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Violent
crime rates have declined since 1994, reaching the lowest level ever recorded in 2003.
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- Note: The violent crimes
included are rape, robbery, aggravated and simple assault,
- and homicide.
The National Crime Victimization Survey redesign was implemented in 1993;
the area with the lighter shading is before the redesign and the darker
area after the redesign. The
data before 1993 are adjusted to make them comparable with data collected
since the redesign. The adjustment methods are described in Criminal
Victimization 1973-95. Estimates for 1993 and beyond
are based on collection year while earlier estimates are based on data
year. For additional information about the methods used, see Criminal Victimization 2003.
- Sources: Rape (excluding sexual assault), robbery,
and assault data are from the National
Crime Victimization
Survey (NCVS). Ongoing since 1972, this survey of households
interviews about 75,000 persons age 12 and older in 42,000 households
twice each year about their victimizations from crime. The homicide
data are collected by the FBI's
Uniform Crime Reports (UCR) from reports from law enforcement
agencies.
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