US. Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Statistics September 2020, NO 255113 Criminal Victimization, 2019 Rachel H. Morgan, Ph.D., and Jennifer L. Truman, Ph.D., BIS Statisticians A fter rising from 1.1 million in 2015 to 1.4 million in 2018, the number of persons who were victims of violent crime excluding simple assault dropped to 1.2 million in 2019. This is the first statistically significant decrease in the number of persons who were victims of violent crime excluding simple assault since 2015, and it corresponds with a decline in the number of victims of rape or sexual assault from 2018 to 2019. Based on the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS), the nation's largest crime survey, the portion of U.S. residents age 12 or older who were victims of one or more violent crimes excluding simple assault declined from 0.50% (about 1 in 200 persons) in 2018 to 0.44% (about 1 in 230 persons) in 2019, a 12% decrease (figure 1). FIGURE 1 Percent of U.S. residents age 12 or older who were victims of violent crime excluding simple assault Percent 1.6 1.4 1.2 1.0 0.8 0.6 0.4 0.2 0.0 93 95 OD 'Os '10 15 19 1993-2019 Percent 0.6 03 OA 03 01 0.1 0.0 2015-2019 '15 Note: Estimates include 95% confidence intervals. See table 18 for definitions and appendix table I for estimates and standard errors. Estimates tor 2006 should not be compared to other years and are excluded from the 1993-2019 figure. Source: Bureau of Justice Statistics. National Crime Victimization Survey. 1993-2019. HIGHLIGHTS ■ The rate of violent crime excluding simple assault declined 15% from 2018 to 2019, from 8.6 to 7.3 victimizations per 1,000 persons age 12 or older. ■ Among females, the rate of violent victimization excluding simple assault fell 27% from 2018 to 2019. ■ There were 880,000 fewer victims of serious crimes (generally felonies) in 2019 than In 2018. a 19% drop. ■ From 2018 to 2019.29% fewer bla