NCJ Number
230830
Editor(s)
Alison Walker,
John Flately,
Chris Kershaw,
Debbie Moon
Date Published
July 2009
Length
195 pages
Annotation
This bulletin from the Home Office in the United Kingdom is the first volume in a three-part series that presents findings from the 2008/09 British Crime Survey (BCS) and crimes recorded by the police.
Abstract
Main findings from the 2008/09 British Crime Survey (BCS) indicate that violent crime, crimes with injury, domestic burglary, vehicle-related theft, and vandalism have remained stable compared to 2007/08; theft from the person increased by 25 percent since 2007/08; and risk of victimization increased by 1 percent, from 22 percent to 23 percent. Crimes recorded by police indicate that all recorded crime decreased by 5 percent from the 2007/08 level. Specific findings show that violence against the person decreased by 6 percent; crimes with injuries decreased by 7 percent; offenses against vehicles decreased 10 percent; theft from persons decreased 12 percent; robbery decreased 5 percent; criminal damage decreased by 10 percent; domestic burglary increased by 1 percent; and drug offenses increased by 6 percent. The British Crime Survey (BCS) is a large, nationally representative crime victimization survey of over 46,000 adults in England and Wales. Respondents are surveyed on their experiences of crime-related incidents in the past 12 months, and on their attitudes towards different crime-related issues. These issues include attitudes towards the police, the criminal justice system, experiences of fraud, and perceptions of crime and antisocial behavior. This Home Office Statistical Bulletin is divided into seven sections and presents findings from the 2008/09 BCS and crimes recorded by the police: Chapter 1 - Summary; Chapter 2 - Extent and trends; Chapter 3 - Violent and Sexual Crime; Chapter 4 - Property Crime; Chapter 5 - Public Perceptions; Chapter 6 - Detection of Crime; and Chapter 7 - Geographic Patterns of Crime. Crime statistics used in Government Public Service Agreements is included in Appendix 1.