--- title: Report: 70% Of Violent Crime Victims Suffer After Incident description: Nearly 70% of violent crime victims suffer from severe socio-emotional problems after experiencing a crime, according to a new report. canonical: https://time.com/3422063/violent-crime-victims-suffer-after-incident/ author: Justin Worland article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-09-23T18:49:12.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T08:56:02.405Z article:section: Health og:title: 70% of People Suffer After Violent Crime, But Few Get Help og:description: Nearly 70% of violent crime victims suffer from severe socio-emotional problems after experiencing a crime, according to a new report. og:url: https://time.com/3422063/violent-crime-victims-suffer-after-incident/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: 70% of People Suffer After Violent Crime, But Few Get Help twitter:description: Nearly 70% of violent crime victims suffer from severe socio-emotional problems after experiencing a crime, according to a new report. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # 70% of People Suffer After Violent Crime, But Few Get Help > Sponsored content. 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Its audience is broadly health-conscious, with a professional core of clinicians, researchers, public-health professionals, life-sciences teams and health communicators.  by [Justin Worland](https://time.com/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Senior Correspondent Sep 23, 2014 6:49 PM UTC  by [Justin Worland](https://time.com/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Senior Correspondent Sep 23, 2014 6:49 PM UTC Nearly 70% of people endure severe social or emotional problems after being the victim of a violent crime, but only about 12% of those who had problems received help from victim services, according to a new [report](http://www.bjs.gov/index.cfm?ty=pbdetail&iid=5114) from the Department of Justice. Just over half of victims who suffered from socio-emotional problems reported the crime to the police. “A victim with socio-emotional problems may experience a range of emotional and physical symptoms,” the report reads, citing anxiety, trouble sleeping and depression. Trends varied across demographic groups, particularly gender. Women were much more likely than men to experience socio-emotional problems. Nearly 80% of women who suffered from a serious violent crime said they had such problems, while only 58% percent of their male counterparts said the same. Whether the victim knew the crime’s perpetrator also affected whether they experienced social or emotional problems. Victims harmed in acts of intimate partner violence were more likely to experience issues, regardless of the type of crime. Nearly three in four victims of intimate partner violence suffered from physical problems, with 61 percent saying they had trouble sleeping. The report, which looked at data from more than 160,000 people across the U.S., also found low rates of reporting violent crime. Only about a third of victims who experienced severe distress reported the crime to the police. 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