There were more than 572,000 nonfatal violent crimes (rape, robbery, and assault) against people age 16 or older at work or on duty in 2009 according to the federal Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS). This number is down from 2.1 million in 1993, the year BJS began its survey. Law enforcement, security guards, and bartenders suffered the highest rate of nonfatal violent crimes at work or on duty. The BJS study also compares the rate of nonfatal violent crime against employees at work and outside of work. The study finds that the rate of these crimes outside of work is three times higher.
According to BJS, the number of homicides also fell from a high of 1,068 in 1993 to 521 in 2009.
