THIS PUBLICATION INCLUDES BOTH EVENTS THAT WERE REPORTED TO THE POLICE AND THOSE THAT WERE NOT. IT SUCCEEDS CRIMINAL VICTIMIZATION IN THE UNITED STATES, 1975 (NCJ-44593), PUBLISHED IN DECEMBER 1977. THE 107 STATISTICAL TABLES, COVERING INFORMATION ON VICTIMS, OFFENDERS, CRIME CHARACTERISTICS, AND OTHER TOPICS, ARE BASED ON A REPRESENTATIVE SURVEY OF SOME 136,000 PEOPLE AND 41,000 BUSINESSES ACROSS THE COUNTRY. IN INTERVIEWS CONDUCTED TWICE DURING THE COURSE OF THE DATA COLLECTION PERIOD, AT 6-MONTH INTERVALS, THE FOLLOWING CRIMES WERE INVESTIGATED--FOR INDIVIDUALS: RAPE, ROBBERY, ASSAULT, AND PERSONAL LARCENY; FOR HOUSEHOLDS: BURGLARY, HOUSEHOLD LARCENY, AND MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT; FOR COMMERCIAL ESTABLISHMENTS: BURGLARY AND ROBBERY. SELECTED FINDINGS ARE COVERED IN A SPECIAL SECTION. INFORMATION CONCERNING THE SEX OF OFFENDERS, A TOPIC NOT COVERED IN THE 1975 REPORT, IS PRESENTED FOR THE FIRST TIME. METHODOLOGICAL APPENDIXES AND A SERIES OF TECHNICAL NOTES ARE APPENDED AS AIDS TO THE INTERPRETATION OF SURVEY RESULTS. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED-BAC)