Crime

Making children’s voices count: a new approach to the crime survey

Categories: Crime, Crime, Data, Office for National Statistics, ONS

Ensuring children’s voices are represented in our statistics is essential for building a better understanding of their lives and the risks they face. The Children’s Crime Survey for England and Wales has moved online following falling response rates to the previous face-to-face survey. Caroline Youell explains how redesigning the survey and moving it online has improved participation and provided better insight into young people’s experiences and perceptions of safety both online and in their daily life.

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Providing a better understanding of domestic abuse

Categories: Crime, Crime, ONS, Population
Pictured is a victim of domestic violence

The way domestic abuse manifests is constantly changing. Because of this and legislative changes, the ONS has undertaken a user engagement, research and testing programme to ensure our statistics continue to provide the most accurate information and meet the needs of users. Meghan Elkin explains how a new set of survey questions for the Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW) has been developed to give a better understanding of domestic abuse.

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Understanding harassment: Filling the evidence gap

Categories: Crime, ONS, Population
An image of people walking down a street

For the first time the ONS has published analysis of harassment using data from new questions on the Crime Survey for England and Wales. These invaluable insights show one in ten people aged 16 and over had experienced a form of harassment in the previous 12 months, with the findings particularly striking for younger women and men. Catherine Grant explains how today’s work is an important first step in improving the understanding of experience of harassment and how the survey will provide more granular insights as time goes on.

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