Offences committed against households, 2002/03: Regional Trends 38
Offences committed against households, 2002/03: Regional Trends 38
Dataset Name:
RT380903
Type of Dataset:
Spreadsheet
Title:
Offences committed against households, 2002/03: Regional Trends 38
Last Updated:
25/2/04
Description:
The British Crime Survey (BCS) was conducted by the Home Office in 1982, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998 and 2000, and annually on a continuous basis from 2001. Up to 2001/02, each survey has measured crimes experienced in the previous year, including those not reported to the police. The survey also covers other matters of Home Office interest including fear of crime, contacts with the police, and drug misuse. The 2002/03 survey had a nationally representative sample of 36,479 respondents in England and Wales with an additional 2,827 ethnic booster samples. The sample was drawn from the Small User Postcode Address File - a listing of all postal delivery points. The response rate in the core sample was 74 per cent.
Scotland participated in sweeps of the BCS in 1982 and 1988 and ran its own Scottish Crime Surveys in 1993, 1996 and 2000, based on nationally representative samples of around 5,000 respondents aged 16 and over interviewed in their homes. In addition around 400 young people aged between 12 and 15 completed questionnaires in each of the surveys. The sample was drawn from addresses randomly generated from the Postcode Address file. Both the 1993 and 1996 surveys had response rates of 77 per cent and the 2000 survey had a response rate of 72 per cent. The results of the 2000 Scottish Crime Survey were published in spring 2002.
The Northern Ireland Crime Survey (NICS) was conducted on behalf of the Northern Ireland Office (NIO) in 1994/95, 1998 and 2001. Closely mirroring the format and questions of the BCS, the fieldwork for NICS 2001 was conducted between August 2001 and January 2002, with a recall period of 1 September 2000 to 31 August 2001. 3,010 people aged 16 years and above participated in the survey. Their addresses were randomly sampled from the Valuation and Lands Agency domestic property database. The response rate was approximately 70 per cent.
In each of the surveys, respondents answered questions about offences against their household (such as theft or damage of household property) and about offences against them personally (such as assault or robbery). However, none of the surveys provides a complete count of crime. Many offence types cannot be covered in a household victim-oriented survey (eg shoplifting, fraud or drugs offences). Crime surveys are also prone to various forms of error, mainly to do with the difficulty of ensuring that samples are representative, the frailty of respondents' memories, their reticence to talk about their experiences as victims, and their failure to realise that an incident is relevant to the survey.
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