Northern Ireland: victims of crime by type 2015

This statistic shows the share of respondents who had been a victim of crime in the twelve months preceding the survey in Northern Ireland in 2015/2016, broken down by type of offence. Vandalism was the most common form of victimization with 2.2 percent of respondents reporting having suffered from deliberate damage to their property during the past twelve months. Roughly 2 percent of respondents reported being a victim of vehicle-related theft or the attempt thereof. While household theft and burglary were also reported by 1.7 and 1.4 percent of respondents, respectively.

Share of households that were victims of crime in Northern Ireland in 2014/2015, by crime type

Characteristic	Share of respondents
Vandalism	2.2%
Vehicle-related theft (including attempts)***	1.9%
Other household theft	1.7%
Burglary (including attempts)	1.4%
Other thefts of personal property	1.2%
Bicycle theft****	0.8%
Common assault**	0.7%
Wounding	0.4%
Stealth theft from the person	0.3%
Mugging (robbery & snatch theft)	0.2%

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Release date

February 2017

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Region

United Kingdom (Northern Ireland)

Survey time period

April 1, 2015 to March 31, 2016*

Number of respondents

1,975 respondents

Age group

16 years and older

Method of interview

Face-to-face interview

Supplementary notes

*Respondents were asked to give details of crimes that happened in the 12 calendar months prior to interview.
** Source: 'The NICS common assault definition includes minor injuries. From April 2003, the recorded crime definition no longer includes minor injuries.'
*** Only vehicle owners (N=1,601)
**** Only bicycle owners (N=671)
This statistic is using original data from the Department of Justice and includes copyright material from © Crown, licensed under the Open Government License v3.0

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