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 A1.13: Proportion of adults who felt safe at home at night, 2008/09 to 2016/17

Percentage point change
Proportion of adults who felt very or fairly safe 2008/09 2009/10 2010/11 2012/13 2014/15 2016/17 since 2008/09 since 2014/15
All 93% 94% 94% 95% 94% 97% ⇧ by 3 ⇧ by 3
Male 96% 97% 98% 97% 97% 98% ⇧ by 2 ⇧ by 1
Female 90% 92% 91% 92% 91% 95% ⇧ by 5 ⇧ by 4
16-24 91% 93% 91% 92% 91% 95% No change No change
25-44 93% 94% 94% 95% 94% 96% ⇧ by 3 ⇧ by 3
45-59 94% 95% 95% 95% 94% 97% ⇧ by 3 ⇧ by 3
60+ 93% 95% 95% 95% 95% 97% ⇧ by 4 ⇧ by 2
15% most deprived areas 88% 89% 90% 91% 90% 93% ⇧ by 4 No change
Rest of Scotland 94% 95% 95% 95% 95% 97% ⇧ by 3 ⇧ by 3
Urban 93% 94% 94% 94% 93% 96% ⇧ by 4 ⇧ by 3
Rural 96% 96% 96% 97% 96% 98% ⇧ by 3 ⇧ by 2
Victim 90% 90% 89% 90% 90% 91% No change No change
Non-victim 94% 95% 95% 96% 94% 97% ⇧ by 3 ⇧ by 3
Overall number of respondents 16,000 16,040 13,010 12,050 11,470 5,570

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