Mainstreaming Methodology for Estimating Costs of Crime
Recorded Crime data has various advantages. It is well-documented,
It is well-documented, so that it is often possible to get detailed breakdowns by offence type and local area running back for many years or even quarters. In most countries there are recording standards or protocols or counting rules to ensure consistency in which incidents are recorded. For an example consult the National Crime Recording Standards followed by police in England and Wales. For details see Annex A of Home Office Counting Rules.
In most countries there are recording standards or protocols or counting rules to ensure consistency in which incidents are recorded. For an example consult the National Crime Recording Standards followed by police in England and Wales. For details see Annex A of Home Office Counting Rules. Therefore using country specific data ensures consitency in recording although regional effects might also occur.
We have extracted a list of links per country where data on recorded crime is available. (pdf)
International Sources
On recorded data there are mainly two sources the European Sourcebook for Crime and Criminal Justice Statistics 2006 published by WODC (database and document) and Statistics in Focus (published Nov 2007) by Eurostat (data and document)
The European Sourcebook publishes data on Recorded Offences from 2000 to 2006. This publication is very significant because it ensures consistency of definition.
We have extracted some variables of interest to policy makers, academics and researchers in the field of criminology, including: recorded crime, reported crime, victimisation incidence rate, victimisation prevalance rate and population. Derived from several data sources: ICVS, European Sourcebook 1st, 2nd and 3rd edition, and US Census Bureu.
