Scottish Crime and Justice Survey 2019/20: main findings

Main findings from the Scottish Crime and Justice Survey 2019/2020, including self-completion findings covering the period 2018/19 to 2019/20.


Table A1.8: Prevalence of property crime, by demographic and area characteristics

Proportion of adults experiencing property crime 2008/09 2009/10 2010/11 2012/13 2014/15 2016/17 2017/18 2018/19 2019/20 Percentage point change
since 2008/09 since 2018/19
All 18.0% 17.0% 15.9% 14.8% 13.0% 11.5% 10.8% 10.9% 10.0% ↓ by 8.0 No change
Male 18.1% 17.0% 15.8% 15.3% 13.4% 11.6% 10.9% 9.8% 9.2% ↓ by 8.9 No change
Female 18.0% 17.0% 16.0% 14.4% 12.6% 11.5% 10.7% 12.1% 10.7% ↓ by 7.3 No change
16-24 26.1% 19.7% 20.6% 18.1% 16.8% 16.8% 12.4% 15.3% 14.0% ↓ by 12.1 No change
25-44 21.9% 22.2% 19.9% 18.7% 16.5% 14.3% 14.5% 13.0% 12.0% ↓ by 9.8 No change
45-59 18.1% 17.8% 16.5% 15.2% 13.7% 10.9% 12.1% 12.1% 9.8% ↓ by 8.3 No change
60+ 9.1% 8.8% 8.3% 8.5% 6.4% 6.8% 5.0% 5.9% 6.4% ↓ by 2.7 No change
15% most deprived areas 22.8% 21.7% 19.5% 18.0% 18.7% 16.5% 15.6% 13.7% 12.6% ↓ by 10.2 No change
Rest of Scotland 17.2% 16.2% 15.3% 14.3% 11.9% 10.6% 10.0% 10.4% 9.5% ↓ by 7.6 No change
Urban 19.6% 18.5% 17.5% 16.3% 13.9% 12.8% 11.6% 11.9% 10.9% ↓ by 8.7 No change
Rural 11.3% 10.5% 9.0% 8.2% 8.5% 5.8% 7.0% 5.7% 5.5% ↓ by 5.8 No change
Overall number of respondents 16,000 16,040 13,010 12,050 11,470 5,570 5,480 5,540 5,570

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