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Who commits rape and sexual assault in the US, as victims describe the offender?

In NCVS interviews from 2021 to 2024, victims described the offender in rape or sexual assault victimizations as male in 80.5% and female in 8.1%; as 30 or older in 49.5% and 18-29 in 26.3%; as non-Hispanic white in 39.3%, non-Hispanic black in 20.6% and Hispanic in 15.1%, against 58.4%, 12.6% and 19.5% of U.S. residents; the offender was a stranger in 29.6%, 82.8% of victims were female, and 28.3% of these victimizations were reported to police.

Male: % of rape/sexual assault victimizations, 2021-2024

80.5

% of rape or sexual assault victimizations in which the victim described the offender as male, Interviews from 2021-2024 pooled

Moderate trust, 63 of 100 Only one source (BJS NCVS), so it cannot be checked against another.

Each source by year: % of rape or sexual assault victimizations in which the victim described the offender as male
025507510019962000200520102015202020242006: BJS NCVS: BJS found "a break in series between 2006 and previous years" at the national level, mainly from a new sample based on the 2000 Census, the use of first-time interviews, and computer-assisted interviewing from July 2006 (Criminal Victimization, 2006, p. 1).2016: BJS NCVS: The sample grew by 41% and was moved to the 2010 Census base; BJS issued a revised 2016 file so that 2016 can be compared with other years (Criminal Victimization, 2016: Revised).2024: BJS NCVS: About half of 2024 households got the redesigned questionnaire; the 2024 data here come from the legacy half-sample only, which BJS says gives more variation and higher standard errors.

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YearBJS National Crime Victimization Survey, NCVS Select - Personal Victimization (legacy instrument)
199695.7
200093.2
200491.6
200887.7
201285
201689.9
202089.4
202480.5
What this number counts
Counts
Share of rape or sexual assault victimizations (completed, attempted and threatened) in which the victim described the offender as male, out of all such victimizations including unknown answers
Where
United States, persons age 12 or older living in households
When
Interviews from 2021-2024 pooled (4 years); the series pools 4-year periods from 1993 and plots each at its last year. Crimes are counted in the year of the interview. (periods differ by source; see each source)

The figure from BJS NCVS, the only source that counts here.

Where the number comes from (1 source)
SourceFigure and yearDefinitionQualityCounts for
BJS National Crime Victimization Survey, NCVS Select - Personal Victimization (legacy instrument)Bureau of Justice Statistics (U.S. Department of Justice) · Victim surveyRetrieved 2026-10-27 · Data (CSV file)
80.52024
NCVS Select victimization records with newoff = 1 (rape/sexual assault), offendersex = 1 ("Male" in the codebook), weighted with newwgt, the series-adjusted victimization weight, which counts a series of similar crimes as the number the victim reported, up to 10, as in BJS reports.

Each victim of an incident counts once; BJS's own offender tables use incident weights and leave unknown answers out, so they differ from these shares. About 381,790 victimizations a year in 2021-2024, from 469 sample records.

Every period has more than 10 sample records for this group; BJS also flags estimates whose coefficient of variation exceeds 50%, which is not computed here.

4 of 5 checks
  • Yes: Method and definitions published. BJS publishes the codebook, crime definitions and survey methodology (NCVS Select codebook; Criminal Victimization, 2024, Methodology).
  • Yes: Official statistics or peer-reviewed. Official statistics of the Bureau of Justice Statistics; the U.S. Census Bureau conducts the interviews.
  • Yes: Full count or representative sample. Nationally representative household sample of persons age 12 or older; offender traits are as the victim perceived them.
  • Yes: Raw data downloadable. Every victimization record with its weight downloads free from the BJS NCVS Select API.
  • No: No known break or quality problem. Method breaks in 2006 and 2016, a half-sample in 2024, and few rape or sexual assault cases a year, so BJS's small-sample caution applies to some groups.
100%

Better and more direct sources count for more. A source that only copies another does not count.

  • BJS NCVS100%
How the trust score was worked out
Quality32 / 40

How well the sources are made

Agreement15 / 30

Unknown with one source, so set to half

Independence6 / 20

How many separate ways the number was measured

Freshness10 / 10

How recent the newest data is

How the score works

Who reports it, and since when

Which kinds of source measure this number, which years each one published, and where the reporting stops or has holes.

No source of these kinds: police and justice records.

  • Single source: nothing to check it against
  • BJS NCVS, 2006: BJS found "a break in series between 2006 and previous years" at the national level, mainly from a new sample based on the 2000 Census, the use of first-time interviews, and computer-assisted interviewing from July 2006 (Criminal Victimization, 2006, p. 1). source
  • BJS NCVS, 2016: The sample grew by 41% and was moved to the 2010 Census base; BJS issued a revised 2016 file so that 2016 can be compared with other years (Criminal Victimization, 2016: Revised). source
  • BJS NCVS, 2024: About half of 2024 households got the redesigned questionnaire; the 2024 data here come from the legacy half-sample only, which BJS says gives more variation and higher standard errors. source
  • BJS NCVS, 2025: BJS moved fully to the redesigned NCVS-R in January 2025 and says its estimates are not comparable with the legacy survey, so this series ends in 2024. source
  • BJS NCVS: no figure here for 21 years between 1996 and 2024
Years each source has a figure here
'00'05'10'15'20'24BJS NCVS

figure no figure here, inside its range no later figure recorded change

Strangers: % of rape/sexual assault victimizations, 2021-2024

29.6

% of rape or sexual assault victimizations in which the offender was a stranger, Interviews from 2021-2024 pooled

Moderate trust, 63 of 100 Only one source (BJS NCVS), so it cannot be checked against another.

Each source by year: % of rape or sexual assault victimizations in which the offender was a stranger
010203019962000200520102015202020242006: BJS NCVS: BJS found "a break in series between 2006 and previous years" at the national level, mainly from a new sample based on the 2000 Census, the use of first-time interviews, and computer-assisted interviewing from July 2006 (Criminal Victimization, 2006, p. 1).2016: BJS NCVS: The sample grew by 41% and was moved to the 2010 Census base; BJS issued a revised 2016 file so that 2016 can be compared with other years (Criminal Victimization, 2016: Revised).2024: BJS NCVS: About half of 2024 households got the redesigned questionnaire; the 2024 data here come from the legacy half-sample only, which BJS says gives more variation and higher standard errors.

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YearBJS National Crime Victimization Survey, NCVS Select - Personal Victimization (legacy instrument)
199625.1
200022.4
200425.5
200827.5
201218.2
201621.3
202026.2
202429.6
What this number counts
Counts
Share of rape or sexual assault victimizations (completed, attempted and threatened) in which the offender was a stranger, out of all such victimizations including unknown answers
Where
United States, persons age 12 or older living in households
When
Interviews from 2021-2024 pooled (4 years); the series pools 4-year periods from 1993 and plots each at its last year. Crimes are counted in the year of the interview. (periods differ by source; see each source)

The figure from BJS NCVS, the only source that counts here.

Where the number comes from (1 source)
SourceFigure and yearDefinitionQualityCounts for
BJS National Crime Victimization Survey, NCVS Select - Personal Victimization (legacy instrument)Bureau of Justice Statistics (U.S. Department of Justice) · Victim surveyRetrieved 2026-10-27 · Data (CSV file)
29.62024
NCVS Select victimization records with newoff = 1 (rape/sexual assault), direl = 4 ("Strangers" in the codebook), weighted with newwgt, the series-adjusted victimization weight, which counts a series of similar crimes as the number the victim reported, up to 10, as in BJS reports.

Each victim of an incident counts once; BJS's own offender tables use incident weights and leave unknown answers out, so they differ from these shares. About 140,570 victimizations a year in 2021-2024, from 170 sample records.

Every period has more than 10 sample records for this group; BJS also flags estimates whose coefficient of variation exceeds 50%, which is not computed here.

4 of 5 checks
  • Yes: Method and definitions published. BJS publishes the codebook, crime definitions and survey methodology (NCVS Select codebook; Criminal Victimization, 2024, Methodology).
  • Yes: Official statistics or peer-reviewed. Official statistics of the Bureau of Justice Statistics; the U.S. Census Bureau conducts the interviews.
  • Yes: Full count or representative sample. Nationally representative household sample of persons age 12 or older; offender traits are as the victim perceived them.
  • Yes: Raw data downloadable. Every victimization record with its weight downloads free from the BJS NCVS Select API.
  • No: No known break or quality problem. Method breaks in 2006 and 2016, a half-sample in 2024, and few rape or sexual assault cases a year, so BJS's small-sample caution applies to some groups.
100%

Better and more direct sources count for more. A source that only copies another does not count.

  • BJS NCVS100%
How the trust score was worked out
Quality32 / 40

How well the sources are made

Agreement15 / 30

Unknown with one source, so set to half

Independence6 / 20

How many separate ways the number was measured

Freshness10 / 10

How recent the newest data is

How the score works

Who reports it, and since when

Which kinds of source measure this number, which years each one published, and where the reporting stops or has holes.

No source of these kinds: police and justice records.

  • Single source: nothing to check it against
  • BJS NCVS, 2006: BJS found "a break in series between 2006 and previous years" at the national level, mainly from a new sample based on the 2000 Census, the use of first-time interviews, and computer-assisted interviewing from July 2006 (Criminal Victimization, 2006, p. 1). source
  • BJS NCVS, 2016: The sample grew by 41% and was moved to the 2010 Census base; BJS issued a revised 2016 file so that 2016 can be compared with other years (Criminal Victimization, 2016: Revised). source
  • BJS NCVS, 2024: About half of 2024 households got the redesigned questionnaire; the 2024 data here come from the legacy half-sample only, which BJS says gives more variation and higher standard errors. source
  • BJS NCVS, 2025: BJS moved fully to the redesigned NCVS-R in January 2025 and says its estimates are not comparable with the legacy survey, so this series ends in 2024. source
  • BJS NCVS: no figure here for 21 years between 1996 and 2024
Years each source has a figure here
'00'05'10'15'20'24BJS NCVS

figure no figure here, inside its range no later figure recorded change

Rape/sexual assault victimizations reported to police, 2021-2024

28.3

% of rape or sexual assault victimizations reported to police, Interviews from 2021-2024 pooled

Moderate trust, 63 of 100 Only one source (BJS NCVS), so it cannot be checked against another.

Each source by year: % of rape or sexual assault victimizations reported to police
020406019962000200520102015202020242006: BJS NCVS: BJS found "a break in series between 2006 and previous years" at the national level, mainly from a new sample based on the 2000 Census, the use of first-time interviews, and computer-assisted interviewing from July 2006 (Criminal Victimization, 2006, p. 1).2016: BJS NCVS: The sample grew by 41% and was moved to the 2010 Census base; BJS issued a revised 2016 file so that 2016 can be compared with other years (Criminal Victimization, 2016: Revised).2024: BJS NCVS: About half of 2024 households got the redesigned questionnaire; the 2024 data here come from the legacy half-sample only, which BJS says gives more variation and higher standard errors.

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YearBJS National Crime Victimization Survey, NCVS Select - Personal Victimization (legacy instrument)
199629.5
200029.4
200445.4
200835.6
201231.2
201631.2
202029.9
202428.3
What this number counts
Counts
Share of rape or sexual assault victimizations that the victim said were reported to the police (by the victim or anyone else), out of all, including "do not know" answers
Where
United States, persons age 12 or older living in households
When
Interviews from 2021-2024 pooled (4 years); the series pools 4-year periods from 1993 and plots each at its last year. (periods differ by source; see each source)

The figure from BJS NCVS, the only source that counts here.

Where the number comes from (1 source)
SourceFigure and yearDefinitionQualityCounts for
BJS National Crime Victimization Survey, NCVS Select - Personal Victimization (legacy instrument)Bureau of Justice Statistics (U.S. Department of Justice) · Victim surveyRetrieved 2026-10-27 · Data (CSV file)
28.32024
NCVS Select records with newoff = 1 and notify = 1 ("Yes"), weighted with newwgt, as a share of all rape/sexual assault victimizations; 555 sample records in 2021-2024.

The same method reproduces BJS's published single-year shares for 2023 and 2024 (Criminal Victimization, 2024, Table 4).

Single years swing widely with so few cases: BJS publishes 46.0% for 2023 and 23.6% for 2024 (https://bjs.ojp.gov/document/cv24.zip, Table 4).

4 of 5 checks
  • Yes: Method and definitions published. BJS publishes the codebook, crime definitions and survey methodology (NCVS Select codebook; Criminal Victimization, 2024, Methodology).
  • Yes: Official statistics or peer-reviewed. Official statistics of the Bureau of Justice Statistics; the U.S. Census Bureau conducts the interviews.
  • Yes: Full count or representative sample. Nationally representative household sample of persons age 12 or older; offender traits are as the victim perceived them.
  • Yes: Raw data downloadable. Every victimization record with its weight downloads free from the BJS NCVS Select API.
  • No: No known break or quality problem. Method breaks in 2006 and 2016, a half-sample in 2024, and few rape or sexual assault cases a year, so BJS's small-sample caution applies to some groups.
100%

Better and more direct sources count for more. A source that only copies another does not count.

  • BJS NCVS100%
How the trust score was worked out
Quality32 / 40

How well the sources are made

Agreement15 / 30

Unknown with one source, so set to half

Independence6 / 20

How many separate ways the number was measured

Freshness10 / 10

How recent the newest data is

How the score works

Who reports it, and since when

Which kinds of source measure this number, which years each one published, and where the reporting stops or has holes.

No source of these kinds: police and justice records.

  • Single source: nothing to check it against
  • BJS NCVS, 2006: BJS found "a break in series between 2006 and previous years" at the national level, mainly from a new sample based on the 2000 Census, the use of first-time interviews, and computer-assisted interviewing from July 2006 (Criminal Victimization, 2006, p. 1). source
  • BJS NCVS, 2016: The sample grew by 41% and was moved to the 2010 Census base; BJS issued a revised 2016 file so that 2016 can be compared with other years (Criminal Victimization, 2016: Revised). source
  • BJS NCVS, 2024: About half of 2024 households got the redesigned questionnaire; the 2024 data here come from the legacy half-sample only, which BJS says gives more variation and higher standard errors. source
  • BJS NCVS, 2025: BJS moved fully to the redesigned NCVS-R in January 2025 and says its estimates are not comparable with the legacy survey, so this series ends in 2024. source
  • BJS NCVS: no figure here for 21 years between 1996 and 2024
Years each source has a figure here
'00'05'10'15'20'24BJS NCVS

figure no figure here, inside its range no later figure recorded change

Rape/sexual assault victimizations by offender sex as described by the victim, % of all, 4-year periods 1993-2024

Each line is the source that counts most for that group.

  • Male
  • Female
  • Both male and female offenders
  • Unknown
  • Residue (not recorded)
02550751001996200020052010201520202024
GroupFigureYearTrust
Male80.5202463 Moderate
Female8.1202463 Moderate
Both male and female offenders5.2202463 Moderate
Unknown2202463 Moderate
Residue (not recorded)4.2202463 Moderate
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YearMaleFemaleBoth male and female offendersUnknownResidue (not recorded)
199695.72.50.40.31.2
200093.24.30.31.70.5
200491.65.51.20.51.2
200887.74.62.11.83.8
2012857.22.35.10.4
201689.95.11.230.8
202089.44.30.22.73.5
202480.58.15.224.2

Rape/sexual assault victimizations by offender age as perceived by the victim, % of all, 4-year periods 1993-2024

Each line is the source that counts most for that group.

  • 11 or younger
  • 12-17
  • 18-29
  • 30 or older
  • Multiple offenders of various ages
  • Residue (unknown or not recorded)
02040601996200020052010201520202024
GroupFigureYearTrust
11 or younger0202463 Moderate
12-175.5202463 Moderate
18-2926.3202463 Moderate
30 or older49.5202463 Moderate
Multiple offenders of various ages2.7202463 Moderate
Residue (unknown or not recorded)16202463 Moderate
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Year11 or younger12-1718-2930 or olderMultiple offenders of various agesResidue (unknown or not recorded)
19960932.548.355.2
20000.812.236.8386.45.9
2004010.835.845.33.44.7
2008010.735.434.63.316
20120.36.726.953.84.87.5
201603.433.149.72.111.8
20200.27.633.643.91.313.4
202405.526.349.52.716

Rape/sexual assault victimizations by offender race or Hispanic origin as perceived by the victim, % of all, 4-year periods 2013-2024

Each line is the source that counts most for that group.

Non-Hispanic white

020406020162018202020222024

Non-Hispanic black

020406020162018202020222024

Non-Hispanic American Indian/Alaska Native

020406020162018202020222024

Non-Hispanic Asian/Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander

020406020162018202020222024

Non-Hispanic more than one race

020406020162018202020222024

Hispanic

020406020162018202020222024

Unknown race/Hispanic origin

020406020162018202020222024

Mixed race group of offenders

020406020162018202020222024

Unknown number of offenders

020406020162018202020222024
GroupFigureYearTrust
Non-Hispanic white39.3202463 Moderate
Non-Hispanic black20.6202463 Moderate
Non-Hispanic American Indian/Alaska Native0.4202463 Moderate
Non-Hispanic Asian/Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander1.1202463 Moderate
Non-Hispanic more than one race2.3202463 Moderate
Hispanic15.1202463 Moderate
Unknown race/Hispanic origin12.5202463 Moderate
Mixed race group of offenders3.9202463 Moderate
Unknown number of offenders4.8202463 Moderate
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YearNon-Hispanic whiteNon-Hispanic blackNon-Hispanic American Indian/Alaska NativeNon-Hispanic Asian/Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific IslanderNon-Hispanic more than one raceHispanicUnknown race/Hispanic originMixed race group of offendersUnknown number of offenders
201648.920.30.20.82.115.69.90.91.3
202046.514.10.221.618.112.40.84.3
202439.320.60.41.12.315.112.53.94.8

Rape/sexual assault victimizations by the victim's relationship to the offender, % of all, 4-year periods 1993-2024

Each line is the source that counts most for that group.

  • Intimates
  • Other relatives
  • Well known/casual acquaintance
  • Strangers
  • Do not know relationship
  • Do not know number of offenders
02040601996200020052010201520202024
GroupFigureYearTrust
Intimates20.7202463 Moderate
Other relatives6.2202463 Moderate
Well known/casual acquaintance34.7202463 Moderate
Strangers29.6202463 Moderate
Do not know relationship3.8202463 Moderate
Do not know number of offenders4.8202463 Moderate
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YearIntimatesOther relativesWell known/casual acquaintanceStrangersDo not know relationshipDo not know number of offenders
199625.26.839.325.121.5
200028.44.840.222.43.11
200427.63.440.225.51.91.3
200830.2430.427.53.14.8
201222.44.548.618.22.63.7
201631.41.242.221.32.61.3
202028.62.634.826.23.54.3
202420.76.234.729.63.84.8

Rape/sexual assault victimizations by victim sex, % of all, 4-year periods 1993-2024

Each line is the source that counts most for that group.

  • Female victims
  • Male victims
02550751001996200020052010201520202024Female victimsMale victims
GroupFigureYearTrust
Female victims82.8202463 Moderate
Male victims17.2202463 Moderate
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YearFemale victimsMale victims
199690.99.1
200093.46.6
200491.58.5
200886.613.4
201282.817.2
20168713
202090.29.8
202482.817.2

U.S. residents by sex, % of all ages, average of 1 July 2021-2024

Each line is the source that counts most for that group.

  • Male
  • Female
02040602021202220232024
GroupFigureYearTrust
Male49.5202471 Moderate
Female50.5202471 Moderate
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YearMaleFemale
202149.550.5
202249.550.5
202349.550.5
202449.550.5

U.S. residents by age group, % of all ages, average of 1 July 2021-2024

Each line is the source that counts most for that group.

  • 11 or younger
  • 12-17
  • 18-29
  • 30 or older
0204060802021202220232024
GroupFigureYearTrust
11 or younger14.1202471 Moderate
12-177.8202471 Moderate
18-2915.8202471 Moderate
30 or older62.3202471 Moderate
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Year11 or younger12-1718-2930 or older
202114.37.915.862
202214.17.815.862.2
2023147.815.862.5
202413.87.715.862.7

U.S. residents by race and Hispanic origin, % of all ages, average of 1 July 2021-2024

Each line is the source that counts most for that group.

  • Non-Hispanic white
  • Non-Hispanic black
  • Non-Hispanic American Indian/Alaska Native
  • Non-Hispanic Asian/Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander
  • Non-Hispanic more than one race
  • Hispanic
02040602021202220232024
GroupFigureYearTrust
Non-Hispanic white58.4202471 Moderate
Non-Hispanic black12.6202471 Moderate
Non-Hispanic American Indian/Alaska Native0.7202471 Moderate
Non-Hispanic Asian/Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander6.4202471 Moderate
Non-Hispanic more than one race2.4202471 Moderate
Hispanic19.5202471 Moderate
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YearNon-Hispanic whiteNon-Hispanic blackNon-Hispanic American Indian/Alaska NativeNon-Hispanic Asian/Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific IslanderNon-Hispanic more than one raceHispanic
202159.212.60.76.12.319
202258.712.60.76.32.419.3
202358.112.60.76.52.419.6
202457.512.60.76.72.520

About this data

Every source on this page (2)

Who is behind the sources

  • 71% Police or justice agency
  • 29% Statistics office
Each publisher, its funding and its own description
  • Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) · Police or justice agencyFunding: U.S. federal budget; BJS is a component of the Office of Justice Programs in the U.S. Department of Justice. sourceIn its own words: “The mission of BJS is to collect, analyze, publish, and disseminate information on crime, criminal offenders, victims of crime…” source, retrieved 2026-10-27
  • US Census Bureau · Statistics officeFunding: U.S. federal budget, through the Department of Commerce. sourceIn its own words: “The Census Bureau's mission is to serve as the nation’s leading provider of quality data about its people and economy.” source, retrieved 2026-10-27
  • BJS National Crime Victimization Survey, NCVS Select - Personal Victimization (legacy instrument)Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) (police or justice agency) · Victim surveyUsed for 29 numbers; counts toward 29. Years 2024. Retrieved 2026-10-27.Open the publisher's pageData (CSV file)
  • U.S. Census Bureau, Vintage 2024 national population estimates by age, sex, race and Hispanic origin (NC-EST2024-ALLDATA)US Census Bureau (statistics office) · Population registerUsed for 12 numbers; counts toward 12. Years 2024. Retrieved 2026-10-27.Data (CSV file)
Why the numbers differ (5)
  • These shares count victimizations: each victim of an incident counts once, and a series of similar crimes counts up to ten times. One offender can account for many victimizations, so the shares describe crimes, not how many people in each group offend.
  • BJS's own offender tables in Criminal Victimization reports use incident weights and leave out incidents where the offender's traits were unknown, so their shares are higher for each known group than the shares here, which keep unknown answers in the total (Criminal Victimization, 2024, Methodology p. 21 and Table 13). (source, retrieved 2026-10-27)
  • Offender sex, age and race are what the victim perceived or was told; offenders the victim did not see or know well may be described wrongly or not at all.
  • Police arrest statistics cover only crimes reported to police and cleared by arrest, and count arrests, not victimizations; most rape and sexual assault victimizations in the survey were not reported to police, so arrest figures and survey figures describe different sets of crimes.
  • The survey does not cover victims under 12, people living in institutions, or victimizations outside the United States.
Common mistakes (3)
  • Reading an offender group's share of victimizations as an offending rate. A share depends on how many victimizations each offender commits, on incidents with several offenders and on unknown answers; the population shares on this page show only each group's size. (source, retrieved 2026-10-27)
  • Joining these figures to the redesigned survey (NCVS-R) used from 2025. BJS says NCVS-R estimates are not comparable with the legacy survey. (source, retrieved 2026-10-27)
  • Comparing single survey years for rape and sexual assault. Few cases are sampled each year, and BJS marks estimates based on 10 or fewer sample cases or with a coefficient of variation above 50% "interpret with caution"; this page pools four years for that reason. (source, retrieved 2026-10-27)
Context (4)
Sources considered and not used (6)
  • NCVS-R (redesigned survey), 2025: BJS says its estimates are not comparable with the legacy survey used here; the redesigned microdata are not in the NCVS Select API. (source, retrieved 2026-10-27)
  • Offending rates per 100,000 people in each group: Not computed: the survey counts victimizations, not offenders, and includes incidents with several offenders and unknown traits, and BJS publishes no such rate for rape or sexual assault alone.
  • Standard errors and confidence intervals: Not computed here; BJS publishes them only for its own tables. Small-sample periods are flagged in each line's notes with BJS's own caution rule. (source, retrieved 2026-10-27)
  • Offender race before 2012: The NCVS Select file codes perceived offender race and Hispanic origin as invalid before the first quarter of 2012. (source, retrieved 2026-10-27)
  • Census population before 2021: The population sets use the Vintage 2024 file only, which covers the latest pooled period; earlier periods would need the intercensal estimates, a different vintage. (source, retrieved 2026-10-27)
  • FBI Uniform Crime Reporting arrests for rape by race and sex: Counts arrests for crimes known to police, a different measure from offenders described by victims; left for a page on arrests.
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