Citation

Trickett A, Osborn DR, Ellingworth D. Int. Rev. Victimology 1995; 3(4): 273-295.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1995, World Society of Victimology, Publisher SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/026975809500300402

PMID

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Abstract

The likelihood of being a victim of property crime is modelled using the characteristics of the individual household and of the area. In addition to total property crime, we separately consider the components of burglary, theft and criminal damage. In all cases, both area and individual variables are significant predictors of victimisation risk, but the area is generally more important than the individual. We also find that an unexplained correlation remains between households within the same area. To caricature our overall results, young professionals living in detached or semi-detached houses in poor areas are particularly likely to fall victim to crime.

Language: en