Check out this Report on Victimization Rates of Persons with and without Disabilities Living in Households.
November 18, 2021
In accordance with the Crime Victims with Disabilities Awareness Act, the Bureau of Justice Statistics released this month a report on the violent victimization rates of persons with and without disabilities using 2008-2019 National Crime Victimization Survey data. In 2019, the rate of violent victimization to persons with disabilities was nearly four times the rate of persons without disabilities. This report describes types of disabilities, crime characteristics, victim characteristics, and provides rates of nonfatal violent crime victimization including rape, sexual assault, robbery, aggravated assault, and simple assault against persons with and without disabilities.