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Victimization Estimates from the Redesigned NCVS Instrument, 2024

NCJ Number

312200

Author(s)

Jennifer L. Truman, PhD, BJS Statistician; Susannah N. Tapp, PhD, BJS Statistician

Date Published

October 2026

Description

BJS redesigned the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) and moved the new instrument into production in 2024 through a split-sample administration. This report provides the first estimates from the redesigned National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS-R) instrument and examines differences in victimization estimates between the NCVS-R and the legacy NCVS (NCVS-L) instrument from the split-sample administration in 2024.

Highlights

  • As expected, the 2024 NCVS-R generally produced larger estimates of violent and property victimizations than the 2024 NCVS-L.
  • The rate of violent victimization was 23% higher in the NCVS-R (28.7 victimizations per 1,000 persons age 12 or older) than in the NCVS-L (23.3 per 1,000).
  • The rate of total property crime without vandalism was 31% higher in the NCVS-R (127.6 per 1,000 households) than in the NCVS-L (97.6 per 1,000).
  • In the NCVS-R, the rate of vandalism was 10.4 victimizations per 1,000 households.
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