47 National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS)
47.3 Description
- Captures detailed information about the victims and consequences of crime
- Estimates number and types of crimes not reported to police
- Provides uniform measures of selected types of crime
- Data includes type of crime, severity of crime, injuries or losses, time and place of occurrence, medical expenses, characteristics of offender(s), demographic information of respondent
47.6 Collection Methodology
- Stratified, multistage cluster sample of US households
- All persons 12 years of age or older in household are interviewed
- Asked if a victim of a crime (including rape, robbery, assault, burglary, larceny, and motor vehicle theft) during six-months prior to interview date
- Person-level files include full sample of victims and 10% sample of non-victims for up to four incidents
- 6 quarters of data comprise and annual file (all four quarters of the designated year as well as the first two quarters of the subsequent year
47.7 Available at
- Select specific studies and publications at https://www.icpsr.umich.edu/web/NACJD/series/95 .
- Select data free for download at https://www.icpsr.umich.edu/web/pages/NACJD/discover-data.html
47.12 Special Notes
There is also a learning guide available for the NCVS at https://www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/content/NACJD/guides/victimization/index.html and a resource guide at https://www.icpsr.umich.edu/web/pages/NACJD/NCVS/index.html