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Scottish Crime and Justice Survey 2018/19: main findings
Main findings from the Scottish Crime and Justice Survey 2018/2019.
Table A1.10: Comparing SCJS estimates with police recorded crime figures
| Comparable crime, SCJS and Police Recorded Crime |
2008/09 |
2009/10 |
2010/11 |
2012/13 |
2014/15 |
2016/17 |
2017/18 |
2018/19 |
Percentage change | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| since 2008/09 | since 2017/18 | |||||||||
| Comparable SCJS Crime | 731,000 | 630,000 | 556,000 | 527,000 | 414,000 | 448,000 | 386,000 | 366,000 | down by 50% | No change |
| Comparable Recorded Crime | 215,901 | 195,728 | 183,117 | 144,662 | 133,170 | 131,566 | 130,418 | 125,953 | down by 42% | by 3% |
| SCJS Acquisitive Crime | 64,000 | 61,000 | 61,000 | 73,000 | 49,000 | 51,000 | 51,000 | 46,000 | down by 28% | No change |
| Recorded Acquisitive Crime | 27,527 | 26,146 | 26,478 | 21,834 | 21,000 | 18,295 | 17,867 | 16,644 | down by 40% | by 7% |
| SCJS Violent Crime | 317,000 | 266,000 | 220,000 | 236,000 | 186,000 | 231,000 | 172,000 | 165,000 | down by 48% | No change |
| Recorded Violent Crime | 82,855 | 79,769 | 78,263 | 66,076 | 62,578 | 63,246 | 63,835 | 63,771 | down by 23% | by <1% |
| SCJS Vandalism | 350,000 | 303,000 | 275,000 | 219,000 | 179,000 | 166,000 | 163,000 | 155,000 | down by 56% | No change |
| Recorded Vandalism | 105,519 | 89,813 | 78,376 | 56,752 | 49,592 | 50,025 | 48,716 | 45,538 | down by 57% | by 7% |
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