000 |
| 2000 |
412,000 |
1,499,000 |
234,000 |
| 2001 |
467,000 |
1,324,000 |
201,000 |
| 2002 |
278,000 |
1,181,000 |
193,000 |
| 2003 |
374,000 |
1,182,000 |
226,000 |
| 2004 |
345,000 |
1,153,000 |
131,000 |
| 2005 |
436,000 |
1,146,000 |
220,000 |
| 2006* |
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| 2007 |
277,000 |
1,027,000 |
294,000 |
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Note: Because of
changes made to the victimization survey,
data prior to 1992 are adjusted
to make them comparable to
data collected under the redesigned methodology.
Age
12-17 includes incidents in which the victim perceived that
at least
one offender was age 12-17. For additional
information about the methods used, see Criminal Victimization, 2008.
*Victimization rate trends exclude NCVS estimates for 2006 because
of methodological inconsistencies between the data for that year and
the data for other years. Changes to the NCVS and their impact upon
the survey's estimates in 2006 are discussed in the
Criminal Victimization, 2006 Technical Notes.
Serious violent crime includes rape, robbery, aggravated assault, and homicide. |
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