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The National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) collects information on violent crimes against persons in the workplace. Workplace violence is defined as nonfatal violence (rape/sexual assault, robbery, and aggravated and simple assault) against employed persons age 16 or older that occurred while they were at work or on duty. Attempts are included with completed victimizations.

Summary findings

From 2005 to 2009 —

• Law enforcement officers, security guards, and bartenders had the highest rates of nonfatal workplace violence.
   
• Workplace violence accounted for 15% of nonfatal violent crime against persons age 16 or older.
   
• Strangers committed the greatest proportion of nonfatal workplace violence against males (53%) and females (41%).
   
• Among workplace homicides, about 28% involved victims with sales and related occupations and about 17% involved victims in protective service occupations.
   

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Methods for Counting High-Frequency Repeat Victimizations in the National Crime Victimization Survey Examines the nature and extent of series victimization in the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS).
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Workplace Violence, 1993-2009 Presents information on violence in the workplace against employed persons based on the Bureau of Justice Statistics' National Crime Victimization Survey and the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries.
	Press Release | PDF (640K) | ASCII file (29K) | Spreadsheet (Zip format 31K) Part of the Violence in the Workplace Series
Violence in the Workplace, 1993-99 Presents data for 1993 through 1999 from the National Crime Victimization Survey estimating the extent of workplace crime in the United States.
	Press Release | PDF (146K) | ASCII file (34K) | ZIP Format (Spreadsheet 40K) | Codebooks and Datasets | To order paper version Part of the Violence in the Workplace Series
Workplace Violence, 1992-96 Presents data for 1992 through 1996 from the National Crime Victimization Survey estimating the extent of workplace crime in the United States.
	Press Release (4K) | PDF (103K) | ASCII file (37K) | Codebooks and Datasets Part of the Violence in the Workplace Series
Violence and Theft in the Workplace This report is the first NCVS report to profile crime victims at work.
	Press Release | PDF (62K) | ASCII file (8K) | Codebooks and Datasets Part of the Violence in the Workplace Series

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