A report from the Bureau of Justice Statistics on victim/offender age groups for 2023 was just released. You can get it here. Keep in mind that the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) includes simple assault as a violent crime (but excludes murder since it is a survey of crime victims), but the Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) program includes murder and does not include simple assault.
Key Findings
In 2023:
- The percentage of violent incidents involving victims ages 12 to 17 and the percentage of incidents involving offenders ages 12 to 17 were not significantly different from their shares of the U.S. population (figure 1).
- Persons ages 18 to 29 accounted for about one-third (33%) of victims in violent incidents, which was almost double their share of the population (18%). This age group’s share of offenders in violent incidents (23%) was also larger than its population share.
- Persons age 30 or older were victims in 58% of violent incidents, which was lower than their share of the population (73%). Similarly, this age group accounted for 62% of offenders in violent incidents, also lower than its share of the population.”