. "Appendix D: The Uniform Crime Reporting Program." Surveying Victims: Options for Conducting the National Crime Victimization Survey. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 2008.
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Surveying Victims: Options for Conducting the National Crime Victimization Survey
Table D-1 National Data Sources Related to Crime Victimization in the United States
Data Characteristics
NCVS
UCR
Summary
NIBRS
Target population
Noninstitutionalized persons age 12 and older in the United States
Crime incidents occurring in the United States
Crime incidents occurring in the United States
Unit of observation
Individual
Law enforcement agency
Crime incident
Estimated coverage
Nationally representative sample
94.2 percent of United States population covered by agencies active in UCR reporting
Approximately 25 percent of United States population covered by agencies reporting in NIBRS format
Types of victimization covered
Criminal Homicide
No
Yes
Yes
Other Index Crimes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Geographic areas identified
Region
Yes
Yes
Yes
State
Yes
Yes
Yes
County
Yes
Yes
Yes
Census Tract
Yes
No
No
Demographic coverage
Age
Yes
No
No
Race
Yes
No
Yes
Sex
Res
No
Yes
Ethnicity
Res
No
Yes
Vulnerable groups
Children
12 & older
No
Yes
Immigrants (native born)
No
No
No
Disabled (learning disability only)
No
No
No
Elderly
Yes
No
No
Timeliness of data availability
Time between reference period and data availability
