Victimisation, perceptions and drug misuse in Wales by year

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2001-02

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2003-04

2004-05

2005-06

2006-07

2007-08

2008-09

All personal crime per 10,000 adults $Personal crimes refer to the following offence categories: wounding, assault with minor injury, assault with no injury, sexual offences, robbery, theft from the person, and other personal theft. The BCS does not cover personal crimes against those aged under 16 or not living in private households. In the data presented here, \'all personal crime\' excludes sexual offences; the number of sexual offences picked up by the survey is too small to give reliable estimates and these figures are not provided.$

879

743

852

709

557

All household crime per 10,000 households For household offences reported in the BCS, all members of the household can be regarded as victims. Therefore, the respondent answers on behalf of the whole household in the offence categories of: bicycle theft; burglary; theft in a dwelling; other household theft; thefts of and from vehicles; and vandalism to household property and vehicles.

For household offences reported in the BCS, all members of the household can be regarded as victims. Therefore, the respondent answers on behalf of the whole household in the offence categories of: bicycle theft; burglary; theft in a dwelling; other household theft; thefts of and from vehicles; and vandalism to household property and vehicles.

2,608

2,713

2,955

2,418

2,203

High level of worry about violent crime

The measure for worry about violent crime is based on a scale constructed from questions on worry about mugging, rape, physical attack by a stranger and racially motivated assault. It uses a scale which scores answers to the questions as follows: ‘very worried’ = 2; ‘fairly worried’ = 1; ‘not very worried’ and ‘not at all worried’ = 0. Once results from the four questions are combined, the scale ranges from 0 to 8. The percentage for this component is based on respondents who score 4 or more on this scale.

High level of worry about burglary The measure for worry about burglary is the percentage of respondents who say they are ‘very worried’ about having their home broken into and something stolen.

The measure for worry about burglary is the percentage of respondents who say they are ‘very worried’ about having their home broken into and something stolen.

High level of worry about car crime

The measure for worry about car crime is based on two questions on worry about ‘having your car stolen’ and ‘having things stolen from your car’. It uses a scale which scores answers to the questions as follows: ‘very worried’ = 2; ‘fairly worried’ = 1; ‘not very worried’ and ‘not at all worried’ = 0. Scores for individual respondents are calculated by summing the scores across each question, these ranging from 0 to 4. The percentage for this component is based on respondents residing in households owning, or with regular use of, a car who score 3 or 4 on this scale.

High level of perceived anti-social behaviour

The BCS measures high levels of perceived anti-social behaviour from responses to seven individual anti-social behaviour questions: noisy neighbours or loud parties; teenagers hanging around on the streets; rubbish or litter lying around; vandalism, graffiti and other deliberate damage to property; people using or dealing drugs; people being drunk or rowdy in public places; and abandoned or burnt-out cars. The scale is as follows: ‘very big problem’ = 3, ‘fairly big problem’ = 2, ‘not a very big problem’ = 1 and ‘not a problem at all’ = 0. The maximum score for the seven questions is 21. Respondents with a score of 11 or more on this scale are classified as having high levels of perceived anti-social behaviour. Prior to 2004-05 the measure was based on answers to five questions about ASB and as such is not directly comparable with 2004-05 onwards.

High levels of perceived drug use or dealing The measure for perceptions of drug use or dealing is the percentage of BCS respondents who perceive people using or dealing drugs to be a very or fairly big problem in their local area.

The measure for perceptions of drug use or dealing is the percentage of BCS respondents who perceive people using or dealing drugs to be a very or fairly big problem in their local area.

Criminal Justice System effective in bringing people to justice $The measure for confidence in the effectiveness of the Criminal Justice System (CJS) is based on the question ‘How confident are you that the criminal justice system as a whole is effective?’ and is the percentage of respondents who say they are \'very or fairly confident\'.$

Confidence in local police The measure for confidence in the police is the percentage of respondents who believe the local police are doing ‘a good or excellent’ job.

The measure for confidence in the police is the percentage of respondents who believe the local police are doing ‘a good or excellent’ job.

Drug use reported by adults Percentage of 16 to 59 year olds reporting use of any drug in the last year.<br /><br />The Misuse of Drugs Act classifies illegal drugs into three categories (Class A, B and C) according to the harm that they cause, with Class A drugs considered to be the most harmful.

Percentage of 16 to 59 year olds reporting use of any drug in the last year.<br /><br />The Misuse of Drugs Act classifies illegal drugs into three categories (Class A, B and C) according to the harm that they cause, with Class A drugs considered to be the most harmful.

11.8

11.1

10.2

9.5

8.8

9.9

Drug use reported by younger adults Percentage of 16 to 24 year olds reporting use of any drug in the last year.<br /><br />The Misuse of Drugs Act classifies illegal drugs into three categories (Class A, B and C) according to the harm that they cause, with Class A drugs considered to be the most harmful.

Percentage of 16 to 24 year olds reporting use of any drug in the last year.<br /><br />The Misuse of Drugs Act classifies illegal drugs into three categories (Class A, B and C) according to the harm that they cause, with Class A drugs considered to be the most harmful.

30.1

27.6

24.7

20.3

21.9

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