The steepest declines are in household burglary and theft.
Blacks are substantially more likely to be violent crime victims than whites.
Young minority males in central cities are violent crime victims at the highest rates the survey ever reported. Males are much more likely to be victims of violence inflicted by strangers than by family members or other close associates, whereas females are likely to be hurt by family members and close associates as by strangers. In approximately half of all female rapes the victim knew the offender. There was one violent crime every 16 seconds in 1993. There were an estimated 43,547,400 criminal victimizations in the United States in 1993, including 10,848,090 crimes of violence, and 32,182,320 property crimes.