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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 A1.13: Proportion of adults who felt safe walking alone after dark in their local area
| Proportion of adults who felt 'very' or 'fairly' safe |
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 | 66% | 67% | 68% | 72% | 74% | 77% | 77% | 78% | up by 12 | No change |
| Male | 79% | 80% | 82% | 85% | 86% | 89% | 89% | 89% | up by 10 | No change |
| Female | 55% | 55% | 55% | 60% | 64% | 67% | 66% | 66% | up by 12 | No change |
| 16-24 | 71% | 72% | 72% | 73% | 77% | 79% | 83% | 79% | up by 9 | No change |
| 25-44 | 73% | 72% | 72% | 77% | 78% | 83% | 80% | 83% | up by 10 | No change |
| 45-59 | 70% | 70% | 72% | 76% | 77% | 79% | 77% | 80% | up by 10 | No change |
| 60+ | 52% | 56% | 57% | 61% | 66% | 70% | 70% | 71% | up by 18 | No change |
| 15% most deprived areas | 52% | 52% | 54% | 57% | 62% | 63% | 63% | 64% | up by 12 | No change |
| Rest of Scotland | 69% | 70% | 71% | 75% | 76% | 80% | 79% | 80% | up by 11 | No change |
| Urban | 62% | 63% | 65% | 69% | 71% | 75% | 77% | 76% | up by 13 | No change |
| Rural | 83% | 84% | 84% | 87% | 88% | 89% | 88% | 90% | up by 7 | No change |
| Victim | 61% | 61% | 61% | 66% | 67% | 70% | 68% | 70% | up by 9 | No change |
| Non-victim | 68% | 69% | 70% | 73% | 76% | 79% | 78% | 79% | up by 12 | No change |
| Overall number of respondents | 16,000 | 16,040 | 13,010 | 12,050 | 11,470 | 5,570 | 5,480 | 5,540 | ||
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