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America has joined together annually each April since 1981 to recognize the needs and rights of crime victims and survivors during National Crime Victims’ Rights. America has demonstrated its caring and compassion for victims of crime, from individuals who provide support to a victim in need, to community collaborations that result in comprehensive services for victims of violence against men, women and children, to our entire nation’s response to the victims of the terrorist attacks on Oklahoma City and on September 11, 2001.

By being united against crime and for victims’ rights and services, we gain strength as individuals, as communities, and as a nation as a whole, and offer strength to victims who seek to recover in the aftermath of crime. We must remain united in our commitment to ensure that all crime victims and survivors are treated with compassion and respect, recognized as key participants within our systems of justice, and afforded services that provide help and hope to them.

Facts About Victims of Crime

State Compensation programs paid crime victims and their families $426 million in benefits in the fiscal year of 2004.  This is nearly double what it was seven years ago.

The cost of an incident of identity theft is significantly smaller if the misuse of the victim’s personal information is discovered quickly.  When the misuse was discovered within five months of onset, the value obtained by the thief was less than $5,000 in 82% of the cases.  When the victims took six months or more to discover that their information was being misused, the thief obtained $5,000 or more in 44% of the cases.

Estimates for 2004 indicate 16,654 people were killed in alcohol related crashes which was 39% of all fatalities in motor vehicle crashes for the year.  An additional estimated 249,000 persons were injured in alcohol related crashes.

Nearly half of all jail inmates convicted of violent offenses were under the influence of alcohol or other drugs at the time of their offense.

Between one and two million Americans age 65+ have been injured, exploited or otherwise mistreated by someone whom they depended upon for care and protection.

Crime Clock Statistics  

Domestic Violence – 588,490 women a year; 1,612 a day; average of 67 women are victimized by an intimate each hour.

Child Abuse/Neglect – 906,000 a year; 2,482 a day; average of 103 children are abused or neglected every hour.

Stalking – 1,377,960 a year; 3,775 a day; approximately 157 people are stalked every hour.

For more information, visit the Office of Crime Victims.