Scottish Crime and Justice Survey 2023/24: Main findings

Annex C: 2023/24 questionnaire structure

Main questionnaire (Section 1-2)

4,973 respondents

• Perception of crime (Section 1)
• Victim form screener (Section 2)

Victim form (Section 3)

Property and violent crime: 764 respondents – 1,089 completed forms.

• Incident dates
• Incident details
• Experiences of criminal justice system and related issues

Fraud and computer misuse: 748 respondents – 956 completed forms.

• Incident dates
• Incident details
• Contact with police / bank / other orgs

Full sample modules (Section 4)

4,973 respondents

• Justice System
• Police
• Experience of being convicted of a crime

Third of sample modules (Section 5)

Each participant is only asked questions from one module.

Module A

1,699 respondents

• Local community
• Perception of crime
• Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS)

Module B

1,652 respondents

• Sentencing (including community sentencing and prisons)
• Police visibility

Module C

1,622 respondents

• Justice system overall
• Harassment

Demographics (Section 6)         

4,973 respondents

Self-completion questionnaire (Section 7–10)

4,305 respondents

• Personal relationship screener (Section 7)
• Stalking / harassment (Section 8)
• Partner abuse (Section 9)
• Sexual victimisation (Section 10)