Safety Monitor

Summary

Strengths: The survey provides high quality and coherent data for national and regional policy issues. Weaknesses: Comparability over time.

Type of data

Data Source
Survey

Type of Study
Survey different

Data gathering method
Face-to-face
Other: PAPI, CAWI

Access to data

Conditions of access
Cannot be downloaded directly

Type of available data (e.g. anonymised microdata, aggregated tables, etc.)
Anonymised microdata

Formats available
SPSS (default)

Coverage

Coverage Years of collection, reference years, and sample sizes
Data was collected in 2012 with a sample size of 78,000 individuals (national + local). Data collection is ongoing and is scheduled to continue at some point in the future.

First year of collection
2012

Stratification if applicable
Two-step sampling: 1) sample of suburbs 2) sample of individuals; stratification by municipality size and police/interview region

Base used for sampling

Geographical coverage and breakdowns
Dutch population in non-institutional households

Age range
Population aged 16 and over

Statistical representativeness
Special group, please specify

Coverage of main and cross-cutting topics
Detailed study of: (1) feeling unsafe due to crime (2) crime victimization (3) crime prevention measures (4) contacts with police (and other) authorities (5) opinion on (police) authorities (6) quality of life in the neighbourhood

Linkage

Standardisation

Possibility of linkage among databases
Contact data administrator (see contact information)

Data quality

Entry errors if applicable
Survey errors. Data are checked and corrected for internal inconsistencies.

Breaks
Completely revised design and questionnaire

Consistency of terminology or coding used during collection
Results are not directly comparable to results of earlier monitors (POLS, (State Safety Monitor, Integral Safety Monitor).

Governance

Contact information
Department of Labour, Income and Living conditions
Statistics Netherlands
Henri Faasdreef 312
2492 JP Den Haag Netherlands Phone: Infoservice: 003188 570 70 70
Email: info(at)cbs.nl
Url:

Timeliness, transparency
Data is collected annually and released on March 1st of each year.