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Scottish Crime and Justice Survey 2014/15: Main Findings
Main findings from the Scottish Crime and Justice Survey 2014/15.
Table A 1.19: Percentage of respondents confident in local police to catch criminals, 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 | 55 | 57 | 60 | 61 | 60 | 5 | * | -1 | |
| Aberdeen City | 55 | 56 | 58 | 61 | 59 | 4 | -3 | ||
| Aberdeenshire and Moray | 54 | 57 | 58 | 56 | 57 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Forth Valley | 54 | 54 | 55 | 51 | 66 | 13 | * | 16 | * |
| Fife | 59 | 53 | 61 | 65 | 61 | 2 | -4 | ||
| Greater Glasgow | 54 | 55 | 61 | 58 | 57 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Renfrewshire and Inverclyde | 53 | 61 | 64 | 67 | 64 | 11 | * | -3 | |
| Argyll and West Dunbartonshire | 56 | 55 | 65 | 65 | 62 | 6 | -2 | ||
| Lanarkshire | 50 | 53 | 57 | 56 | 58 | 8 | * | 2 | |
| Ayrshire | 54 | 57 | 62 | 63 | 61 | 7 | * | -2 | |
| Edinburgh City | 53 | 60 | 58 | 61 | 62 | 9 | * | 2 | |
| The Lothians and Scottish Borders | 54 | 58 | 61 | 62 | 53 | -1 | -9 | * | |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 62 | 63 | 62 | 69 | 63 | 1 | -5 | ||
| Tayside | 61 | 61 | 59 | 67 | 63 | 2 | -4 | ||
| Highlands and Islands | 67 | 66 | 67 | 71 | 65 | -2 | -6 | * | |
Base: 2008/09 (16,000), 2009/10 (16,040), 2010/11 (13,010), 2012/13 (12,050), 2014/15 (11,470)
Variable name: QPOLCONF_06
Notes:
1. Question wording: "How confident are you in your local police force's ability to catch criminals?" 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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