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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 A1.20: Proportion of adults who were very or fairly confident in the ability of the police in their local area to solve crimes
| Proportion of adults who felt 'very' or 'fairly' confident in the ability of the police to solve crimes |
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 | 57% | 60% | 64% | 64% | 62% | 65% | 64% | 62% | up by 5 | No change |
| Male | 56% | 58% | 62% | 63% | 61% | 64% | 62% | 61% | up by 5 | No change |
| Female | 58% | 61% | 65% | 64% | 63% | 66% | 66% | 64% | up by 6 | No change |
| 16-24 | 59% | 62% | 68% | 67% | 67% | 76% | 71% | 70% | up by 11 | No change |
| 25-44 | 59% | 63% | 66% | 65% | 63% | 67% | 67% | 66% | up by 7 | No change |
| 45-59 | 55% | 57% | 61% | 62% | 61% | 62% | 61% | 60% | up by 5 | No change |
| 60+ | 56% | 58% | 61% | 62% | 60% | 61% | 61% | 57% | No change | down by 4 |
| 15% most deprived areas | 51% | 56% | 59% | 59% | 58% | 63% | 62% | 57% | up by 5 | No change |
| Rest of Scotland | 58% | 61% | 64% | 65% | 63% | 66% | 64% | 63% | up by 5 | No change |
| Urban | 56% | 59% | 63% | 63% | 62% | 66% | 65% | 62% | up by 6 | down by 3 |
| Rural | 60% | 62% | 64% | 66% | 62% | 62% | 61% | 64% | No change | No change |
| Victim | 49% | 53% | 56% | 58% | 53% | 60% | 60% | 55% | up by 7 | No change |
| Non-victim | 59% | 62% | 65% | 65% | 64% | 66% | 65% | 63% | up by 4 | 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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