According to the report published by the U.S. Department of Justice, the violent victimisation rate in North America in 2023 was 22.5 crimes per 1,000 persons aged 12 years or older, similar to the rate in 2022 (23.5).

It should be noted that an episode of violent victimisation includes rape or sexual assault, robbery, aggravated assault and simple assault.

During the last three decades, there has been an overall decline in the rate of violence, from 1993 (79.8 per 1,000 people) to 2023 (22.5).

The violent victimisation rate excluding simple assault decreased for males from 9.5 per 1000 in 2022 to 6.9 in 2023, while for females it did not change significantly.

The rate of intimate partner violence (violent victimisations committed by current or former spouses, boyfriends or girlfriends) decreased from 3.4 crimes per 1000 persons aged 12 or older in 2022 to 2.2 per 1000 persons in 2023.

As for U.S. households, they experienced 13.6 million victimisations in 2023. The number of victimised properties was comparable to 2022, but higher than the 12.8 million in 2019. Property crime includes burglary or trespassing, motor vehicle theft, and other types of domestic theft. From 2022 to 2023, the property victimisation rate in urban areas increased from 176.1 crimes per 1000 households to 192.3 per 1000 dwellings.

The rate of violent victimisation reported to the police was 10.1 per 1,000 persons from 2022 to 2023 and represented a continuation of the general trend of declining numbers since 1993, when the highest ever figure was recorded (33.8 per 1000).

However, the 2023 rate was higher than in 2020 (6.6 per 1000) and 2021 (7.5 per 1000) but was comparable to 5 years ago in 2019. In 2023, a lower percentage of theft crimes were reported to the police (42%) than in 2022 (64%).

The percentage of overall property crime victimisations reported to the police decreased from 32% in 2022 to 30% in 2023, due in part to a decrease in police reports of motor vehicle thefts (from 81% to 72%).

The full report (Criminal Victimization, 2023, NCJ 309335, BJS, September 2024), with related documents and additional information about the Bureau of Justice Statistics, is available on the BJS website: bjs.ojp.gov.

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