CRIME STUDY

CRIME STUDY
Findings
Other highlights of the Justice Department report on violent crime:
Blacks, men (except in cases of sexual assaults) and young people were victimized most.
Nearly two-thirds of women knew their attackers, while men were just as likely to be attacked by strangers.
In 2004, just under one-quarter of violent crimes were committed by an offender armed with a gun, knife or other weapon.
The rates of rapes and robberies have dropped by nearly two-thirds since 1993.
The West had the highest property crime rate in 2004 (204 crimes per 1,000 households), while renters were victims more often than homeowners (201 crimes vs. 143 per 1,000). City-dwellers were far more likely to be victims of property crimes (215 crimes per 1,000) than suburban or rural residents (143 and 134 per 1,000, respectively).
Source: Associated Press