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Latest British Crime Survey Figures BMRB has carried out the British Crime Survey (BCS) on behalf of the Home Office since 2001. It is one of the largest and most important surveys carried out by Government, and involves interviewing 37,000 people throughout England and Wales each year, plus booster interviews with ethnic minorities and young people aged 16-24. It uses random probability sampling and lengthy in-home CAPI interviews. In addition to providing national estimates of crime, the survey is also used to measure performance at individual police force area level. The BCS results are very important to the Home Office, as they are used to develop new government policies to reduce crime levels and target those who are most at risk. Important changes to the design of the survey were introduced in 2001 when BMRB took over the contract. The survey is now conducted on a continuous basis. The sample is designed to be nationally representative on a quarterly cycle, allowing crime rates to be monitored more closely than before. Since 2001, BMRB has worked with the Home Office to develop new modules of the survey including a self-completion module covering peoples’ experience of domestic violence, sexual assaults and stalking; peoples’ experience of technology crime; and, most recently, experience of anti-social behaviour. For the thrid quarterly report of 2004 click here: http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdfs04/hosb1404.pdf www.bmrb.co.uk
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