According to the National Crime
Victimization Survey (NCVS), victims
perceived perpetrators to be gang
members in about 6% of violent victimizations
between 1998 and 2003. On
average for each year, gang members
committed about 373,000 of the 6.6
million violent victimizations. Nonfatal
violent acts measured include
rape/sexual assault, robbery, aggravated
assault, and simple assault.