By Craig A. Perkins

BJS Statistician

Vulnerability to violent crime victimization

varies across the age spectrum. The

victimization rate increases through the

teenage years, crests at around age 20,

and steadily decreases through the remaining years. This pattern, with some

exceptions, exists across all race, sex,

and ethnic groups.

For 1992-94, the rate of serious violent

crime ranged from 37 per 1,000 persons

age 12 to 14, to 50 per 1,000 persons

age 18 to 21, to 3 violent crimes per

1,000 persons age 65 or older. Crime

rates for individuals age 18 to 21 were

17 times higher than for persons age 65

or older.

This report examines serious violent

crime across different age groups,

focusing on persons younger than 25

from 1992 through 1994. It highlights

key facts about serious violent crime,

grouped by age, race, and sex. 

Serious violent crimes include rape and

sexual assault, robbery, and aggravated

assault, as measured by the National

Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS), and

murders from data reported by law enforcement agencies to the FBI.

Bureau of Justice Statistics

Special Report

 Persons age 12 to 24 comprised:

22% of the population,

35% of murder victims, and

49% of serious violent crime

victims.

 Persons age 25 to 49 constituted:

47% of the population,

53% of murder victims, and

44% of serious violent crime

victims.

 Persons age 50 or older made up:

30% of the population,

12% of murder victims, and

7% of serious violent crime

victims.

 Persons age 18 to 21 were the most

likely to experience a serious violent

crime, and blacks in that age group

were the most vulnerable:

72 victimizations per 1,000 blacks,

50 victimizations per 1,000

Hispanics, and

46 victimizations per 1,000 whites.

 More than 52% of all rape/sexual assault victims were females younger than

25.

 Almost 1 in 10 murder victims age 18

to 21 were black.

U.S. Department of Justice

Office of Justice Programs

Age Patterns of Victims

of Serious Violent Crime

Highlights

0

25

50

75

100

125 16-19

12-15

20-24

25-34

35-49

50-64

65+

1973

Adjusted victimization rate per 1,000 persons

age 12 and older

Violent crime rates by age

Age

1977 1982 1987 1992 1994

Note: Violent crimes included are homicide, rape, robbery, and both simple and

aggravated assault. The light gray area indicates that 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. The adjustment methods are

described in Criminal Victimization 1973-95.

July 1997, NCJ-162031
The Bureau of the Census, under the supervision of the

Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS), conducts the NCVS

which interviews approximately 50,000 households. Annually the NCVS measures crimes not reported as well as

those reported to police.

Each year between 1992 and 1994, U.S. residents age 12

or older experienced about 4.3 million serious violent victimizations on average. Persons age 12 to 24 suffered

about 49% (2 million) of the total, although they made up

less than a quarter of the U.S. population age 12 or older.

Individuals age 40 or older were 47% of the general population but sustained 19% of the serious violent victimizations.

Persons younger than 25 were the most vulnerable to serious violent crime, regardless of how age patterns were

analyzed. Rates controlling for population show the young

with the highest number of victimizations per 1,000 individuals. Considering only adolescents and adults, the average

age of violent crime victims is almost 11 years below the

average age of the whole population, because of the overrepresentation of the young among crime victims.

The Highlights graph of trends presents age categories 

usually used in BJS reports; however, the remaining findings have age groupings identified with stages of life in the

United States. This modified grouping is meant to help 

account for different life styles:

 Persons age 12 to 14 are generally in junior high school. 

 Youth age 15 to 17 are in high school.

 Ages 18 to 21 include persons who have left high school

and are enrolled in college or technical school or are

seeking or starting jobs.

 Young adults age 22 to 24 are those individuals who have

left college and are just beginning a career.

 Persons age 65 or older represent residents who have

probably retired.

Also, there are too few sampled cases to analyze the age

distribution of minority victims of rape or sexual assault (an

estimated 1.1 million rapes of white non-Hispanic females,

236,000 rapes of black non-Hispanic females, and 121,000

rapes of Hispanic females for the 3-year period).

Although Hispanics are not a race, they are presented as a

separate category within the racial categories.

Rates of serious violent crime for 18-21 year olds  17

times higher than for persons age 65 or older.

Persons between ages 12 and 24  less than a fourth 

of the U.S. population age 12 or older, almost half 

of all serious victimizations.

Persons age 40 or older  almost half of the population

age 12 or older, less than a fifth of the serious violent

victimizations.

2 Age Patterns of Victims of Serious Violent Crime

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

40

45

50

55

60

Age of victim

15-

17

18-

21

22-

24

25-

29

30-

34

35-

39

40-

49

65 or

older

50-

64

12-

14

Rates of serious violent crime

per 1,000 persons

All serious violent crimes: Murder, rape, 

sexual assault, robbery, and aggravated assault 

On average each year, from 1992 to 1994, about 1 in 50

persons fell victim to a serious violent crime; among

persons age 12 to 24, 1 in 23.

Number of persons in the population for each victim

Age

of

victim

All serious

violent

crime Murder

Rape/

sexual

assault Robbery

Aggravated

assault

 Total 50 9,241 416 164 86

12 to 24 23 5,945 168 83 39

25 to 34 42 6,170 378 132 73

35 to 49 67 10,891 591 219 116

50 or older 424 23,376 4,272 494 424

Average age

Overall U.S. population

Murder

Rape/sexual assault

Robbery

Aggravated assault

0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45

The average age of U.S. residents 

age 12 or older was almost 41

The average age of victims of serious violent 

crimes other than murder was 30 or under

Indicates victimization information

other than that about age k patterns of victims.
Persons under age 25  22% of the general population  account for 35% of murder victims. 

The youngest and oldest of the population had the lowest

rates of murder  less than 0.05 per 1,000 persons.

The pattern of murder victims resembles that of victims of

other serious violent crimes  rates increasing from

the very young, cresting at ages 18 to 21, then

decreasing.

Slightly more than a fifth of all rape/sexual assault victims

were age 18 to 21. The average age for victims

was 27.

Rates of rape/sexual assault for individuals 18 to 21 were

almost 22 times higher than those for age 25 to 29.

Persons age 50 or older  almost a third of the general

population age 12 or older  comprised 3% of 

rape/sexual assault victims.

 Age Patterns of Victims of Serious Violent Crime 3

0

2

4

6

8

10

12

14

15-

17

18-

21

22-

24

25-

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30-

34

35-

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49

65 or

older

50-

64

12-

14

Age of victim

Rates of rape or sexual assault 

per 1,000 persons (male and female)

 Rape or sexual assault

Persons under 25 made up almost 50% of everyone suffering a serious violent crime and almost

56% of rape/sexual assault victims.

Percent of victims

Age of victim

Percent of

population

All violent

crime

Rape/sexual

assault Robbery

Total 100% 100% 100% 100%

12 to 14 5% 10% 8% 11%

15 to 17 5 12 12 10

18 to 21 7 17 21 14

22 to 24 5 11 14 9

25 to 29 9 13 9 12

30 to 34 11 11 13 12

35 to 39 10 8 9 8

40 to 49 17 12 10 12

50 to 64 16 5 2 6

65 or older 15 2 1 4

0

2

4

6

8

10

12

14

Age of victim

15-

17

18-

21

22-

24

25-

29

30-

34

35-

39

40-

49

65 or

older

50-

64

12-

14

Rates per 1,000 females

Rape or sexual assault (female)

 

 1 in 89 females 12-24 were rape/sexual assault victims 

0

0.05

0.1

0.15

0.2

0.25

0.3

Age of victim

15-

17

18-

21

22-

24

25-

29

30-

34

35-

39

40-

49

65 or

older

50-

64

12-

14

Rates of murder

per 1,000 persons

Murder

Murder

Rape/sexual assault

Robbery

Aggravated assault

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Rates per 1,000 persons

Murder, the least frequent violent crime, victimized

fewer than 1 in 1,000 persons, age 12 or older

k

Victims of murder, on average, were the oldest of 

serious violent crime victims. Over half of all murder

victims were age 30 or younger (compared with age

25 for victims of other serious violent crimes).

Serious

violent offense

Median age

of victim

Murder 29

Rape/sexual assault 23

Robbery 26

Aggravated assault 25
Robbery is completed or attempted theft, directly 

from a person, by force or threat of force, 

with or without a weapon, and with or without injury.

Half of all robbery victims were age 26 or younger; 

the most vulnerable to robbery were the young.

Persons age 21 or younger  slightly less than a fifth 

of the general population  suffered close to half 

of all robberies.

1 in every 79 persons age 12 to 21 were robbery victims,

compared to 1 in every 211, age 22 or older. 

Between 1992 and 1994, U.S. residents age 12 or older

experienced an annual average of about 1.3 million

robberies.

The average number of robberies each year was  457,000 among persons age 12-21

118,000 for age 22-24

319,000 for age 25-34

263,000 for age 35-49, and

130,000 for age 50 or older.

Aggravated assault includes attacks with a weapon, with 

or without injury and attacks without a weapon that 

result in serious injury such as broken bones, loss 

of teeth, internal injuries, or loss of consciousness

 or an undetermined injury requiring 2 or more

days of hospitalization.

4 Age Patterns of Victims of Serious Violent Crime

Aggravated assault, the most frequent serious violent 

crime, made up over half of all such crimes.

On average between 1992 and 1994, about 1 in every 2

persons who reported an aggravated assault was

younger than 25.

Persons age 50 or older  almost a third of the 

population over age 11  were 6% of aggravated

assault victims. 

Each year 1992-94, on average, persons age 12 to 24

sustained about 1,200,000 aggravated assaults,

compared to 1,100,000 for persons age 25 to 49,

and 151,000 for those 50 or older.

Annual average number of victimizations, 1992-94

12-24 25-49 50+

0

250,000

500,000

750,000

1,000,000

1,250,000

1,500,000

Aggravated Robbery Rape/sexual

Age of victim

assault assault

Murder (not shown): 8,021, 12,129, and 2,743 victims for

each age category.

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

Rates of aggravated assault

per 1,000 persons

Age of victim

15-

17

18-

21

22-

24

25-

29

30-

34

35-

39

40-

49

65 or

older

50-

64

12-

14

 Aggravated assault

0

2

4

6

8

10

12

14

Age of victim

15-

17

18-

21

22-

24

25-

29

30-

34

35-

39

40-

49

65 or

older

50-

64

12-

14

Rates of robbery

per 1,000 persons

Robbery

12 to 21

22 to 24

25 to 34

35 to 49

50 or older

0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14

Approximate rates per 1,000 persons

Age of victim

Age patterns of robbery victims fall into 5 distinct ranges:

The 12-21 robbery rate is 6 times that of 50 or older.
Blacks and Hispanics across all age groups were more 

at risk from violence than whites of comparable age

 1 in 30 blacks, 1 in 35 Hispanics, and 1 in 58

whites, from 1992 to 1994.

For 18-to-21 year olds, 1 in 14 blacks, 1 in 20 Hispanics,

and 1 in 22 whites experienced a serious violent

victimization.

For whites and blacks, persons 18 to 21 were most 

at risk of becoming a murder victim.

Murder rates for blacks were 8 times higher than 

for whites  1 in every 894 and 1 in every 7,334 

persons, respectively. 

Blacks, about 12% of general population, comprised 

51% of murder victims. Almost 1 in 10 of black

murder victims were age 18 to 21.

 Age Patterns of Victims of Serious Violent Crime 5

 Murder, by race

0.00

0.10

0.20

0.30

0.40

0.50

0.60

0.70

0.80

0.90

1.00

1.10

1.20

White

Black

15-

17

18-

21

22-

24

25-

29

30-

34

35-

39

40-

49

65 or

older

50-

64

12-

14

Age of victim

Rates of murder

per 1,000 persons

0.00

0.05

0.10

0.15

0.20

0.25

0.30

0.35

0.40

0.45

0.50

Male

Female

Age of victim

15-

17

18-

21

22-

24

25-

29

30-

34

35-

39

40-

49

65 or

older

50-

64

12-

14

Rates per 1,000 persons

Murder, by sex of victim 

 1 in 10 murder victims were males, 18 to 21

Murder rates for males 18 to 21 were 6 times higher than

for their female counterparts. Rates for men 65 or

older were 11⁄2 times higher than for their female

counterparts.

The average age for male murder victims was 32, compared to the female murder victim's average age

of 37.

White murder victims had an average age of 35, while

black murder victims had an average age of 30.

Over half of black murder victims were 29 or younger,

compared to over half of white victims, 32 or older.

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

White

Black

Hispanic

15-

17

18-

21

22-

24

25-

29

30-

34

35-

39

40-

49

65 or

older

50-

64

12-

14

Age of victim

Rates of serious violent crime

per 1,000 persons

Serious violent crime, by race and Hispanic origin

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

Male

Female

Age of victim

15-

17

18-

21

22-

24

25-

29

30-

34

35-

39

40-

49

65 or

older

50-

64

12-

14

Rates per 1,000 persons

Serious violent crime, by sex of victim

Blacks and to a lesser degree Hispanics were overrepresented among victims, relative to their proportion of the general population age 12 or older. 

Percent

Racial/ethnic

groups

Population

age 12 or older

Victims of

serious violence

Rates per

1,000

 Total 100% 100% 20

White 77% 65% 17

Black 12 20 34

Other 3 4 24

Hispanic 8 12 29

Note: Whites, blacks, and others exclude Hispanics.

k

 1 in 41 males and 1 in 62 females were violent crime victims
Blacks and Hispanics under age 22 had robbery rates approximately twice those for whites  1 in 48, 1 in 57,

and 1 in 101 respectively, from 1992 to 1994.

Robbery rates for blacks peaked twice, for ages 18 to 21

and 30 to 34, at 24 robberies per 1,000 blacks  at 5

times the rate for age 50 or older, 5 per 1,000.

The average age for robbery victims was about 30 for

whites and blacks, and 28 for Hispanics.

Boys 12 to 14 and young women 18 to 21 reported the

highest rates for robbery.

About 1 in every 54 boys age 12 to 14 was a robbery 

victim, compared to 1 in every 473 men age 65 or

older.

The average ages for male and female robbery victims

were at least 10 years younger than the average age

of males and females in the general population.

Average age

Male Female

General population 12 or older 40 yrs 42 yrs

Robbery victims 30 31

Slightly more than 1 in every 60 blacks, 1 in every 63 

Hispanics, and 1 in every 96 whites were 

aggravated assault victims.

Blacks and Hispanics  20% of the general population  were about 28% of aggravated assault victims .

The average age of aggravated assault victims was 25 

for Hispanics, 26 for blacks, and 29 for whites.

6 Age Patterns of Victims of Serious Violent Crime

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

40

White

Black

Hispanic

Age of victim

15-

17

18-

21

22-

24

25-

29

30-

34

35-

39

40-

49

65 or

older

50-

64

12-

14

Rates of robbery

per 1,000 persons

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

40

White

Black

Hispanic

Age of victim

15-

17

18-

21

22-

24

25-

29

30-

34

35-

39

40-

49

65 or

older

50-

64

12-

14

Rates of aggravated assault

per 1,000 persons

Aggravated assault, by race and Hispanic origin

0

2

4

6

8

10

12

14

16

18

20

Male

Female

Age of victim

15-

17

18-

21

22-

24

25-

29

30-

34

35-

39

40-

49

65 or

older

50-

64

12-

14

Rates per 1,000 persons

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

40

Male

Female

Age of victim

15-

17

18-

21

22-

24

25-

29

30-

34

35-

39

40-

49

65 or

older

50-

64

12-

14

Rates per 1,000 persons

Aggravated assault, by sex of victim

For 18 to 21, men twice as likely as women to be victimized

Robbery, by sex of victim 

 Almost 1 in 10 robbery victims were males 18 to 21

Minority victims of aggravated assault were relatively

younger than white victims.

 

Aggravated assault

victims' race and age

Percent of population Rates per

General Victim 1,000

White 100% 100% 10

12 to 24 20 47 24

25 to 34 19 25 14

35 to 49 27 21 8

50 or older 33 7 2

Black 100% 100% 17

12 to 24 28 53 31

25 to 34 22 23 17

35 to 49 27 20 13

50 or older 23 5 3

Hispanic 100% 100% 16

12 to 24 33 61 29

25 to 34 26 19 12

35 to 49 24 17 11

50 or older 17 4 3

 Robbery, by race and Hispanic origin
Methodology

Except for homicide data provided by the Uniform Crime

Reports, the tables in this report include data from the redesigned National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) for

1992, 1993, and 1994. The NCVS obtains information

about crimes, including incidents not reported to police,

from a continuous, nationally representative sample of

households in the United States. Approximately 50,000

individuals age 12 or older are interviewed for the survey

annually.

Calculations of NCVS rates

The rates in this report were annual average rates for

1992-94. The numerator of a given rate was the sum of the

estimated victimizations that occurred for all three years for

each respective demographic group; the denominator was

the sum of the annual population totals for these same

years and demographic groups.

Calculations of NCVS ratios

The ratios in this report were annual average ratios. The

numerator of the given ratio was the sum of the annual

population totals for all 3 years for each respective demographic group; the denominator was the sum of the estimated victimizations that occurred for all 3 years for each

demographic group.

Application of standard errors

The results presented in this report were tested to determine whether the observed difference between groups was

statistically significant. Comparisons mentioned in the report passed a hypothesis test at the .05 level of statistical

significance (or the 95-percent confidence level), meaning

that the estimated difference between comparisons was

greater than twice the standard error of the difference.

Although the data in this report were collected over 3 years,

some estimates were based on a relatively small number of

sample cases, particularly for certain demographic groups. 

Caution should be used when comparing estimates not discussed in the text because since seemingly large differences may not be statistically significant.

The Bureau of Justice Statistics is the statistical agency

of the U.S. Department of Justice. Jan M. Chaiken,

Ph.D., is director.

BJS Special Reports address a specific topic in depth

from one or more datasets that cover many topics.

Craig A. Perkins wrote this report. Patsy Klaus provided

analytical and programming assistance; Cathy Maston

provided statistical review; and Diane Craven reviewed

the computer programs. Rhonda Keith produced and

edited the report, supervised by Tom Hester. Marilyn

Marbrook, assisted by Jayne Robinson and Yvonne

Boston, administered final production.

July 1997, NCJ-162031

Links to the data for the graphics of this report can be

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report and many of its data, as well as other reports and

statistics, are found at the Bureau of Justice Statistics

Internet World Wide Web site:

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Violent crime rates by age

Adjusted victimization rate per 1,000 persons,

age 12 and older

Year Age of victim

12-15 16-19 20-24 25-34 35-49 50-64 65+

1973 81.8 81.7 87.6 52.4 38.8 17.2 9.1

1974 77.5 90.6 83.5 58.6 37.5 15.5 9.5

1975 80.3 85.7 80.9 59.5 36.9 17.8 8.3

1976 76.4 88.8 79.7 61.5 35.9 16.1 8.1

1977 83.0 90.2 86.2 63.5 35.8 16.8 8.0

1978 83.7 91.7 91.1 60.5 35.8 15.0 8.4

1979 78.5 93.4 98.4 66.3 38.2 13.6 6.2

1980 72.5 91.3 94.1 60.0 37.4 15.6 7.2

1981 86.0 90.7 93.7 65.8 41.6 17.3 8.3

1982 75.6 94.4 93.8 69.6 38.6 13.8 6.1

1983 75.4 86.3 82.0 62.2 36.5 11.9 5.9

1984 78.2 90.0 87.5 56.6 37.9 13.2 5.2

1985 79.6 89.4 82.0 56.5 35.6 13.0 4.8

1986 77.1 80.8 80.1 52.0 36.0 10.8 4.8

1987 87.2 92.4 85.5 51.9 34.7 11.4 5.2

1988 83.7 95.9 80.2 53.2 39.1 13.4 4.4

1989 92.5 98.2 78.8 52.8 37.3 10.5 4.2

1990 101.1 99.1 86.1 55.2 34.4 9.9 3.7

1991 94.5 122.6 103.6 54.3 37.2 12.5 4.0

1992 111.0 103.7 95.2 56.8 38.1 13.2 5.2

1993 118.4 114.2 91.2 57.9 42.1 17.0 5.6

1994 113.0 120.5 97.7 60.4 39.1 15.1 5.1

Note: Violent crimes included are homicide, rape, robbery, and both simple and aggravated assault. The light gray area

indicates that 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. The adjustment methods are described in Criminal

Victimization 1973-95.
All serious violent crimes: Murder,

rape, sexual assault, robbery, and

aggravated assault

Rates of serious violent crime

per 1,000 persons

Victims' age Rate

12 to 14 37

15 to 17 47

18 to 21 50

22 to 24 40

25 to 29 27

30 to 34 21

35 to 39 16

40 to 49 14

50 to 64 6

65 or older 3
The average age of U.S. residents age 12 or

older was almost 41.

The average age of victims of serious violent

crimes other than murder was 30 or under.

Mean Median

Overall U.S. population 40.9 39

Murder 34.6 30

Rape/sexual assault 26.6 23

Robbery 29.9 26

Aggravated assault 27.8 25
Murder

Rates of murder per 1,000 persons

Victims' age Rate

12 to 14 0.03

15 to 17 0.13

18 to 21 0.26

22 to 24 0.23

25 to 29 0.18

30 to 34 0.14

35 to 39 0.11

40 to 49 0.08

50 to 64 0.05

65 or older 0.04
Murder, the least frequent violent

crime, victimized fewer than 1

in 1,000 persons, age 12 or older.

Violent crime Total

Murder 0.11

Rape/sexual assault 2.4

Robbery 6.1

Aggravated assault 11.6
Rape or sexual assault

Rates of rape or sexual assault

per 1,000 persons

Victims' age Rate

12 to 14 3.6

15 to 17 5.9

18 to 21 7.6

22 to 24 6.4

25 to 29 2.2

30 to 34 3.0

35 to 39 2.1

40 to 49 1.5

50 to 64 0.3

65 or older 0.1
Rape or sexual assault

1 in 89 females 12-24 were

rape/sexual assault victims

Rates per 1,000 females

Victims' age Rates

12 to 14 6.7

15 to 17 12

18 to 21 13.8

22 to 24 11.8

25 to 29 3.7

30 to 34 5.4

35 to 39 4.0

40 to 49 2.6

50 to 64 0.6

65 or older 0.3
Robbery

Rates of robbery per 1,000 persons

Victims' age Rate

12 to 14 12.6

15 to 17 12.4

18 to 21 12.8

22 to 24 10.3

25 to 29 7.9

30 to 34 7.2

35 to 39 4.9

40 to 49 4.4

50 to 64 2.5

65 or older 1.5
Age patterns of robbery victims fall into

5 distinct ranges: The 12-21 robbery

rate is 6 times that of 50 or older.

Approximate robbery rates

per 1,000 persons

Victim's age Rate

12 to 21 13

22 to 24 10

25 to 34 8

35 to 49 5

50 or older 2
Aggravated asault

Rates of aggravated assault

per 1,000 persons

Victims' age Rate

12 to 14 21.1

15 to 17 28.9

18 to 21 29.3

22 to 24 22.9

25 to 29 16.7

30 to 34 11.0

35 to 39 9.2

40 to 49 8.3

50 to 64 3.4

65 or older 1.2
Annual average number of victimizations, 1992-94

Age

Aggravated

assault Robbery

Rape/sexual

assault Murder

12 to 24 1,225,517 575,131 284,402 8,021

25 to 49 1,075,742 582,215 209,027 12,129

50+ 151,236 129,798 15,006 2,743
Serious violent crime, by race and Hispanic origin

Rates of serious violent crime per 1,000 persons

Victims' age White Black Hispanic

12 to 14 31.0 58.6 51.2

15 to 17 42.9 56.7 57.0

18 to 21 46.4 71.5 50.3

22 to 24 38.6 50.0 36.5

25 to 29 25.3 33.8 31.7

30 to 34 19.0 40.0 17.0

35 to 39 13.6 27.2 23.3

40 to 49 12.7 23.7 18.8

50 to 64 5.5 10.9 10.5

65 or older 2.3 6.2 8.2
Serious violent crime, by sex of victim

1 in 41 males and 1 in 62 females were

violent crime victims

Rates per 1,000 persons

Victims' age Male Female

12 to 14 45.4 28.7

15 to 17 55.8 38.4

18 to 21 58.0 41.9

22 to 24 44.7 35.0

25 to 29 31.1 23.0

30 to 34 23.2 19.5

35 to 39 19.6 13.0

40 to 49 17.9 10.7

50 to 64 7.9 4.8

65 or older 4.1 2.1
Murder, by race

Rates of murder per 1,000 persons

Victims' age White Black

12 to 14 0.02 0.09

15 to 17 0.07 0.47

18 to 21 0.11 1.08

22 to 24 0.10 0.97

25 to 29 0.09 0.73

30 to 34 0.08 0.57

35 to 39 0.07 0.42

40 to 49 0.05 0.30

50 to 64 0.04 0.16

65 or older 0.03 0.14
Murder, by sex of victim

1 in 10 murder victims were males, 18 to 21

Rates per 1,000 persons

Victims' age Male Female

12 to 14 0.04 0.02

15 to 17 0.22 0.04

18 to 21 0.45 0.07

22 to 24 0.37 0.07

25 to 29 0.29 0.07

30 to 34 0.22 0.07

35 to 39 0.17 0.05

40 to 49 0.12 0.04

50 to 64 0.08 0.02

65 or older 0.05 0.03
Robbery, by race and Hispanic origin

Rates of robbery per 1,000 persons

Victims' age White Black Hispanic

12 to 14 9.9 20.5 18.4

15 to 17 9.0 17.2 20.0

18 to 21 10.4 24.3 15.2

22 to 24 9.2 16.7 10.1

25 to 29 6.1 10.4 13.5

30 to 34 4.6 23.8 5.3

35 to 39 3.4 11.2 8.3

40 to 49 3.3 9.9 8.1

50 to 64 1.9 5.3 6.9

65 or older 1.0 4.6 4.7
Robbery, by sex of victim

Almost 1 in 10 robbery victims were males

18 to 21

Rates per 1,000 persons

Victims' age Male Female

12 to 14 18.4 6.5

15 to 17 16.5 8.2

18 to 21 16.6 9.0

22 to 24 12.1 8.5

25 to 29 8.9 7.0

30 to 34 10.1 4.4

35 to 39 6.5 3.4

40 to 49 5.9 2.9

50 to 64 3.5 1.6

65 or older 2.1 1.1
Aggravated assault, by race and Hispanic origin

Rates of aggravated assault per 1,000 persons

Victims' age White Black Hispanic

12 to 14 18.0 31.4 29.1

15 to 17 27.2 35.3 32.9

18 to 21 28.2 33.5 30.8

22 to 24 22.6 23.6 25.2

25 to 29 16.5 21.8 16.4

30 to 34 11.5 13.3 7.2

35 to 39 8.0 12.5 13.4

40 to 49 7.7 12.6 9.4

50 to 64 3.3 4.7 3.2

65 or older 1.1 1.5 3.5
Aggravated assault, by sex of victim

For 18 to 21, men twice as likely as women

to be victimized 

Rates per 1,000 persons

Victims' age Male Female

12 to 14 26.4 15.5

15 to 17 39.1 18.2

18 to 21 39.5 19.1

22 to 24 31.2 14.6

25 to 29 21.1 12.3

30 to 34 12.3 9.7

35 to 39 12.8 5.5

40 to 49 11.6 5.1

50 to 64 4.4 2.5

65 or older 1.9 0.7