Scottish Crime and Justice Survey 2014/15: Main Findings

Main findings from the Scottish Crime and Justice Survey 2014/15.


Table A 1.19: Percentage of respondents confident in local police to catch criminals, by police division, from 2008/09 to 2014/15

Percentage ‘very’ or ‘fairly confident’ 2008/09 2009/10 2010/11 2012/13 2014/15 From 2008/09 to 2014/15 From 2012/13 to 2014/15
All 55 57 60 61 60 5 * -1
Aberdeen City 55 56 58 61 59 4 -3
Aberdeenshire and Moray 54 57 58 56 57 3 1
Forth Valley 54 54 55 51 66 13 * 16 *
Fife 59 53 61 65 61 2 -4
Greater Glasgow 54 55 61 58 57 3 0
Renfrewshire and Inverclyde 53 61 64 67 64 11 * -3
Argyll and West Dunbartonshire 56 55 65 65 62 6 -2
Lanarkshire 50 53 57 56 58 8 * 2
Ayrshire 54 57 62 63 61 7 * -2
Edinburgh City 53 60 58 61 62 9 * 2
The Lothians and Scottish Borders 54 58 61 62 53 -1 -9 *
Dumfries and Galloway 62 63 62 69 63 1 -5
Tayside 61 61 59 67 63 2 -4
Highlands and Islands 67 66 67 71 65 -2 -6 *

Base: 2008/09 (16,000), 2009/10 (16,040), 2010/11 (13,010), 2012/13 (12,050), 2014/15 (11,470)

Variable name: QPOLCONF_06

Notes:

1. Question wording: "How confident are you in your local police force's ability to catch criminals?" Answer Options: 'A lot more crime', 'A little more', 'About the same', 'A little less', 'A lot less'.

2. Changes which are statistically significant over time, at the 95% confidence level, are highlighted with an "*".

3. Police Divisions where the results are statistically significantly different from the Scotland level result, at the 95% confidence level, are highlighted in bold and italics.

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