The survey covered both household crimes (i.e., property crimes in the respondents' households) and crimes against persons; it used a sample population of 1,025 for Finland and 1,009 for Norway. With household crimes, the 1-year prevalence of victimization was 9.9 percent for Finland and 10.5 percent for Norway. Wealthy men living in large households experienced a particularly high victimization rate. Also the likelihood of victimization varied with the size of a respondent's hometown. For crimes against persons, the one-year prevalence of victimization was 9 percent for men and 5 percent for women in Finland; it was 9 percent for women and 6 percent for men in Norway. In Finland, the likelihood of victimization (crimes against persons) was highest for males with above average incomes and an active social life; in Norway, it was highest for outgoing, younger women. The difference between the two countries is mainly due to the high prevalence of threats/violence among Norwegian women aged 30-44 years. All of the results were found consistent with a national victimization study conducted in Finland in 1989 which used a much larger sample population.