Young people age 16-24 consistently have the highest violent crime rates. Trends in these age groups vary from year to year but the overall trend has been increasing. More than 2.5 million women experience violence annually. However, violence against males has decreased since 1973, while the rates for females have remained relatively constant. Women are about equally as likely to be victimized by an intimate or a relative, by an acquaintance, or by a stranger.
Men are far more likely to be victimized by a stranger or acquaintance.
A third of all violent victimizations of women but a twentieth of all violent victimizations of men are committed by a relative or intimate. In about 1 in 4 attacks on females, the offender used a weapon. About 1 in 3 of these weapons was a firearm. On average, 2.2 million crime victims are injured each year. Hospitalized crime victims remain in the hospital for an average of 9 days, about the same length of stay as that of patients undergoing cancer treatment and 2 days longer than the hospitalization of those injured in traffic accidents or receiving treatment for heart disease.