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Young people as victims of violent crime

The following table is based on figures contained in the British Crime Survey (2000):
http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/bcs1.html

The table reveals that:

  • young people are generally at greater risk of all types of violence than older people.

  • Violent offences (including robbery and snatch theft) are predominantly crimes committed against victims in their teens or early twenties, and more often against men than women:

  • Almost 21% of men aged 16-24 reported being victims of violent crime, as against 9% of men aged 25 or above

  • 9% of women aged 16-24 years old reported being the victim of some kind of violent crime, but less than 8% of women aged 25 or above.

Proportion of victims of violence in 1999 by age group

Click here for a enlarged version of the above graph

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