Race and Ethnicity of Violent Crime Ofenders and Arrestees, 2018

"In 2018, based on data from the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program, black people were over represented among persons arrested for nonfatal violent crimes (33%) and for serious nonfatal violent crimes (36%) relative to their representation in the U.S. population (13%) (table 1). 1 White people were underrepresented. White people accounted for 60% of U.S. residents but 46% of all persons arrested for rape, robbery, aggravated assault, and other assault, and 39% of all arrestees for nonfatal violent crimes excluding other assault. Hispanics, regardless of their race, were over represented among arrestees for nonfatal violent crimes excluding other assault (21%) relative to their representation in the U.S. population (18%).

These UCR data on incidents of nonfatal violent crime can be compared to data from the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) to determine how much ofense and arrest diferences by race and ethnicity can be attributed to diferences in criminal involvement. Te NCVS collects information on victims’ perceptions of ofenders’ race, ethnicity, and other characteristics in incidents of violent crime. Tis survey is administered to persons age 12 or older from a nationally representative sample of U.S. households. Te 2018 NCVS data fle includes interviews from 151,055 households.."
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