The following tables show the percentage of offenders identified by victims of violent incidents as female, male or both (in the case of more than one offender) from the British crime survey between 1995 and 2008-09.
Trends in offender characteristics in violent incidents, BCS typology
Percentage Mugging Sex of offenders 1995 1997 1999 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 Male 96 94 92 86 85 89 86 89 82 86 87 Female 2 2 6 7 6 6 7 5 5 9 6 People of both sexes 3 4 2 7 9 5 7 6 13 6 7 Unweighted base 755 147 127 218 243 223 254 267 267 236 259
Percentage Stranger Sex of offenders 1995 1997 1999 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 Male 84 90 87 85 88 84 81 89 83 79 85 Female 6 6 7 8 5 6 6 5 7 11 9 People of both sexes 10 4 6 7 7 10 13 6 10 10 6 Unweighted base 288 250 308 450 456 516 534 267 595 515 551
Percentage Acquaintance Sex of offenders 1995 1997 1999 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 Male 81 72 73 73 75 75 67 72 72 68 76 Female 12 18 20 14 17 11 21 18 13 13 20 People of both sexes 7 9 7 13 8 14 13 10 15 18 4 Unweighted base 421 348 390 426 492 463 482 505 577 508 488 Notes: 1. Detailed questions about offender(s) are only asked of victims who experienced three or less offences in the last year to minimise respondent burden. Figures here are based on incidents in which the victim could say something about the offender(s). 2. Totals do not always sum to 100 as more than one offender could be involved. 3. Unweighted base is the number of victims who were able to say something about offender.