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the financial costs were typically of lower value, but the impact of this will depend on the financial status of the victim.
In more than three fifths of the incidents (61%) the total value of the items stolen was £100 or less. The total value being over £500 in just over 1 in 10 incidents.

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People living in urban areas under the age of 60 are more likely to be a victim of property crime.
The age group that has the highest rate of experiencing property crimes is 25-44 year olds with 14.5%. The lowest being over 60 with a rate of 5%. People living in poorer areas experience property crimes (15%).

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The highest property crime is vandalism with 38% of property crimes being this. However vandalism has fallen by half since 2008/09 from an estimated 350,000 to 163,000
It is then followed by other household theft including bicycle theft.  Personal theft is sitting at 22% of all property crimes and housebreaking and all motor vehicle related theft both at 6%.

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Property crimes have fallen drastically since 2008/09. The SCJS has estimated that it has been reduced by 41% since 2008/09, from 728,000 to 430,000.
It has however shown no change since 2016/17.

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The SCJS estimates that almost four in five violent crimes were committed by male offenders.
25-39  year olds are the age group with the highest rate of committing violent crimes sitting at 33%. This is compared to 25% for under 16 year olds, 23% 16-24 and 23% 40 and over.

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There has been a significant decrease  in young adults experiencing crime. The proportion of 16-24 year olds experiencing crime fell from 12% in 2008/09 to 5.8%.
People living in more deprived areas are more likely to experience crime.
People who are over 60 are the least likely to experience violent crime sitting at just 0.4%.

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The likelihood of experiencing robbery and assault have both fallen in the past 10 years.
Assault has fallen from 3.8% in 2008/09 to 2.2% in 2017/18.
Robbery has fallen from 0.4% in 2008/09 to 0.2% in 2017/18

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the main type of violent crime being experienced is minor assault with no/negligible injury counts for 62%. The other 38% being minor assault with injury, attempted assault, serious assault, robbery.

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The likelihood of experiencing violent crime

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The likelihood of experiencing violent crime

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The SCJS looks at victimisation rates and following the trend of previous years the majority of adults in Scotland didn't experience violent crime in 2017/18.
Furthermore, the SCJS has estimated that 2.3% of adults were victims of at least one violent crime in 2017/18
The percentage of adults experiencing violent crime has fallen from 4.1% in 2008/09 to 2.3% in 2017/18.

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'The SCJS estimates that 172,000 violent crimes were experienced by adults in Scotland in 2017/18'.
'This figure also counts towards 29% of all crime measured by the SCJS in 2017/18.'
The amount of violent crime has went down in the past 10 years in Scotland. The SCJS has estimated that it has halved since 2008/09

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In 2017/18 adults in Scotland were less likely to experience crime than adults in England and Wales.
Adults in Scotland that are estimated to experience crime was much lower sitting at 12.5% compared to England and Wales 14.4%.

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The SCJS has estimated that 35% of all property and violent crime has been brought to the police's attention. this hasn't changed since 2008/09.

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multiple victimisation is people who experience two or more property or violent crimes
"3.4% of adults experience two or more crimes in 2017/18, accounting for just under three fifths of all SCJS crime"

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The likelihood of experiencing crime depending on different factors

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The likelihood of experiencing crime depending on different factors

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"the likelihood of experiencing crime in 2017/18 was higher for those living in deprived areas and people in urban locations, with those aged 60 and over least likely to be victims"

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. The SCJS estimated that 71% of all crime measured by the survey was property related in 2017/18, with the remaining 29% being violent incidents.

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.'The amount of adults experiencing crime has fallen from one in five to one in eight'
. '12.5% of adults are estimated to have experienced at least one SCJS (property or violent) crime'
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.There was an estimated 602,000 crimes experienced by adults in Scotland in 2017-18.
.The overall level of crime experienced in Scotland has fallen by 42% since 2008/09 and has fallen by 16% from 2016/17

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There are two main types of crime which the SCJS cover. The first being violent crime  which includes assault and robbery. The second being property crime which includes:
. vandalism
. all motor vehicle related theft
. housebreaking
. other household theft
. personal theft (excluding robbery)

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Experiences of being a victim of:
. violent crime
. property crime
Public perceptions of:
.Crime
.The police
. The Justice system

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. Adults aged 16 and over
. In private households
. People from Scotland

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The SCJS is an large scale survey which asks people about their experiences of crime and their perceptions of it. Their goals are as follows:
. Allow the Scottish people to tell their experiences and attitudes to crime
. Study crime trends over time.
. Look at the differing characteristics of crime for different groups of adults.
. Give a valid and reliable measure of peoples experiences with crime.

This survey it must be remembered is based off estimates.