Goal 16 - Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels

Indicator 16.3.1 - Proportion of victims of violence in the previous 12 months who reported their victimization to competent authorities or other officially recognized conflict resolution mechanisms

Percent of US violent victimizations reported to the police

Percent of US violent victimizations reported to the police

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SDG Indicator Name Proportion of victims of violence in the previous 12 months who reported their victimization to competent authorities or other officially recognized conflict resolution mechanisms
SDG Target Addressed Promote the rule of law at the national and international levels and ensure equal access to justice for all.
Definition of SDG Indicator Number of victims of violent crime (physical or sexual assault) in the previous 12 months who reported their last incident to competent authorities or other officially recognized conflict resolution mechanisms, as a percentage of all victims of crime in the previous 12 months. Competent authorities includes police, prosecutors or other authorities with competencies to investigate certain crimes (such as corruption or fraud), while 'other officially recognised conflict resolution mechanisms' may include a variety of institutions with a role in the informal justice or dispute resolution (e.g. tribal or religious leaders, village elders, community leaders), provided their role is officially recognised by state authorities.
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Method of computation for global SDG indicator Data are derived from the National Crime Victimization Survey - a self-report survey in which interviewed persons are asked about the number and characteristics of victimization experieinced during the prior 6 months. The responses are aggregated for a 12-month period (based on 2 interviews). The survey is administered to persons age 12 or older from a nationally representative sample of households. In 2015, 95,760 households and 163,880 persons age 12 or older were interviewed. The response rate was 82% for households and 86% for eligible persons.
Graph Title Percent of US violent victimizations reported to the police
Actual indicator available Percent of violent victimizations reported to the police.
Description of actual indicator available Percent reported to the police is for victims of violent crimes reported by persons 12 or older.
Method of computation Number of violent incidents reported to police or other authorities/number of violent incidents during 12-month period times 100%
Comments and limitations The indicator is subject to sampling error. The national estimate in 2015 had a standard error of 0.84%. For other years, see NCVS page on BJS website: http://www.bjs.gov/index.cfm?ty=dcdetail&iid=245.
Periodicity Annual
Time Period 2007-2015
Unit of measure Percentage of all violent victimizations (including rape/sexual assault, robbery, aggravated assault and simple assault)
Disaggregation #1 (Industry or social categories) NA
Disaggregation #2 (Geographical coverage) NA
Date of public data release from National source October 2016
Date of last Update of This Page October 2016
Scheduled Update by National source September 2017
Scheduled Update by SDG Team
Data Source1 (Agency STAFF NAME) Bureau of Justice Statistics (Allen J. Beck)
Data Source2 (Staff E-MAIL) allen.beck@usdoj.gov
Data Source3 (Agency/Survey/Dataset name) Bureau of Justice Statistics, National Crime Victimization Survey
Indicator web address (closest to data provided) Table 4. Percent of victimization reported to the police, by type of crime, 2014 and 2015. http://www.bjs.gov/index.cfm?ty=pbdetail&iid=5804
International and National References BJS Methodology, page 14-17, Criminal Victimization, 2015 (NCJ 250180), http://www.bjs.gov/index.cfm?ty=pbdetail&iid=5804. For 2007-13, see NCVS page on BJS website: http://www.bjs.gov/index.cfm?ty=dcdetail&iid=245.