In order to keep track of the incidence of these and other crimes, the United States has been administering the National Crime Victimization Survey on an annual basis since 1972. Rates continued to increase to a high of 123 per thousand in 1993 before declining to 118 per thousand in 1994. Differences by Gender.
Boys are considerably more likely than girls to be victims of violent crimes.
Victimization rates were calculated using population estimates from the Bureau of the Census Current Population Reports. Such population estimates normally differ somewhat from population estimates derived from survey data. The rates may therefore differ marginally from rates based upon survey derived population estimates. Victimization rates were calculated using population estimates from the Bureau of the Census Current Population Reports. Such population estimates normally differ somewhat from population estimates derived from survey data.