A 5 Victim Support by govern a Key facts Victim Support offers help to more than one million victims of crime and to more than 120,000 witnesses each year a Young people particularly ly young men, are most prone to being the victim of violence. People aged 65 and over have the lowest risk a Overall people were less worried about crime The proportion of people very worried about crime fell from 22/ to 19% for burglary 19% to 18% for mugging and 25%/ to 21% for theft of cars a The criminal Injuries Compensation Authorit eceived 75,030 applications during 1996/97 their first year of operationA 5 Victim Support (by govern.)  Key facts Victim Support offers help to more than one million victims of crime and to more than 120,000 witnesses each year.  Young people, particularly young men, are most prone to being the victim of violence. People aged 65 and over have the lowest risk.  Overall, people were less worried about crime. The proportion of people very worried about crime fell from 22% to 19% for burglary, 19% to 18% for mugging, and 25% to 21% for theft of cars.  The Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority received 75,030 applications during 1996/97 (their first year of operation)