Women 'more likely to be victims of crime than men as they grow older'

Adults who may be vulnerable and reliant on others suffered the highest levels of abuse, according to the report.

Women are more likely to be a victim of a crime than men as they grow older, according to new research by Sage Advocacy.

The research — undertaken as part of Sage Advocacy’s Victims of Crime project, which was supported by the Department of Justice — analysed the nature and subject of crimes against older people and adults who may be vulnerable and who are often the victims of hidden crime.