Northern
Ireland Crime Survey
The Northern
Ireland Crime Survey is carried out by Central Survey Unit on behalf
of the Department of Justice. It is a household survey and which has
been running as a continuous survey since January 2005. It was first
carried out as a one-off survey in 1994/5 and was repeated in 1998,
2001 and 2003/4.
The
main purpose of the survey is to collect information about levels of
crime and public attitudes to crime. The information is collected by
interviewing people to find out about crimes they may have experienced,
including those that were not reported to the police. Respondents are
also asked their views about the level of crime and how much they
worry about crime.
The
results play an important role in developing and monitoring
government policies and targets. For example:
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