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Title details

SN:	3202
Title:	British Crime Survey, 1992
Persistent identifier:	10.5255/UKDA-SN-3202-1
Series:	Crime Survey for England and Wales, 1982-
Depositor(s):	Home Office. Research and Planning Unit
Principal investigator(s):	Home Office. Research and Planning Unit Social and Community Planning Research
Data collector(s):	Social and Community Planning Research British Market Research Bureau
Sponsor(s):	Home Office
Other acknowledgements:	P ; 1193

Subject Categories

Abstract

Background: The Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW), previously known as the British Crime Survey (BCS), has been in existence since 1981. The survey traditionally asks a sole randomly selected adult, in a random sample of households, details pertaining to any instances where they, or the household, has been a victim of a crime in the previous 12 months. These are recorded in the victim form data file (VF). A wide range of questions are then asked covering demographics and crime-related subjects such as attitudes to the police and the criminal justice system (CJS). Most of the questionnaire is completed in a face-to-face interview in the respondent's home; these variables are contained within the non-victim form (NVF) data file. Since 2009, the survey has been extended to children aged 10-15 years old; one resident of that age range has also been selected at random from the household and asked about incidents where they have been a victim of crime, and other related topics. The first set of children's data, covering January-December 2009, had experimental status, and is held separately under SN 6601. From 2009-2010, the children's data cover the same period as the adult data and are included with the main dataset. Further information may be found on the ONS Crime Survey for England and Wales webpage and for the previous BCS, from the Home Office BCS Methodology webpage. Self-completion data A series of questions on drinking behaviour, drug use and intimate personal violence (including stalking and sexual victimisation) are administered to adults via a self-completion module which the respondent completes on a laptop computer. Children aged 10-15 years also complete a separate self-completion questionnaire. The questions are contained within the main questionnaire documents, but the data are available under Special Licence/Secure Access conditions from the UK Data Archive. Lower-level geographic variables are also available under Special Licence conditions to match to the survey. See individual survey years for further details. History: Up to 2001, the survey was conducted biennially. From April 2001, interviewing was carried out continually and reported on in financial year cycles and the crime reference period was altered to accommodate this change. The core sample size has increased from around 11,000 in the earlier cycles to over 40,000. Following the National Statistician's Review of Crime Statistics in June 2011 the collation and publication of Crime Statistics moved to the Office for National Statistics (ONS) from 1st April 2012, and the survey changed its name to the Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW) accordingly. Scottish data: The 1982 and 1988 BCS waves were also conducted in Scotland. The England and Wales data for 1982 and 1988 are held at the UKDA under SNs 1869 and 2706, but the Scottish data for these studies are held separately under SNs 4368 and 4599. Since 1993, separate Scottish Crime and Justice Surveys have been conducted, and these are held under GN 33330.

The aims of the fourth British Crime Survey in the series were as follows : to provide a fuller indication of the extent of certain types of crime in England and Wales, including incidents which are neither reported to, nor recorded by the police; to provide more information on the nature and circumstances of crime; to provide more information on the factors connected with the role of victimisation; to provide information on other aspects of crime and the criminal justice system. Two booster samples were included in this survey : one of 1,650 ethnic minority adults (the 1988 survey had also contained a similar booster sample), and one of 1,350 young people aged 12-15 years. For the May 2000 edition of the 1992 dataset, some changes were made to the data and documentation, including the addition of a Training Guide. Please see READ file for further details of changes to the data.

Main Topics: The extent and nature of crime*; fear of crime*; attitudes to the police*; contacts with the police*; Neighbourhood Watch schemes; crime prevention; attitudes to sentencing (particularly with regard to domestic violence and marital rape); ethnic minority risks; experience of obscene telephone calls (women only); fires in the home; self-reported use of illegal drugs*; drugs education (12-15 year olds only). * also asked of 12-15year olds.

Coverage, universe, methodology

Time period:	01 January 1991 - 01 January 1992
Dates of fieldwork:	March 1992, June 1992
Country:	England and Wales
Spatial units:	Standard Statistical Regions
Observation units:	Individuals
Universe:	National Adults Crime victims Criminal offences Adults (over 16) in England and Wales, plus a booster sample of ethnic minority adults and a Young Person 12-15 booster.
Time dimensions:	Repeated cross-sectional study
Sampling procedures:	Multi-stage stratified random sample From 1992, it was decided to change the sample frame from the Electoral registers to the Postcode Address File. As far as possible the sample design was made consistent with previous surveys in all respects apart from the sample frame. For further details on sampling see the Technical Report.
Number of units:	(A) 10800 (target) 10059 (obtained) Core sample;(B) 1700 (target) 1654 (obtained) Ethnic minority adults booster sample;(C) 1350 (obtained) Young person 12-15 booster sample
Method of data collection:	Face-to-face interview Self-completion
Weighting:	Weighting used. See documentation for details.

Keywords

ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE	ADOLESCENTS	ADULTS
ADVICE	AGE	AGE DISCRIMINATION
ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION	AMPHETAMINES	ARREST
ASSAULT	ATTITUDES	BICYCLES
BUILDINGS	BURGLARY	CANNABIS
CHILDREN	CLUBS	COCAINE
COMMUNITIES	COMMUNITY BEHAVIOUR	COMMUNITY SERVICE (PUNISHMENT)
CONSUMER GOODS	CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS	COSTS
CRIME	CRIME PREVENTION	CRIME VICTIMS
CRIMINAL DAMAGE	CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION	CRIMINALS
CULTURAL GOODS	DOGS	DOMESTIC RESPONSIBILITIES
DOMESTIC SAFETY	DOMESTIC VIOLENCE	DRINKING OFFENCES
DRIVING	DRUG ABUSE	DRUG EDUCATION
DRUGS	ECONOMIC ACTIVITY	ECONOMIC VALUE
ECSTASY (DRUG)	EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND	EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS
EMOTIONAL STATES	EMPLOYEES	EMPLOYMENT
ENGLAND AND WALES	EQUIPMENT	ETHNIC GROUPS
EXPECTATION	EXTORTION	FAMILY MEMBERS
FEAR OF CRIME	FINANCIAL COMPENSATION	FINES
FIRE	FIRE DAMAGE	FIRE PROTECTION EQUIPMENT
FIRE-FIGHTING SERVICES	FRAUD	FREQUENCY
FRIENDS	FULL-TIME EMPLOYMENT	FURTHER EDUCATION
GARAGES	GENDER	HALLUCINOGENIC DRUGS
HEADS OF HOUSEHOLD	HEROIN	HOLIDAYS
HOME BUYING	HOME OWNERSHIP	HOUSEHOLD HEAD'S ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
HOUSEHOLD HEAD'S OCCUPATION	HOUSEHOLDS	HOUSING
HOUSING CONDITIONS	HOUSING TENURE	HUMAN BEHAVIOUR
HUMAN SETTLEMENT	INCOME	INDUSTRIES
INFORMATION	INFORMATION MATERIALS	INFORMATION SOURCES
INJURIES	INSURANCE	INSURANCE CLAIMS
INTERPERSONAL CONFLICT	INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS	INTRUDER ALARM SYSTEMS
JOB DESCRIPTION	JOB REQUIREMENTS	JUDGES
JUDGMENTS (LEGAL)	JUVENILE DELINQUENCY	LANDLORDS
LAW ENFORCEMENT	LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES	LOCATION
LOCKS	LSD (DRUG)	MAGISTRATES
MARITAL STATUS	MASS MEDIA COVERAGE	MASS MEDIA USE
MEDICAL CARE	MEMBERSHIP	MONEY
MOTOR VEHICLES	NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH SCHEMES	NEIGHBOURHOODS
NOISE POLLUTION	NON-CUSTODIAL PUNISHMENT	OCCUPATIONS
OFFENCES	OFFENSIVE TELEPHONE CALLS	OPIATE DRUGS
ORGANIZATIONS	PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP	PARTICIPATION
PART-TIME EMPLOYMENT	PATIENTS	PERFORMANCE
PERFORMING ARTS	PERSONAL FASHION GOODS	PERSONAL IDENTIFICATION DOCUMENTS
POCKET MONEY	POLICE ACTIVITIES	POLICE BRUTALITY
POLICE CORRUPTION	POLICE POWER	POLICE SERVICES
POLICE-COMMUNITY RELATIONSHIP	PRISON SENTENCES	PRISONS
PROBATION	PSYCHOLOGICAL EFFECTS	PUBLIC INFORMATION
PUNISHMENT	RACIAL CONFLICT	RACIAL DISCRIMINATION
REDRESS OF GRIEVANCES	REFUSE	RELIGIOUS ATTENDANCE
RENTED ACCOMMODATION	RESIDENTIAL MOBILITY	RETIREMENT
ROBBERY	SAFETY AND SECURITY	SAFETY AND SECURITY MEASURES
SAFETY EQUIPMENT	SATISFACTION	SELF-EMPLOYED
SEXUAL ASSAULT	SEXUAL HARASSMENT	SEXUAL OFFENCES
SHOPLIFTING	SICK LEAVE	SOCIAL ACTIVITIES (LEISURE)
SOCIAL HOUSING	SOCIAL SUPPORT	SOLVENT ABUSE
SPORT	STIMULANT DRUGS	STUDENTS
SUPERVISORS	TELEPHONES	THEFT
THEFT PROTECTION	TIED HOUSING	TIME
TRAFFIC OFFENCES	TRANQUILLISERS	TRAVEL
TRESPASS	TRUANCY	UNEMPLOYED
VAGRANTS	VISITS (PERSONAL)	VOLUNTARY WELFARE ORGANIZATIONS
WITNESSES	WORKERS	WORKING CONDITIONS
WORKPLACE	YOUTH

Administrative and access information

Date of release:
First edition:	17 June 1994
Latest edition:	4 May 2000 ( Edition 2 )
Copyright:	Crown copyright material is reproduced with the permission of the Controller of HMSO and the Queen's Printer for Scotland
Access conditions:	The depositor has specified that registration is required and standard conditions of use apply. The depositor may be informed about usage. See terms and conditions for further information.
Please note:	Ordering self-completion module data The self-completion modules contained within the CSEW (formerly BCS) contain sensitive data, and so are not available for End User Licence (standard access). Express permission has to be sought from the depositor before the files may be released to users. A Special Licence system has been introduced and the data are only available to ONS Approved Researchers. However, for 2007-2008 and earlier survey years, the previous conditional access system is still currently in place. Therefore, users should follow the instructions below depending on the year of data required. BCS 1982 to 2007/08 Users who require self-completion modules should order the data online. To order the data, registered users should use the relevant Download/order link(s), select a previously registered usage or register a new use of data, tick the box(es) in the 'Other media' column and proceed from there. Users should specify in the 'Notes' section which self-completion module(s) they require. Upon receipt of the order the UK Data Service will send the prospective user a form to complete. Users are advised to provide a reasonably detailed description of their intended use of the data. If further information is required, contact the UKDS HelpDesk. This applies to the following modules: drugs data from the 1996, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2001-2002, 2002-2003, 2003-2004, 2005-2006, 2006-2007 and 2007-2008 surveys (SNs 3832, 4081, 4463, 4786, 4787, 5059, 5324, 5347, 5543, 5755 and 6066) domestic violence data from 1996 (SN 3832) stalking data from 1998 (SN 4081) drinking behaviour data from 2002-2003 (SN 5059), 2003-2004 (SN 5324), 2004-2005 (SN 5347), 2005-2006 (SN 5543), 2006-2007 (SN 5755) and 2007-2008 (SN 6066) interpersonal violence (IPV) data from 2001 (SN 4786), 2004-2005 (SN 5347), 2005-2006 (SN 5543), 2006-2007 (SN 5755) and 2007-2008 (SN 6066 - includes data from the 2007-2008 domestic violence and sexual victimisation modules) sexual victimisation/assault data from 2000 (SN 4463), 2005-2006 (SN 5543) and 2006-2007 (SN 5755) stolen goods data from 2002-2003 (SN 5059), 2003-2004 (SN 5324), 2005-2006 (SN 5543), 2006-2007 (SN 5755) and 2007-2008 (SN 6066) It should be noted that the self-completion data are not allowed to be used for teaching purposes. The sexual victimisation self-completion modules from 1996 and 1998 (SNs 3832 and 4081) are currently unavailable. BCS/CSEW 2008/09 onwards For the 2008/09 onwards, data from the self-completion modules (described above), a low-level geographic variables dataset and (from 2009/10) data from the children's self-completion module, have been held under separate study numbers to the main survey and are are available only to Office for National Statistics (ONS) Approved Researchers, under Special Licence access conditions. The same applies to SN 6422, British Crime Survey, 2006-2007: Special Licence Access, Social Heterogeneity Variables. From April 2012, responsibility for the survey moved to the ONS, and the BCS became the CSEW. From 2011/12 onwards, the interpersonal violence module (IPV) (comprising data on domestic violence, sexual victimisation and stalking) became available only under Secure Access conditions; prospective users should contact the UKDS HelpDesk in the first instance.
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Documentation

Related studies and guides

Related studies:

British Crime Survey, 1982: England and Wales Data (SN 1869)
British Crime Survey, 1984 (SN 2077)
British Crime Survey, 1988 (SN 2706)
British Crime Survey, 1994 (SN 3591)
British Crime Survey, 1996 (SN 3832)
British Crime Survey, 1998 (SN 4081)
British Crime Survey, 1982 : Scottish Data (SN 4368)
British Crime Survey, 2000 (SN 4463)
British Crime Survey, 1988 : Scottish Data (SN 4599)
British Crime Survey, 2001 (SN 4786)
British Crime Survey, 2001-2002 (SN 4787)
British Crime Survey, 2002-2003 (SN 5059)
British Crime Survey, 2003-2004 (SN 5324)
British Crime Survey, 2004-2005 (SN 5347)
British Crime Survey, 2005-2006 (SN 5543)
British Crime Survey, 2006-2007 (SN 5755)
British Crime Survey, 2007-2008 (SN 6066)
British Crime Survey, 2008-2009 (SN 6367)
British Crime Survey Experimental Data: Children Aged 10-15 Years, January-December, 2009 (SN 6601)
British Crime Survey, 2009-2010 (SN 6627)
British Crime Survey, 2010-2011 (SN 6937)
Crime Survey for England and Wales, 2011-2012 (SN 7252)
Young People and Crime Survey, 1992-1993 (SN 3814)
Youth Lifestyles Survey, 1998-1999 (SN 4345)
British Crime Survey, 2000: Teaching Dataset (SN 4740)
British Crime Survey, 2000: X4L SDiT Teaching Dataset (SN 4918)
Experience and Expression in the Fear of Crime, 2003-2004 (SN 5822)
British Crime Survey 2007-2008: Teaching Dataset (SN 6561)
British Crime Survey 2007-2008: Unrestricted Access Teaching Dataset (SN 6891)

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Using government survey evidence to explore fear of crime

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Weighting the Social Surveys
Analysing crime data using Nesstar: Fear of crime using the British Crime Survey, 2000:X4L SDiT Teaching Dataset (Video)

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