The statistic above provides a list of crimes of which Americans worry about the most in the United States as of 2016. In October 2016, 69 percent of the respondents were worrying about the credit card hacking.
Crimes Americans worry about most in 2016
The statistic above provides a list of crimes of which Americans worry about the most in the United States as of 2016. In October 2016, 69 percent of the respondents were worrying about the credit card hacking.
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| Share of respondents | |
|---|---|
| Being a victim of identity theft | 70% |
| Having the credit card information you have used at stores stolen by computer hackers | 69% |
| Having your email, passwords or electronic records hacked into | 64% |
| Your home being burglarized when you are not there | 43% |
| Having your car stolen or broken into | 43% |
| Being a victim of terrorism | 35% |
| Having a school-aged child of yours physically harmed while attending school | 34% |
| Getting mugged | 30% |
| Your home being burglarized when you are there | 26% |
| Being attacked while driving your car | 23% |
| Being the victim of a hate crime | 22% |
| Being sexually assaulted | 20% |
| Getting murdered | 18% |
| Being assaulted/killed by a coworker/employee where you work | 8% |
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