Violent Crime
2% of us will be the victim of violent crime this year so you have a 5
times greater chance to be a victim of a violent crime than to be
diagnosed with cancer or having a heart attack.
Males are 25% more likely to be victimized than females. If you are
black, you are 35% more likely to be a victim than white and if you
are interracial you are over 3 times more likely than if you are
white.
There is about a 50/50 chance you will know the attacker.
The older you are the less your chances of being attacked (aka the
safer you are). People between 12 and 24 have over a 4% chance of
being attacked.
25-24 year olds have a 3% chance of being attacked.
35 to 49 years old have a 2% chance of being attacked.
50-64 years old the chance drop to 1% chance of being attacked
Over 65 years old it drops to below ½%
Weapons are present in about 1/4 of violent crimes. Weapons types are
almost equally divided between guns, knives, and other weapons.
About 1/3 of the violent crimes will happen at the home or near the home.
Homicide
0.006% (aka 6 out 100,000 / 17,000 in the USA) will be a homicide victim.
78% of the homicide victims were male
About 50% of the homicide victims were white and about 50% black
About 50% of the offenders were white and about 50% black
About 75% of the victims knew their murderers.
About 75% percent involved firearms (Of which the type of weapon was specified)
Violent Crime Based on data from 2005 – 2008 from
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/abstract/cvusst.htmhttp://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/cvict_v.htmhttp://www.cancure.org/statistics.htmhttp://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=4591Homicide based on the data from the FBI 2007 and 2008 Expanded
Homicide Data report:
http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/cius2007/documents/expandedhomicidemain.pdfhttp://www.fbi.gov/ucr/cius2008/documents/expandedoffensemain.pdfhttp://www.disastercenter.com/crime/uscrime.htmUSA Population is approximately 300 million
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