Scottish Crime and Justice Survey 2018/19: main findings
Main findings from the Scottish Crime and Justice Survey 2018/2019.
Table A1.25: Proportion of adults who were worried about experiencing different types of crime
| Percentage of adults 'very' or' fairly' worried about |
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 | |||||||||
| Your car or other vehicle will be damaged by vandals | 44% | 44% | 43% | 39% | 38% | 31% | 31% | 31% | down by 13 | No change |
| Things will be stolen from your car or other vehicle | 34% | 33% | 31% | 28% | 28% | 23% | 23% | 22% | down by 12 | No change |
| Your car or other vehicle will be stolen | 29% | 29% | 27% | 24% | 25% | 21% | 21% | 21% | down by 9 | No change |
| Number of respondents ¹ | 10,730* | 11,370 | 9,170* | 8,470 | 8,090 | 4,120 | 4,130 | 4,170 | ||
| Someone will use your credit or bank details to obtain money, goods or services | 56% | 57% | 58% | 52% | 54% | 52% | 51% | 50% | down by 6 | No change |
| You will have your identity stolen | 51% | 50% | 48% | 43% | 45% | 43% | 43% | 41% | down by 9 | No change |
| Your home will be broken into | 35% | 34% | 35% | 32% | 35% | 28% | 27% | 27% | down by 8 | No change |
| You will be involved or caught up in violence between groups of individuals or gangs | 29% | 28% | 25% | 19% | 17% | 14% | 13% | 13% | down by 16 | No change |
| You will be mugged or robbed | 31% | 32% | 31% | 25% | 24% | 20% | 18% | 18% | down by 13 | No change |
| You will be physically assaulted or attacked in the street or other public place | 31% | 30% | 28% | 24% | 23% | 19% | 18% | 17% | down by 13 | No change |
| Your home will be damaged by vandals | 26% | 25% | 24% | 21% | 21% | 17% | 16% | 15% | down by 11 | No change |
| You will be sexually assaulted ³ | 15% | 15% | 15% | 13% | 13% | 11% | 11% | 11% | down by 4 | No change |
| Number of respondents | 16,000 | 16,040 | 13,010 | 12,010* | 11,470 | 5,570 | 5,480 | 5,540 | ||
¹ From 2016/17 only respondents in households with access to a vehicle have been asked questions on worry about vehicle crime rather than this filter being applied at the analysis phase. As such, the 'not applicable' response option to the worry questions, previously included as a possible response was removed with effect from 2016/17.
However, even when households without vehicles are filtered out of the analysis in results before 2016/17, a proportion of the remaining respondents still selected the 'not applicable' option (generally around 5%). As such, results up to 2014/15 and from 2016/17 onwards are not directly comparable.
² In 2012/13, a number of responses for these questions (QWORR_04 to QWORR_11) were previously coded as 'not applicable'. Figures for 2012/13 have been revised to exclude the 'non applicable' option.
* There are small variations in the sample of respondents for each of these questions. The table shows the lowest base size.
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