This statistic shows the most common ways in which adults in Scotland tried to reduce the risk of being a victim of crime in the fiscal year 2017/18. The most common method was making concealed valuables less visible as well as not leaving home empty, and the least common method was carrying means of self-defence.
Precautions taken to reduce the risk of being a victim of crime in Scotland in 2017/18
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Precautions taken to reduce the risk of being a victim of crime in Scotland in 2017/18
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Scottish Government. (March 26, 2019). Precautions taken to reduce the risk of being a victim of crime in Scotland in 2017/18 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved February 19, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/328401/what-adults-did-to-reduce-risk-being-victim/
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Scottish Government. (2019). Precautions taken to reduce the risk of being a victim of crime in Scotland in 2017/18. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: February 19, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/328401/what-adults-did-to-reduce-risk-being-victim/
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