How do you determine the odds

[LightningCrash]

of an attempt to violently attack you?

This is all I've found so far
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crime_in_the_United_States#Crime_victimology

 

[BoomerShooter]

No longer a valid link :-(

 

[de-evoproject]

worked for me..

 

[BoomerShooter]

All I got was the "Wikipedia does not have an article named Crime in the US" weird....

 

[Rod Snell]

I saw some FBI stats broken down by demographics and geography several years ago.

Best I remember, black urban males were the most likely to be the subject of a violent attack. Having been stationed in DC, I was interested to note than the likelyhood of being mugged in DC was around 25% (cumulative) for everyone who worked there long enough. While I was stationed there, my carpool partner was mugged on a day we didn't ride together, and my neighbor (who also worked in my buildiing) was killed during his lunch hour walk by a mugger. I was the subject of an attempted mugging in the public parking garage, but, well, let's say he changed his mind.

The rates change with different locations and demographics.

Look here:
http://www.fbi.gov/stats-services/publications

These rates are annual, and if you know statistics, you can calculate the cumulative probably for a lifetime of so many years (no, you can't just add them together).