Scottish Crime and Justice Survey 2016/17: main findings

This report details the main findings from the Scottish Crime and Justice Survey conducted 2016-2017.


Table A1.6: Prevalence of SCJS crime by demographic variables over time

Percentage point change
Proportion of adults experiencing SCJS crime 2008/09 2009/10 2010/11 2012/13 2014/15 2016/17 since 2008/09 since 2014/15
All 20.4% 19.3% 17.8% 16.9% 14.5% 13.4% ⇩ by 7.0 No change
Male 21.2% 20.4% 18.4% 18.2% 15.6% 13.9% ⇩ by 7.3 No change
Female 19.7% 18.2% 17.2% 15.8% 13.6% 13.0% ⇩ by 6.8 No change
16-24 32.2% 26.4% 25.6% 23.7% 20.4% 19.5% ⇩ by 12.7 No change
25-44 24.7% 25.1% 22.3% 21.6% 18.4% 17.3% ⇩ by 7.4 No change
45-59 20.1% 18.8% 17.6% 16.3% 15.3% 12.7% ⇩ by 7.3 No change
60+ 9.5% 9.2% 8.7% 8.8% 6.8% 7.2% ⇩ by 2.3 No change
15% most deprived areas 26.0% 25.2% 21.3% 21.3% 21.2% 19.4% ⇩ by 6.5 No change
Rest of Scotland 19.4% 18.3% 17.2% 16.1% 13.4% 12.3% ⇩ by 7.1 No change
Urban 22.2% 20.9% 19.5% 18.6% 15.5% 14.8% ⇩ by 7.3 No change
Rural 13.0% 12.1% 10.2% 9.4% 9.9% 6.8% ⇩ by 6.2 ⇩ by 3.1
Overall number of respondents 16,000 16,040 13,010 12,050 11,470 5,570

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