Percent of victims by offender category, within victim age

Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, Working for Youth Justice and Safety

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Violent Crime Victimization

Q:	Are juveniles the majority of offenders for victims of any particular age?
A:	Juveniles were the majority of offenders for violent crime victims ages 8 to 15 only.

Victim age	Offender category
Victim age	Victims of juvenile offenders		Victims of juvenile and adult offenders acting together		Victims of adult offenders

0	11.2	%	3.0	%	85.7	%
1	10.5		2.4		87.2
2	15.8		2.0		82.3
3	29.0		0.9		70.1
4	34.1		1.7		64.2
5	38.9		1.6		59.5
6	44.4		1.9		53.7
7	46.9		1.8		51.5
8	49.5		1.9		48.7
9	54.1		1.6		44.5
10	54.3		1.8		44.1
11	59.1		1.9		39.0
12	61.1		2.8		36.2
13	60.5		3.7		36.0
14	55.1		4.8		40.4
15	48.2		7.3		45.0
16	38.7		9.6		52.4
17	27.4		11.1		62.3
18	14.4		7.1		79.1
19	8.7		5.0		86.6
20	6.5		3.9		89.9
21	4.8		2.8		92.6
22	4.4		2.3		93.4
23	4.1		2.1		93.9
24	4.1		1.7		94.3
25	4.1		1.7		94.4
26	4.1		1.5		94.5
27	4.2		1.4		94.5
28	4.2		1.2		94.6
29	4.3		1.3		94.5
30	4.9		1.3		93.9
31	4.9		1.5		93.7
32	5.7		1.5		93.0
33	6.5		1.6		92.0
34	7.2		1.6		91.2
35	8.3		1.9		90.0
36	8.8		1.7		89.6
37	8.5		1.9		89.8
38	9.1		1.8		89.2
39	9.7		2.0		88.4
40	9.8		1.9		88.6
41	10.1		1.7		88.3
42	10.4		1.9		87.8
43	10.2		1.9		88.1
44	11.2		2.0		87.0
45	11.3		2.0		86.9
46	12.1		1.9		86.2
47	12.3		1.6		86.3
48	11.5		1.8		87.0
49	11.9		2.0		86.3
50	11.7		1.9		86.7
51	11.7		1.9		86.7
52	11.4		1.6		87.1
53	9.5		1.4		89.2
54	10.9		2.0		87.3
55	11.3		1.8		87.1
56	9.0		1.6		89.4
57	10.1		1.7		88.4
58	10.3		2.0		87.9
59	10.0		1.5		88.4
60	10.6		2.6		87.0
61	7.6		0.8		91.7
62	8.4		1.7		90.0
63	8.0		1.9		90.2
64	8.7		1.9		89.6
65	8.9		1.1		90.1

Note: Non-fatal violent offenses include sexual assault, robbery, aggravated assault, and simple assault.

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No more than 14% of victimizations in any age group above 18 were attributable to juvenile offenders.
Juvenile offenders acting with adults victimized 3% of all violent crime victims, but 9% of those ages 15-17.

Internet citation: OJJDP Statistical Briefing Book. Online. Available: http://www.ojjdp.gov/ojstatbb/victims/qa02607.asp?qaDate=20050531. Released on May 31, 2005.

Adapted from McCurley, C., and Snyder, H. (2004). Victims of Violent Juvenile Crime. Washington, DC: Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.

Federal Bureau of Investigation. (2000). National Incident-Based Reporting System Master Files for the years 1997 and 1998 [machine-readable data files]. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation.