Percent of robbery victims by age, within offender category

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

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Violent Crime Victimization

Q:	Does the age profile of robbery victims vary with offender age?
A:	With robbery, a majority of both the victims of juvenile offenders (57%) and the victims of adult offenders (92%) were adults age 18 or older.

Victim age	Offender category
Victim age	Any juvenile offender		Any adult offender

0	0.0	%	0.0	%
1	0.0		0.0
2	0.0		0.0
3	0.0		0.0
4	0.1		0.0
5	0.1		0.0
6	0.2		0.0
7	0.3		0.0
8	0.8		0.0
9	1.2		0.1
10	1.5		0.1
11	3.0		0.2
12	4.0		0.2
13	5.6		0.4
14	7.1		0.7
15	6.5		1.4
16	6.6		2.1
17	6.0		3.2
18	4.7		4.3
19	3.8		4.4
20	3.7		4.1
21	2.2		3.8
22	2.0		3.5
23	1.7		3.1
24	1.4		2.9
25	1.6		2.9
26	1.6		2.8
27	1.4		2.8
28	1.0		2.6
29	1.0		2.3
30	1.1		2.5
31	1.2		2.2
32	1.5		2.5
33	1.0		2.3
34	1.5		2.1
35	1.2		2.5
36	1.4		2.3
37	1.1		2.3
38	1.5		2.0
39	1.2		2.0
40	1.2		2.0
41	1.2		1.8
42	1.1		2.0
43	1.0		1.6
44	0.9		1.6
45	0.9		1.5
46	0.6		1.1
47	0.7		1.2
48	0.7		1.2
49	0.6		1.0
50	1.1		1.2
51	0.6		0.9
52	0.6		0.8
53	0.5		0.7
54	0.5		0.7
55	0.5		0.8
56	0.2		0.5
57	0.4		0.6
58	0.3		0.6
59	0.2		0.4
60	0.2		0.5
61	0.2		0.4
62	0.2		0.4
63	0.2		0.3
64	0.2		0.4
65	0.2		0.5

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Robbery victims of juvenile offenders were younger than the robbery victims of adult offenders, but a majority were adults over age 18, in contrast to the victims of aggravated, simple, or sexual assault with juvenile offenders.
Among those victimized in violent crimes committed by juvenile offenders, approximately 4% were victims of robbery.

Internet citation: OJJDP Statistical Briefing Book. Online. Available: http://www.ojjdp.gov/ojstatbb/victims/qa02604.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.