Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Scottish Crime Survey, 2000

Variable Details

Variablea7.2
LabelReason for contacting the police 2
Responses
1 To report a crime of which you or someone in your household 0
2 To report a crime of which someone else, not in your househo 0
3 To ask for advice or information (including directions/time) 1
4 To report a traffic accident or medical emergency 1
5 To report an alarm ringing/suspicious circumstances 2
6 To report any type of disturbance, noise or nuisance (apart 3
7 To report that you had lost/found something (including anima 0
13 Reporting stray animals/barking dogs 1
14 To report a missing person 0
15 Told to produce vehicle/driving licence documentation 0
16 Report traffic obstruction/abandoned vehicle/illegally parke 0
17 To tell them that your house was going to be empty 0
18 Told to produce vehicle/driving licence documentation 0
19 Report traffic obstruction/abandoned vehicle/illegally parke 1
20 To tell them that your house was going to be empty 0
22 Report other non-crime emergency (fire, flood, gas leak, etc 0
23 To report any other type of problem or difficulty 1
24 To give them some sort of information 0
25 As part of job 0
26 Just for a social chat 0
27 To give them some sort of information 0
28 As part of job 0
29 Just for a social chat 0
30 Review/apply for gun licence 0
31 Report other/general offence 1
32 Complain about police treatment 0
33 On behalf of friend/relative 0
34 Knife amnesty 0
35 To collect possessions 0
36 Immigration registration 0
96 Other 0
97 Vague 0
98 Answer inappropriate 0
Sysmiss 2506
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationScottish Crime Survey, 2000