Percent of victims of juvenile offenders 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:	Among victims of violent juvenile offenders, is any age group especially likely to face multiple offenders?
A:	Teenagers were especially likely to encounter multiple juvenile offenders.

Victim age	Victims of 1 or more juvenile offenders with 1 or more adults		Victims of 2 or more juvenile offenders with no adults		Victims of 1 juvenile offender

0	21.4	%	9.7	%	68.9	%
1	18.1		6.4		75.4
2	10.9		6.7		82.4
3	3.1		9.7		87.3
4	4.8		8.6		86.6
5	3.8		9.3		86.9
6	4.0		12.6		83.4
7	3.5		14.8		81.8
8	3.5		15.8		80.7
9	2.6		18.8		78.5
10	3.0		21.1		75.9
11	3.1		24.5		72.4
12	4.2		23.9		71.9
13	5.5		25.7		68.9
14	7.5		26.1		66.4
15	12.4		25.3		62.3
16	18.9		22.8		58.3
17	27.4		18.7		54.0
18	31.4		9.3		59.4
19	35.1		8.2		56.7
20	35.7		7.7		56.6
21	35.0		7.3		57.7
22	32.8		8.6		58.6
23	32.4		7.4		60.2
24	28.0		9.2		62.8
25	27.1		6.9		65.9
26	26.7		10.2		63.1
27	22.7		9.6		67.7
28	21.6		7.5		70.9
29	22.9		9.5		67.6
30	19.6		6.7		73.7
31	22.3		7.3		70.4
32	19.7		8.4		71.9
33	18.9		5.0		76.1
34	17.2		7.1		75.6
35	17.4		5.6		77.1
36	15.1		5.7		79.2
37	16.9		5.2		78.0
38	15.9		6.4		77.7
39	16.2		5.7		78.1
40	14.4		6.9		78.7
41	13.9		6.2		80.0
42	14.8		5.2		80.0
43	14.6		6.5		78.9
44	14.2		6.3		79.5
45	13.6		6.8		79.6
46	12.2		5.8		82.0
47	10.7		7.4		81.9
48	11.7		8.8		79.4
49	13.2		7.1		79.6
50	12.3		10.3		77.4
51	12.4		10.2		77.4
52	11.9		12.8		75.3
53	12.6		10.1		77.3
54	14.5		8.6		77.0
55	12.7		11.5		75.8
56	14.7		7.6		77.6
57	12.3		11.7		76.0
58	15.4		8.5		76.1
59	13.2		11.6		75.2
60	18.4		12.1		69.5
61	8.3		9.7		81.9
62	15.2		7.6		77.2
63	18.1		9.7		72.2
64	16.9		12.7		70.4
65	10.0		11.4		78.6

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

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About one-fourth of non-fatal violence victims between the ages of 13 and 15 encountered multiple juvenile offenders.
About one-third of juveniles who were victims of juvenile violent crime faced either multiple juvenile offenders or juveniles acting with adults.
Young adults were especially likely to be victimized by juvenile offenders acting with adult offenders.

Internet citation: OJJDP Statistical Briefing Book. Online. Available: http://www.ojjdp.gov/ojstatbb/victims/qa02608.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.