NATIONAL CRIME VICTIMIZATION SURVEY (NCVS)

National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS)



National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS)

Introduction

The National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS), formerly known as the National Crime Survey (NCS), has been collecting data on personal and household victimization since 1973. The National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) is the key source of information on the regularity, characteristics, and consequences of criminal victimization in the United States.

Continuing Survey of national representative sample of residential addresses, NCVS is the primary source of information about the characteristics of criminal victimization, as well as the number and types of crimes not reported to law enforcement. It is the largest national forum for victims to describe consequences of crime and characteristics of offenders. Twice a year, these data are taken from the nationally representative sample of approximately 49,000 households is about 100,000 people on the frequency, characteristics and consequences of criminal victimization in the United States. The study categorizes crimes as "personal" or "property". Personal crime includes rape and sexual assault, robbery, aggravated assault and simple assault, and purse-snatching/pocket-picking, while property crime includes burglary, larceny, car theft and vandalism. NCVS survey data are particularly useful for calculating crime rates, and aggregate breakdown, as well as to determine the changes in crime every year.

Survey's purpose and objectives

The purpose of the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) series is to achieve three main objectives: to develop detailed information about the victims and consequences of crimes, to assess the number and types of crimes not reported to police, and to provide uniform measures of certain types of crimes.

The NCVS was planned with four main objectives: (1) to expand detailed information about the victims and consequences of crime, (2) to estimate the number and types of crimes not reported to the police, (3) to provide uniform measures of selected types of crimes, ...