National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) - Victim Segment

This segment of NIBRS data provides information on crime victims, including their age, race, sex, ethnicity, residency status within the jurisdiction, and victim type (e.g., individual, police officer, business, government). This data records physical injuries sustained, with up to five of seven possible injury types. A key variable is the victim-offender relationship, which is available for up to 10 offenders and categorizes relationships into 27 types (e.g., spouse, child, employee, stranger). This data is limited to individual and police officer victims, though non-human victims could have relevant offender relationships. Additionally, for aggravated assaults and homicides, a “circumstance” variable indicates the motive (e.g., argument, domestic violence, hunting accident). A victim sequence number distinguishes multiple victims within a single incident.