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Metropolitan Police Public Attitudes Surveys, 2000-2017

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Variableold_Q100A
LabelQ100A. Thinking about the last time this happened, why did you not report the crime to the police?
Responses
1 Don't know 6
2 Refused to answer 2
3 Didn't think I would be taken seriously 9
4 No chance of catching the criminals 43
5 Not important enough/minor incident 343
6 Fear of criminals 4
7 I couldn't be bothered/didn't have the time/too much hassle 26
8 Long process of filling forms in/process too lengthy 7
9 Sorted it out myself / family 33
10 Didn't want to get involved 5
11 Didn't want the police to contact me 0
12 Didn't want to get anyone into trouble 2
13 Didn't want to appear in court 1
14 Don't like/trust the police 0
15 Felt the courts would not punish the crime properly 0
16 Not covered by insurance 1
17 Partly my fault 7
18 Afraid of what friends/neighbours would say 1
19 Afraid I'd be recognised by the police 0
20 I feel the police are incompetent 3
21 I was in hospital 0
22 I would have preferred to have reported the crime through co 4
23 Did not want to be a grass 0
24 Didn't think they could do anything 169
25 I did, but the Police said they were too busy 2
26 Waste of my time/their time 25
27 Scared/nervous 2
28 Happened more than once 1
29 Only happened last night 1
30 Fear of reprisal 9
31 Past experience 7
32 Just wanted to get to the security of my home 1
33 Just wanted to forget about it 2
34 Too slow to respond 3
36 Had no proof / Evidence 29
37 Left it too long 4
38 It was personal 2
39 Was in shock 1
40 Not the policy of the school 0
42 They’re not going to get to the bottom of it, they put a rep 0
43 It was an ex friend of mine 0
44 You don't recognise individuals when they are in a group/gan 0
46 I was so stressed and pregnant at the time 0
47 He leaves me alone now 1
48 Called store security guard 3
49 I thought it was a friend playing a joke 0
50 I just threw them out the shop I work in 0
51 We had just moved in and didn't report it 0
52 I knew I would have to contact a solicitor so didn't bother 0
53 It was just gangs of kids 0
54 They don't bother to respond 4
55 Was too embarrassed 0
56 Can't speak English 2
57 Someone else reported it 3
58 Was dealing with grief at the time 0
59 Reported to council/bank/work/insurance instead 24
60 I didn't take the registration of the car 0
61 I was unsure how to contact them 0
62 Too trivial 2
63 Couldn't get through on telephone 5
64 Its part of my job 7
65 No need for insurance purposes 3
66 It was probably just kids messing around 1
67 Didn't feel well enough to do so 1
68 Only happened once 0
69 No police about when it happened 1
70 Too much paperwork 1
71 Didn't know whether I had lost it or not 1
72 It happened to quickly 0
74 They didn't actually get in/take anything 2
75 More a legal matter 2
76 I did couldn't get through to incident room 3
77 Not interested 8
78 Wasn't sure if I was just being paranoid 0
80 Thought they had more important things to deal with 0
81 Didn't get away with anything 0
82 I knew who did it 1
83 Conflicting advice 0
84 Car park rage 1
85 I have no faith in the police 3
86 I was away / on holiday 1
87 Talked to caretaker 1
88 Credit card company dealt with it 1
89 Didn’t know what to do 1
997 Not stated 19
Sysmiss 96428
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationMetropolitan Police Public Attitudes Surveys, 2000-2017