This is a substantive change to the
currently approved collection to obtain approval for full-scale
implementation of the new NCVS instrument in 2025. The National
Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) collects analyzes publishes, and
disseminates statistics on the amount and type of crime committed
against households and individuals in the U.S. Since 1972, the NCVS
has been providing national data on personal and household
victimization, both reported and not reported to police. The data
collection allows the BJS to fulfill its mission of collecting,
analyzing, publishing, and disseminating information on victims of
crime. Together with the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI)
statistics on crimes reported to law enforcement agencies, the NCVS
provides an understanding of the nature of and changes in the
nation’s crime problems. The BJS is specifically requesting
clearance for the core NCVS from January 2022 through December
2024. The core NCVS includes the administration of the basic screen
questionnaire (NCVS-1, Attachment 19) and crime incident report
(NCVS-2, Attachment 20) instruments to a nationally representative
sample of persons age 12 or older living in households in the
United States, including samples of persons representative of the
22 most populous states in the U.S. The core NCVS survey instrument
covers nine general areas: 1) incidence of rape or sexual assault,
robbery, aggravated assault, simple assault, personal larceny,
burglary, motor vehicle theft, and other theft; 2) characteristics
of these victimizations, including location, time, presence of a
weapon, injury, and property/monetary loss; 3) characteristics of
victims, including sex, age, race, Hispanic origin, disability, and
occupation; 4) relationship between victim and offender; 5)
emotional impact of victimization; 6) victim self-defense and
bystander intervention; 7) offender characteristics including sex,
age, race, and Hispanic origin; 8) reporting to police and police
response; and 9) bias- or hate-motivated victimizations. NCVS core
work also includes the analysis and dissemination of data products
and reports stemming from the core collection, as well as technical
and methodological analyses and reports based on the sampling for,
administration of, and analysis of data from the NCVS basic screen
questionnaire and crime incident report.
The estimated total annual
hours for 2025 (156,246) is slightly higher than the 124,888
requested in the prior OMB package. This change in estimated burden
is due to the implementation of the new instrument. The new
instrument is estimated to take 36 minutes compared to the
estimated 32 minutes based on the large-scale national field test.
The estimated burden is now based on five months (February–June
2024) of split sample data collection with the Census Bureau for
the new instrument. The increased administration time of the new
instrument is also due to the addition of the two new modules on
police performance and community safety and updates to the crime
screener but is balanced against the significant reduction in
administration time for crime incident reports compared to the
current instrument.
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that
the collection of information encompassed by this request complies
with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR
1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding
the proposed collection of information, that the certification
covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a
benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control
number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of
these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked
and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.
NCVS Redesign Questionnaire
Attachments_NCVS Redesign 2025.pdf
NCVS Redesign 2025 Supporting Statement A 08.29.24.docx
NCVS Redesign Questionnaire