The 2006 Scottish Crime and Victimisation Survey (SCVS) was a household survey of people's experiences and perceptions of crime, based on interviews with 4,988 adults (aged 16 or over) throughout Scotland carried out between June and December 2006.
Previous sweeps of the survey took place in 1993, 1996, 1999, 2003 and 2004. The principal focus of the SCVS is to monitor the extent of victimisation in Scotland by asking respondents about their experiences of personal and household crime. The victimisation rates discussed in this report are based on all incidents of crime reported as having taken place between the 1st April 2005 and 31st March 2006.
Estimates produced by the survey complement the official police recorded crime statistics by estimating the extent of crimes which are experienced by households and individuals regardless of whether they are reported to, or recorded by, the police.