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THE 2000 SCOTTISH CRIME SURVEY: OVERVIEW REPORT
Appendix A4.1
A comparison of SCS estimates and police recorded crime statistics: all Scotland 1999
Figures in 000s | 1999 SCS 1 | 1999 Police 2 | % reported 3 | % recorded of reported 4 | % recorded of SCS 5 |
COMPARABLE WITH POLICE |
VANDALISM | 218 | 55 | 49.9 | 50.9 | 25.4 |
ACQUISITIVE | 120 | 66 | 72.8 | 76.2 | 55.4 |
Housebreaking | 84 | 36 | 69.4 | 62.1 | 43.1 |
Theft of a motor vehicle | 18 | 21 | 95.0 | 125.0 | 118.8 |
Bicycle theft | 18 | 9 | 65.9 | 75.8 | 50.0 |
VIOLENCE | 211 | 59 | 54.6 | 50.8 | 27.8 |
Assault | 188 | 54 | 56.8 | 50.6 | 28.7 |
Robbery | 22 | 4 | 36.7 | 53.4 | 19.6 |
TOTAL COMPARABLE CRIMES | 549 | 180 | 57.2 | 57.9 | 32.9 |
OTHER SURVEY CRIMES |
Theft from a motor vehicle | 71 | - | 55.6 | - | - |
Attempted theft of/from motor vehicle | 28 | - | 35.3 | - | - |
Other household theft | 82 | - | 39.2 | - | - |
Theft from the person | 20 | - | 49.2 | - | - |
Other personal theft | 94 | - | 42.9 | - | - |
ALL HOUSEHOLD CRIMES | 519 | - | 53.5 | - | - |
ALL PERSONAL CRIMES | 324 | - | 51.8 | - | - |
ALL SURVEY CRIMES | 843 | - | 53.1 | - | - |
Notes:
- 1. SCS estimates of offences for 1999 were calculated by multiplying victimisation rates for household offences by 218.583 (the number of households in Scotland divided by 10,000) and for personal offences by 411.0956 (the number of adults aged 16 or over in Scotland divided by 10,000).
- 2. The police recorded crime statistics have been adjusted to improve comparability with the SCS (see Appendix D).
- 3. The percentage of crimes said to have been reported to the police by SCS respondents.
- The percentage of those crimes said to have been reported to the police which were estimated to have been officially recorded by the police.
- The percentage of all crimes recorded by the SCS which were estimated to have been officially recorded by the police.
- All percentages relating to reported crime are based on a changed method of calculation from that used in 1981, 1987, 1992 and 1995. Previously, estimates of reported crime were derived from a process of calculating victimisation rates using only those incidents reported to the police. The method now used instead estimates this figure using the appropriate estimated number of offences and reporting rates.
- Totals may not sum due to rounding.
- 8. The category 'theft in a dwelling', is included under 'other household theft'.
- 'Attempted theft of/from a motor vehicle' is now classified as a distinct offence, whereas in previous reports it was included in 'other household theft'.
- For the distinction between crimes which are 'comparable with police' and 'other survey crimes', see Appendix F.
- Source: SCS 2000 (all Scotland weighted data) n=5,059; police recorded crime statistics, 1999.
- This table provides only an approximation as police statistics and SCS statistics are defined differently. Furthermore, the police figures for all-Scotland have been generalised from Strathclyde figures and so an element of error exists in these figures.
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