Scottish Crime and Justice Survey 2014/15: Main Findings

Main findings from the Scottish Crime and Justice Survey 2014/15.


Table A 1.16: Percentage of respondents confidence in local policing's ability to deal with incidents as they occur, by police division, from 2008/09 to 2014/15

Percentage ‘very’ or ‘fairly confident’ 2008/09 2009/10 2010/11 2012/13 2014/15 From 2008/09 to 2014/15 From 2012/13 to 2014/15
All 58 61 65 68 66 8 * -3 *
Aberdeen City 61 64 62 73 66 5 -7 *
Aberdeenshire and Moray 54 56 56 61 60 5 -1
Forth Valley 56 66 62 72 70 14 * -2
Fife 60 57 67 68 65 5 -3
Greater Glasgow 57 60 67 67 66 9 * 0
Renfrewshire and Inverclyde 56 60 64 73 68 12 * -5
Argyll and West Dunbartonshire 61 65 70 70 61 0 -9 *
Lanarkshire 51 54 62 60 66 16 * 7 *
Ayrshire 50 52 59 61 64 14 * 3
Edinburgh City 60 67 67 74 71 11 * -2
The Lothians and Scottish Borders 56 59 65 68 58 2 -10 *
Dumfries and Galloway 67 67 67 72 69 2 -3
Tayside 64 64 71 75 67 3 -9 *
Highlands and Islands 72 75 73 80 71 -1 -9 *

Base: 2008/09 (16,000), 2009/10 (16,040), 2010/11 (13,010), 2012/13 (12,050), 2014/15 (11,470)

Variable name: QPOLCONF_03

Notes:

1. Question wording: "How confident are you in your local police force's ability to deal with incidents as they occur?" Answer Options: 'A lot more crime', 'A little more', 'About the same', 'A little less', 'A lot less'.

2. Changes which are statistically significant over time, at the 95% confidence level, are highlighted with an "*".

3. Police Divisions where the results are statistically significantly different from the Scotland level result, at the 95% confidence level, are highlighted in bold and italics.

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