Scottish Crime and Justice Survey 2017-2018: main findings

Errata

An errata was published on 1 July 2019 as a result of an error in Chapter 3 (PDF page 48) - the proportion of violent crime cases involving offenders aged 40 and over has NOT increased since 2008/09. The HTML and PDF have been updated to reflect this change

Contents

Acknowledgements

Executive Summary

Summary Infographics

Summary - Plain Text

1. Introduction and background to the SCJS

2. Overview of crime in Scotland

3. Focus on violent crime

4. Focus on property crime

5. Bringing together crime statistics

6. Public perceptions of the police and the justice system

7. Public perceptions of crime and safety

8. SCJS topical reports

9. Summary chapters on SCJS self-completion modules

Annex A: Data tables

Annex B: Overview of police recorded crime and SCJS

Annex C: SCJS 2017/18 Questionnaire Structure

Annex D: Drug Categories and Classifications

Annex E: Interpreting charts, tables and figures in this report

A National Statistics publication for Scotland