Recorded Crime in Scotland, 2013-14

Footnotes

1. Correct closure means either that (a) the incident was closed as non-crime related and contained sufficient information to dispel any inference of criminality; or (b) the incident indicated a crime had occurred and a crime record was traced.

2. The current survey design and increased sample size for the SCJS were introduced in 2008-09.

3. However is should also be noted that bringing the two sources together in this way highlights that the SCJS and police recorded crime cover different populations, different timescales, and the SCJS does not cover the entire range of crimes and offences that the police are faced with.

4. Note that Sexual crimes were previously termed Sexual offences as this corresponds to the name of the legislation implemented on 1 December 2010 covering these crimes. However, this has in the past caused some confusion. To emphasise that these are crimes, as they always have been, this group has been renamed Sexual crimes.

5. Correct closure means either that (a) the incident was closed as non-crime related and contained sufficient information to dispel any inference of criminality; or (b) the incident indicated a crime had occurred and a crime record was traced.

6. Correct closure means either that (a) the incident was closed as non-crime related and contained sufficient information to dispel any inference of criminality; or (b) the incident indicated a crime had occurred and a crime record was traced.

7. Correct closure means either that (a) the incident was closed as non-crime related and contained sufficient information to dispel any inference of criminality; or (b) the incident indicated a crime had occurred and a crime record was traced.

8. Correct closure means either that (a) the incident was closed as non-crime related and contained sufficient information to dispel any inference of criminality; or (b) the incident indicated a crime had occurred and a crime record was traced.

9. Information about crime in Scotland is also available from other sources. For example, from other Scottish Government reports, which provide data on anti-social behaviour, fear of crime and harassment and discrimination, within the Scottish Household Survey, and from other sources, such as Police Scotland and the Scottish Police Authority.

10. There have been some changes to SCJS since 2008-09, for example, the SCJS sample changed to an unclustered design in 2012-13, however this is not thought to have introduced any bias to the results.

11. As demonstrated, for example, by the confidence interval around the estimated number of SCJS crimes in 2006, compared to later surveys.

12. From 2014-15, the key elements of this analysis will be included in the biennial SCJS main findings report.

13. Figures for the confidence interval rounded to nearest thousand.

14. Figures for the confidence interval rounded to nearest thousand.

15. Figures for the confidence interval rounded to nearest thousand.