Scottish Crime and Justice Survey 2014/15: Main Findings

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


Table A 1.17: Percentage of respondents confident in local police to investigate incidents after 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 64 68 71 73 70 7 * -2 *
Aberdeen City 63 66 69 77 72 9 * -6
Aberdeenshire and Moray 62 66 68 69 67 5 -2
Forth Valley 60 69 70 75 76 16 * 0
Fife 67 66 72 73 71 4 -3
Greater Glasgow 61 66 70 70 71 9 * 1
Renfrewshire and Inverclyde 67 67 70 76 73 6 -3
Argyll and West Dunbartonshire 68 70 75 73 77 9 * 4
Lanarkshire 59 63 66 64 69 10 * 5
Ayrshire 66 69 70 73 65 -1 -8 *
Edinburgh City 61 69 71 73 74 13 * 1
The Lothians and Scottish Borders 62 66 71 74 62 0 -12 *
Dumfries and Galloway 69 74 74 74 71 2 -3
Tayside 71 71 72 80 73 2 -7 *
Highlands and Islands 75 77 77 80 75 1 -5

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

Variable name: QPOLCONF_04

Notes:

1. Question wording: "How confident are you in your local police force's ability to investigate incidents after 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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