General Crime Program

HOMICIDE: One person is murdered every 32 minutes.
RAPE: One person is raped every 2.6 minutes.
AGGRAVATED ASSAULT: One person is assaulted every 33.1 seconds.
LARCENY-THEFT: One home is victimized by theft every 4 seconds.
BURGLARY: One home is burglarized every 23.3 seconds.
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE: One woman is victimized by an intimate partner every 28.2 seconds. One man is victimized every 4.3 minutes.
CHILD ABUSE & NEGLECT: One child is reported abused or neglected every 39.7 seconds.
DRUNK DRIVING: One person is killed in an alcohol-related traffic crash every 44.6 minutes.
IDENTITY THEFT: One person becomes a victim of identity theft every 3.9 seconds.
ELDER ABUSE: One elderly person is victimized every 4.6 minutes.
HATE CRIME: One hate crime is reported to the police every 69 minutes.

In 2009, 20 million crimes were committed in the United States; of these, 4.3 million were violent and 15.6 million were property crimes.1

About half (49 percent) of violent crimes and 40 percent of property crimes were reported to the police.2

In 2009, youth ages 12 to 24 had the highest rate of victimization.3

During a one-year period, 60.6 percent of children and youth from birth to 17 years of age experienced at least one direct or indirect (as a witness) victimization.4

Almost half (46.3 percent) of children and youth from birth to 17 years of age experienced a physical assault, one in four (24.6 percent) a property offense, 1 in 10 (10.2 percent) child maltreatment, and 6.1 percent a sexual victimization.5

An estimated 15,241 persons were murdered nationwide in 2009, a 7.3 percent decline from 2008.6

Of female murder victims in 2009, 35 percent were killed by an intimate partner.7

During 2009, 121,613 persons over the age of 65 were victims of violent crime.8

In 2009, nearly 11 million adults became victims of identity fraud, up from 10 million in 2008.9

In 2009, victims ages 12 or older experienced a total of 125,910 rapes or sexual assaults.10

In 2008, 7,783 hate crime incidents were reported to the Federal Bureau of Investigation by local law enforcement agencies.11

The most comprehensive comorbidity study to date showed that lifetime prevalence of other psychological disorders in male and female crime victims with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is 88 and 79 percent, respectively. The most common comorbid disorders are depression, substance abuse, and phobia.12

In 2009, 90,957 crimes were reported to police on the college and university campuses that report to the Uniform Crime Report; 97 percent were property crimes, and three percent violent crimes.13

In 2009, 10,999 terrorist attacks occurred, resulting in 14,971 deaths, 32,664 wounded, and 10,507 people taken hostage.14

According to the U.S. Department of State, there are 12.3 million adults and children in forced labor, bonded labor, and forced prostitution around the world.15

In 2009, violent crimes by intimate partners (current or former spouse, boyfriend or girlfriend) accounted for 26 percent of non-fatal violent crimes against females and 5 percent against males.16

In 2008, there were 11,773 alcohol-impaired driving fatalities (32 percent of all traffic fatalities) involving a driver with a blood-alcohol content (BAC) of .08 or greater, a decline of nearly 10 percent from 2007.17

During a one-year period, 3.4 million people ages 18 or older in the United States were stalked.18

In the first half of 2010, spyware infections prompted 617,000 U.S. households to replace their computers. One out of every 11 households surveyed had a major problem due to spyware, with damages totaling $1.2 billion.19

In 2009, 521 workplace homicides occurred in the United States accounting for 12 percent of all workplace fatalities.20

Victim compensation programs distributed $478 million in 2009. This amount is an increase over the $453 million paid in 2007 and $444 million paid in 2006.21

Hands of Hope Resource Center Local Statistics:
During a one-year period from October 1, 2010 through September 30, 2011, Hands of Hope Resource Center worked with 290 new general crime victims and 73 secondary victims within Morrison and Todd Counties. These cases at times involved working with the primary victim, the secondary victim, or in some cases both the primary and the secondary victim.

• 11 Aggravated assault
• 28 Burglary
• 24 Theft/larceny
• 7 Motor vehicle theft
• 28 Other assault
• 121 Terroristic threats/Harassment
• 14 Vandalism/Criminal damage to property
• 6 Other felony level crimes
• 2 DUI/DWI crashes
• 10 Forgery/counterfeiting
• 1 Fraud
• 32 Survivors of a homicide
• 3 Stolen property
• 2 Arson
• 1 Robbery
  
  

1 Bureau of Justice Statistics, “Criminal Victimization, 2009,” (Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Justice, 2010), 1, http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/content/pub/pdf/cv09.pdf (accessed November 3, 2010).

2 Ibid.

3 Ibid., Table 5, 7.

4 David Finkelhor et al, “Violence, Abuse, and Crime Exposure in a National Sample of Children and Youth,” Pediatrics 124, no. 5 (2009): 3, http://www.sp2.upenn.edu/fieldctr/current_issues/documents/ViolenceAbuseandCrimeExposureinaNationalSampleofChildrenandYouth.pdf (accessed September 23, 2010).

5 Ibid.

6 Federal Bureau of Investigation, “Crime in the United States, 2009: Murder,” (Washington, DC: GPO, 2010), http://www2.fbi.gov/ucr/cius2009/offenses/violent_crime/murder_homicide.html (accessed October 28, 2010).

7 Federal Bureau of Investigation, “Crime in the United States, 2009: Expanded Homicide Data,” (Washington, DC: GPO, 2010), calculated from Tables 2 and 10, http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/ucr/crime-in-the-u.s/2009 (accessed October 18, 2010).

8 Data extrapolated from Bureau of Justice Statistics, “Criminal Victimization, 2009,” Table 5, (Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Justice), http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/content/pub/pdf/cv09.pdf (accessed October 26, 2010).

9 Javelin Strategy and Research, “2010 Identity Fraud Survey Report: Consumer Version,” (Pleasanton, CA: Javelin, 2010), 5, https://www.javelinstrategy.com/uploads/files/1004.R_2010IdentityFraudSurveyConsumer.pdf (accessed August 13, 2010).

10 Bureau of Justice Statistics, “Criminal Victimization, 2009,” (Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Justice, 2010), Table 1, http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/content/pub/pdf/cv09.pdf (accessed October 26, 2010).

11 Federal Bureau of Investigation, “Hate Crime Statistics, 2008,” (Washington, DC: GPO, 2009), Table 1, http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/ucr/hate-crime/2008 (accessed October 6, 2010).

12 Dean G. Kilpatrick and Ron Acierno, “Mental Health Needs of Crime Victims: Epidemiology and Outcomes,” Journal of Traumatic Stress 16 (2003): 129, http://www.nctsnet.org/nctsn_assets/articles/65.pdf (accessed August 26, 2010).

13 Data calculated from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, “Crime in the United States, 2009, Table 9,” (Washington, DC: GPO, 2010), http://www2.fbi.gov/ucr/cius2009/data/table_09.html (accessed September 22, 2010). Note: Only about 570 campuses (many of which are public colleges and universities) report to the Uniform Crime Report.

14 National Counterterrorism Center, “2009 Report on Terrorism,” (Washington, DC: GPO, 2010), 9, 13, 14, http://www.nctc.gov/witsbanner/docs/2009_report_on_terrorism.pdf (accessed October 7, 2010).

15 U.S. Department of State, “Trafficking in Persons Report: 10th Edition,” (Washington, DC: GPO, 2010), 7, http://www.state.gov/documents/organization/142979.pdf (accessed November 12, 2010).

16 Bureau of Justice Statistics, “Criminal Victimization, 2009,” (Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Justice, 2010), 7, http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/content/pub/pdf/cv09.pdf (accessed October 28, 2010).

17 National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, “Traffic Safety Facts: Alcohol Impaired Driving,” (Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Transportation, 2010), 1, http://www-nrd. nhtsa.dot.gov/Pubs/811155.PDF (accessed September 10, 2010).

18 Katrina Baum, Shannan Catalano, Michael Rand, and Kristina Rose, “Stalking Victimization in the United States,” (Washington, DC: Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2009), 1, calculated from data on p. 2, http://www.ovw.usdoj.gov/docs/stalking-victimization.pdf (accessed October 6, 2010).

19 Consumer Reports, “State of the Net, 2010,” http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/magazine-archive/2010/june/electronics-computers/social-insecurity/state-of-thenet-2010/index.htm (accessed August 25, 2010).

20 Bureau of Labor Statistics, “Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries Summary, 2009,” (Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Labor, 2010), 7, http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/cfoi.pdf (accessed September 28, 2010).

21 National Association of Crime Victim Compensation Boards, “Facts About Crime Victim Compensation,” (Alexandria, VA: NACVCB, 2009), http://www.nacvcb.org (accessed September 28, 2010).