Northern Ireland: victims of offences against the person 2006-2016

This statistic shows the share of respondents who had been a victim of crimes against the person in the twelve months preceding the survey in Northern Ireland from 2006/2007 to 2015/2016. Despite fluctuations, there was an overall decrease of 1.7 percent over this ten year period. The peak of personal crime was reported in 2006/2007, with 4.3 percent of respondents being victimized. 2014/2015 marked the time period with the lowest rate of personal offences at 2.5 percent of respondents. For information on the share of individuals having suffered from violent criminal offences in Northern Ireland, click here.