Fewer American Households Report Being Victimized By Crime

By Tom Knighton

Our world is going to hell in a handbasket. Everywhere we turn, crime is rampant and unless politicians do “something” right away, we’re all going to die under a hail of gunfire from the legions of criminals swarming their streets.

At least that’s what the gun control advocates seem to say most of the time.

Unfortunately, it’s not remotely true. Not only has violent crime been on the decline for decades, but it now seems fewer American households say they’ve been victimized by crime.

Twenty-two percent of Americans say a conventional crime was committed against their household in the previous 12 months, the lowest proportion since 2001. Over the past decade, the percentage reporting their household was victimized by any of seven different crimes averaged 26% and never dropped below 24%.

Gallup began computing its annual index of self-reported crime victimization in 2000. The index is based on the “yes” responses from U.S. adults as to whether they or anyone in their household was the victim of any of seven common crimes — ranging from vandalism to violent crimes — in the past 12 months.

This year’s drop in crime was not reported across all groups equally. Nonwhites and those with annual …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms