Immigrant Crime Victims Aren’t Afraid to Tell Police, New Study Shows

A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent stands in Hawthorne, Calif., on March 1, 2020. Lucy Nicholson/Reuters

Noncitizen immigrants are significantly more likely to report serious violent crimes than residents who are citizens, according to new data compiled by the Census Bureau for the Department of Justice (DOJ).

Fifty-nine percent of noncitizens responding to the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) between 2017 and 2019 reported serious violent crimes they experienced to local law enforcement officials, compared to 49 percent of citizens, according to an analysis of the data by the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS).