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Scottish Crime and Justice Survey 2017/18: main findings
Main findings from the Scottish Crime and Justice Survey 2017-18 and the self-completion findings covering the period 2016-17 to 2017-18.
Table A1.5: Proportion of adults / households who were victims of each type of crime by year
Proportion of adults/households experiencing crime | 2008/09 | 2009/10 | 2010/11 | 2012/13 | 2014/15 | 2016/17 | 2017/18 | Percentage point change | |
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since 2008/09 | since 2016/17 | ||||||||
All SCJS Crime | 20.4% | 19.3% | 17.8% | 16.9% | 14.5% | 13.4% | 12.5% | ↓ by 8.0 | No change |
Property Crime | 18.0% | 17.0% | 15.9% | 14.8% | 13.0% | 11.5% | 10.8% | ↓ by 7.2 | No change |
Vandalism | 8.9% | 8.3% | 7.2% | 6.3% | 5.1% | 4.6% | 4.7% | ↓ by 4.3 | No change |
Motor vehicle vandalism | 5.4% | 5.1% | 4.4% | 4.1% | 3.4% | 2.6% | 3.0% | ↓ by 2.4 | No change |
Property vandalism | 4.1% | 3.7% | 3.2% | 2.4% | 1.9% | 2.2% | 1.8% | ↓ by 2.3 | No change |
All motor vehicle related theft | 2.4% | 2.1% | 2.0% | 1.8% | 1.5% | 1.3% | 0.9% | ↓ by 1.5 | No change |
Theft of motor vehicle | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | No change | No change |
Theft from motor vehicle | 1.8% | 1.7% | 1.6% | 1.4% | 1.3% | 1.1% | 0.8% | ↓ by 1.0 | No change |
Attempted theft of/from motor vehicle | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.0% | ↓ by 0.3 | No change |
Housebreaking | 0.8% | 1.0% | 1.1% | 1.2% | 0.8% | 0.9% | 0.8% | No change | No change |
Other household theft inc. bicycle theft | 5.3% | 5.0% | 5.0% | 5.3% | 5.0% | 3.9% | 3.9% | ↓ by 1.4 | No change |
Other household theft | 4.4% | 4.1% | 4.2% | 4.3% | 4.1% | 3.3% | 3.1% | ↓ by 1.3 | No change |
Bicycle theft | 1.1% | 1.1% | 1.0% | 1.2% | 0.9% | 0.7% | 0.8% | No change | No change |
Personal theft (exc. Robbery) | 2.2% | 2.5% | 2.5% | 2.2% | 2.1% | 2.2% | 1.9% | No change | No change |
Other theft | 1.8% | 2.0% | 1.8% | 1.6% | 1.7% | 1.5% | 1.2% | ↓ by 0.7 | No change |
Theft from the person | 0.5% | 0.6% | 0.7% | 0.6% | 0.5% | 0.8% | 0.7% | No change | No change |
Violent Crime | 4.1% | 3.6% | 3.0% | 3.1% | 2.6% | 2.9% | 2.3% | ↓ by 1.8 | No change |
Assault | 3.8% | 3.4% | 2.8% | 2.9% | 2.5% | 2.8% | 2.2% | ↓ by 1.7 | No change |
Serious assault | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.1% | 0.2% | 0.1% | ↓ by 0.2 | No change |
Minor assault | 3.0% | 2.7% | 2.3% | 2.4% | 2.1% | 2.4% | 1.9% | ↓ by 1.1 | No change |
Minor assault with injury | N/A | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.4% | N/A | No change |
Minor assault with no / negligible injury | N/A | 2.2% | 1.8% | 2.0% | 1.7% | 2.0% | 1.5% | N/A | No change |
Attempted assault | 0.7% | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.2% | ↓ by 0.5 | No change |
Robbery | 0.4% | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.2% | 0.2% | ↓ by 0.2 | No change |
Number of respondents | 16,000 | 16,040 | 13,010 | 12,050 | 11,470 | 5,570 | 5,480 |
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