NI Crime Survey
The Northern Ireland Crime Survey (NICS) is a representative, continuous, personal interview survey of the experiences and perceptions of crime of approximately 4,000 adults living in private households throughout Northern Ireland. Previously conducted on an ad hoc basis in 1994/95, 1998, 2001 and 2003/04, the NICS began operating on a continuous basis in January 2005.
An alternative, but complementary, measure of crime to offences recorded by the police, the main aims of the NICS are to:
- measure crime victimisation rates experienced by people living in private households, whether or not these crimes were reported to or recorded by the police;
- monitor trends in the level of crime, independent of changes in reporting levels or police recording practices;
- measure people’s perceptions about and reactions to crime (for example, the level and causes of crime, the extent to which they are concerned about crime and the effect of crime on their quality of life);
- measure public confidence in policing and the wider criminal justice system; and
- collect sensitive information, using self-completion modules, on people’s experiences regarding crime-related issues, such as sexual violence and abuse, illicit drugs and domestic violence.
User Documentation
- Northern Ireland Crime Survey Quality Report
- Northern Ireland Crime Survey User Guide
- Northern Ireland Crime Survey 2010/11 Technical Report
Experience of Crime
- R & S Bulletin 1/2013 ‘Experience of Crime: Findings from the 2011/12 Northern Ireland Crime Survey
- Update - Experience of Crime Findings from the 2011-12 Northern Ireland Crime Survey
- R & S Bulletin 3/2011 ‘Experience of Crime: Findings from the 2010/11 Northern Ireland Crime Survey’
- R & S Bulletin 4/2010 ‘Experience of Crime: Findings from the 2009/10 Northern Ireland Crime Survey’
Perceptions of Crime
- R & S Bulletin 2/2013 ‘Perceptions of Crime: Findings from the 2011/12 Northern Ireland Crime Survey
- R & S bulletin 1/2012 'Perceptions of Crime: Findings from the 2010/11 Northern Ireland Crime Survey'
- R & S Bulletin 2/2011 ‘Perceptions of Crime: Findings from the 2009/10 Northern Ireland Crime Survey (2nd Edition)
Perceptions of Policing, Justice and Organised Crime
- R & S Bulletin 2/2012 – Perceptions of Policing, Justice and Organised Crime: Findings from the 2010/11 Northern Ireland Crime Survey
- R & S Bulletin 3/2010 ‘Perceptions of Policing, Justice and Organised Crime: Findings from the 2009/10 Northern Ireland Crime Survey’
Night-Time economy
Drug Misuse
Quarterly Updates (Key Performance Indicators)
- R & S Quarterly Update – Perceptions of Policing, Justice and Anti-Social Behaviour: Quarterly Update to December 2012.
- R & S Quarterly Update – Perceptions of Policing, Justice and Anti-Social Behaviour: Quarterly Update to September 2012
- R & S Quarterly Update - Perceptions of Policing, Justice and Anti-Social Behaviour: Quarterly Update to June 2012
- R & S Quarterly Update – Perceptions of Policing, Justice and Anti-social Behaviour: Quarterly Update to March 2012
- R & S Quarterly Update – Perceptions of Policing, Justice and Anti-Social Behaviour: Quarterly Update to December 2011
- R&S Quarterly Update - Perceptions of Policing, Justice and Anti-Social Behaviour: Quarterly Update to Septermber 2011
- R & S Quarterly Update - Perceptions of Policing, Justice and Anti-Social Behaviour: Quarterly Update to June 2011
- R & S Quarterly Update - Perceptions of Policing, Justice, Organised Crime and Anti-Social Behaviour: Quarterly Update to March 2011
- R & S Quarterly Update - Perceptions of Policing, Justice and Organised Crime: Quarterly Update to December 2010
- R & S Quarterly Update - Perceptions of Policing, Justice and Organised Crime: Quarterly Update to September 2010
- R & S Quarterly Update - Perceptions of Policing, Justice and Organised Crime: Quarterly Update to June 2010
- R & S Quarterly Update - Perceptions of Policing, Justice and Organised Crime: Quarterly Update to March 2010
