NIBRS Victim Relationship to Offender

The NIBRS Victim Relationship to Offender field is used to capture the relationship (if any) between the victim and up to as many as 10 different offenders. These fields are required only when the NIBRS Victim Type code is "I" (Individual) and the Individual was a victim of one or more of the following crimes:

09A = Murder and Non-negligent Manslaughter

09B = Negligent Homicide

09C = Justifiable Homicide

100 = Kidnapping/Abduction

11A = Forcible Rape

11B = Forcible Sodomy

11C = Sexual Assault With An Object

11D =Forcible Fondling

120 = Robbery

13A = Aggravated Assault

13B = Simple Assault

13C = Intimidation

36A = Incest

36B = Statutory Rape

The NIBRS Victim Relationship to Offender codes used in CrimeStar are those referenced by the published FBI NIBRS specifications and are not modifiable by the user. Acceptable values for this field are as follows:

SE = Victim was Spouse

CS = Victim was Common-Law Spouse

PA = Victim was Parent

SB = Victim was Sibling (brother or sister)

CH = Victim was Child

GP = Victim was Grandparent

GC = Victim was Grandchild

IL = Victim was In-Law

SP = Victim was Stepparent

SC = Victim was Stepchild

SS = Victim was Stepsibling

OF = Victim was Other Family Member

AQ = Victim was Acquaintance

FR = Victim was Friend

NE = Victim was Neighbor

BE = Victim was Babysittee (the baby)

BG = Victim was Boyfriend/Girlfriend

CF = Victim was Child of Boyfriend/Girlfriend

HR = Homosexual Relationship

XS = Victim was Ex-Spouse

EE = Victim was Employee

ER = Victim was Employer

OK = Victim was Otherwise Known

RU = Relationship Unknown

ST = Victim was Stranger

VO = Victim was Offender