Scottish Crime and Justice Survey 2018/19: main findings

Main findings from the Scottish Crime and Justice Survey 2018/2019.


Table A1.5: Proportion of adults who were victims of each type of crime, 2008/09 to 2018/19

Proportion of adults experiencing crime

2008/09

2009/10

2010/11

2012/13

2014/15

2016/17

2017/18

2018/19

Percentage point change
since 2008/09 since 2017/18
ALL SCJS CRIME 20.4% 19.3% 17.8% 16.9% 14.5% 13.4% 12.5% 12.4% down by 8.0 No change
PROPERTY CRIME 18.0% 17.0% 15.9% 14.8% 13.0% 11.5% 10.8% 10.9% down by 7.1 No change
Vandalism 8.9% 8.3% 7.2% 6.3% 5.1% 4.6% 4.7% 4.5% down by 4.5 No change
Motor vehicle vandalism 5.4% 5.1% 4.4% 4.1% 3.4% 2.6% 3.0% 2.5% down by 2.9 No change
Property vandalism 4.1% 3.7% 3.2% 2.4% 1.9% 2.2% 1.8% 2.1% down by 2.0 No change
All motor vehicle related theft 2.4% 2.1% 2.0% 1.8% 1.5% 1.3% 0.9% 1.3% down by 1.1 No change
Theft of motor vehicle 0.3% 0.2% 0.2% 0.2% 0.1% 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% 0.9% down by 0.8 No change
Attempted theft of/from motor vehicle 0.3% 0.3% 0.2% 0.2% 0.1% 0.1% 0.0% 0.2% No change by 0.2
Housebreaking 0.8% 1.0% 1.1% 1.2% 0.8% 0.9% 0.8% 0.9% No change No change
Other household theft inc. bicycle theft 5.3% 5.0% 5.0% 5.3% 5.0% 3.9% 3.9% 3.2% down by 2.1 No change
Other household theft 4.4% 4.1% 4.2% 4.3% 4.1% 3.3% 3.1% 2.5% down by 1.8 No change
Bicycle theft 1.1% 1.1% 1.0% 1.2% 0.9% 0.7% 0.8% 0.7% down by 0.4 No change
Personal theft (exc. Robbery) 2.2% 2.5% 2.5% 2.2% 2.1% 2.2% 1.9% 1.9% No change No change
Other theft 1.8% 2.0% 1.8% 1.6% 1.7% 1.5% 1.2% 1.4% No change No change
Theft from the person 0.5% 0.6% 0.7% 0.6% 0.5% 0.8% 0.7% 0.5% No change No change
VIOLENT CRIME 4.1% 3.6% 3.0% 3.1% 2.6% 2.9% 2.3% 2.2% down by 1.9 No change
Assault 3.8% 3.4% 2.8% 2.9% 2.5% 2.8% 2.2% 2.1% down by 1.7 No change
Serious assault 0.4% 0.4% 0.3% 0.3% 0.1% 0.2% 0.1% 0.2% down by 0.2 No change
Minor assault 3.0% 2.7% 2.3% 2.4% 2.1% 2.4% 1.9% 1.7% down by 1.3 No change
Minor assault with injury N/A 0.5% 0.5% 0.4% 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% 1.4% N/A No change
Attempted assault 0.7% 0.4% 0.4% 0.4% 0.3% 0.2% 0.2% 0.2% down by 0.5 No change
Robbery 0.4% 0.3% 0.2% 0.2% 0.1% 0.2% 0.2% 0.1% down by 0.3 No change
Number of respondents 16,000 16,040 13,010 12,050 11,470 5,570 5,480 5,540

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