Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Scottish Crime and Justice Survey, 2014-2015

Variable Details

VariablePOLDIV
LabelPolice Scotland's 14 local policing divisions
Responses
-1 Not classified 0
1 Aberdeen City (A division) 852
2 Aberdeenshire and Moray (B Division) 873
3 Forth Valley (C Division) 689
4 Fife (P Division) 682
5 Greater Glasgow (G Division) 1436
6 Renfrewshire and Inverclyde (K Division) 647
7 Argyll and West Dunbartonshire (L Division) 692
8 Lanarkshire (Q Division) 1029
9 Ayrshire (U Division) 769
10 Edinburgh City (E Division) 875
11 The Lothians and Scottish Borders (J Division) 763
12 Dumfries and Galloway (V Division) 696
13 Tayside (D Division) 693
14 Highlands and Islands (N Division) 776
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationScottish Crime and Justice Survey, 2014-2015
UniverseLocation of units of observation: National;Population: Adults aged 16+ living in random-sampled private households in Scotland (victim form subsequently completed by those who had been a victim of crime in the reference period only).
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample;See documentation for further details.
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study; The survey was conducted approximately once every three years until 2006. From 2007/08-2010/11 it was conducted on an annual, financial-year, basis. From 2012-13 the SCJS moved to become a biennial survey covering the financial year, however the 2014-15 survey is the last biennial survey. The 2016-17 survey will move back to an annual survey.