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UK Data Service variable record for:

Metropolitan Police Public Attitudes Surveys, 2000-2017

Variable Details

Variableold_Q100B
LabelQ100B. Thinking about the last time this happened, why did you not report the crime to the police?
Responses
1 Don't know 0
2 Refused to answer 0
3 Didn't think I would be taken seriously 1
4 No chance of catching the criminals 2
5 Not important enough/minor incident 3
6 Fear of criminals 0
7 I couldn't be bothered/didn't have the time/too much hassle 0
8 Long process of filling forms in/process too lengthy 0
9 Sorted it out myself / family 1
10 Didn't want to get involved 0
11 Didn't want the police to contact me 0
12 Didn't want to get anyone into trouble 0
13 Didn't want to appear in court 0
14 Don't like/trust the police 0
15 Felt the courts would not punish the crime properly 0
16 Not covered by insurance 0
17 Partly my fault 0
18 Afraid of what friends/neighbours would say 0
19 Afraid I'd be recognised by the police 0
20 I feel the police are incompetent 0
21 I was in hospital 0
22 I would have preferred to have reported the crime through co 0
23 Did not want to be a grass 0
24 Didn't think they could do anything 9
25 I did, but the Police said they were too busy 0
26 Waste of my time/their time 3
27 Scared/nervous 0
28 Happened more than once 0
29 Only happened last night 0
30 Fear of reprisal 1
31 Past experience 0
32 Just wanted to get to the security of my home 0
33 Just wanted to forget about it 0
34 Too slow to respond 0
36 Had no proof / Evidence 1
37 Left it too long 0
38 It was personal 0
39 Was in shock 0
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 recognize 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 0
48 Called store security guard 0
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 0
55 Was too embarrassed 0
56 Can't speak English 0
57 Someone else reported it 0
58 Was dealing with grief at the time 0
59 Reported to council/bank/work/insurance instead 0
60 I didn't take the registration of the car 0
61 I was unsure how to contact them 0
62 Too trivial 0
63 Couldn't get through on telephone 0
64 Its part of my job 0
65 No need for insurance purposes 0
66 It was probably just kids messing around 0
67 Didn't feel well enough to do so 0
68 Only happened once 1
69 No police about when it happened 0
70 Too much paperwork 0
71 Didn't know whether I had lost it or not 0
72 It happened to quickly 0
74 They didn't actually get in/take anything 0
75 More a legal matter 0
76 I did couldn't get through to incident room 0
77 Not interested 1
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 0
83 Conflicting advice 0
84 Car park rage 0
85 I have no faith in the police 0
86 I was away / on holiday 0
87 Talked to caretaker 0
88 Credit card company dealt with it 0
89 Didn’t know what to do 0
996 No 2nd mention 827
997 Not stated 0
Sysmiss 96435
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationMetropolitan Police Public Attitudes Surveys, 2000-2017