Tables Presented by the FBIIn the FBI's preliminary analysis using NIBRS, data were used to illustrate NIBRS
content and capabilities by providing simple, easy to understand tables and
charts. One table uses victim's relationship to the offender to determine whether
offenders tend to be family members, and whether this differs for victim age groups.
Percent Distribution of Victims by Age and Relationship to
Offender, 1998
| Victim Age |
Family Member |
Family Member and Other |
Other |
| 0 - 5 |
51.6 |
2.3 |
46.2 |
| 6 - 11 |
29.7 |
3.0 |
67.3 |
| 12 - 17 |
18.3 |
5.7 |
75.9 |
| 18 - 24 |
20.0 |
5.3 |
74.8 |
| 25 - 44 |
31.2 |
4.5 |
64.3 |
| 45 - 64 |
33.5 |
3.5 |
63.0 |
| 65 and over |
36.2 |
2.1 |
61.7 |
| Unknown |
15.7 |
1.2 |
83.0 |
This table includes victims of murder, forcible sex offenses, assault offenses,
kidnaping/abduction, and robbery. The table does not include victims whose offender
information is completely unknown. Family includes all relationships within family.
Other includes relationships outside the family but known to the victim, strangers,
victims who are also offenders, and unknown.
To create this table, victims were grouped into age and relationship categories.
According to this table, the youngest segment of the population is most vulnerable to
family members. Over half of the children under the age of 5 were victimized by
family members.
Download SPSS code to replicate this table.
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