Police recorded crime figures by Police Force Area and Community Safety Partnership areas (which equate in the majority of instances, to local authorities).

The Crime Survey for England Wales 2013-2014: Teaching Dataset is based on the Crime Survey for England Wales 2013-2014 (available from UK Data Archive under SN 7619) and constitutes real data which are used by the government and are behind many headlines. The teaching dataset contains fewer variables and has been subjected to certain simplifications and additions for the purpose of learning and teaching.

The main differences are:

• the number of variables has been reduced;
  
• weighting has been simplified;
  
• a reduced codebook is provided;
  
• additional continuous variables have been created (using principle components analysis of pre-existing variables) in order to facilitate their use in quantitative methods classes.

Further information is available in the study documentation (below) which includes a dataset user guide.

This Unrestricted Access Teaching Dataset is based on the Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW), 2013-2014. It has been prepared for teaching and student use only with the aim of helping class tutors incorporate empirical data into their courses and supporting students to develop skills in quantitative data analysis. It contains data for 8,843 cases from the CSEW 2013-14 (non-victim form dataset) for a small selection of variables.

Most variables come directly from the CSEW 2013-14. However, some variables have been recoded and additional scalar variables have been added to support teaching and learning.

This Teaching Dataset is available under the Open Government Licence.

The British Crime Survey 2007-2008: Teaching Dataset is based on the British Crime Survey, 2007-2008 (available from the UK Data Archive under SN 6066) and constitutes real data which are used by the Home Office and are behind many headlines. The teaching dataset is a subset, which has been subjected to certain simplifications and additions for the purpose of learning and teaching. (Note that the main British Crime Survey has now become the Crime Survey for England and Wales, but titles of older studies in the series remain the same.)

The main differences are:

• only respondents who completed Module B (attitudes to the Criminal Justice System) of the BCS, 2007-2008 are included
• the number of variables has been reduced
• weighting has been simplified
• a reduced codebook is provided
• additional continuous variables have been created (using factor analysis of pre-existing variables) in order to facilitate their use in quantitative methods classes

Further information is available in the study documentation (below) which includes a dataset user guide and additional notes for teachers.

The British Crime Survey 2007-2008: Unrestricted Access Teaching Dataset is based on the British Crime Survey, 2007-2008 (available from the UK Data Archive under SN 6066) and constitutes real data which are used by the Home Office and are behind many media headlines. The teaching dataset is a subset which has been subjected to certain simplifications and additions for the purpose of learning and teaching. (Note that the main British Crime Survey has now become the Crime Survey for England and Wales, but titles of older studies in the series remain the same.)

The main differences are:

• only respondents who completed Module B (attitudes to the Criminal Justice System) of the BCS, 2007-2008 are included
• the number of variables has been reduced
• weighting has been simplified
• a reduced codebook is provided
• additional continuous variables have been created (using factor analysis of pre-existing variables) in order to facilitate their use in quantitative methods classes

Further information is available in the study documentation (below) which includes a dataset user guide and additional notes for teachers.

Differences between the unrestricted dataset and the standard access BCS teaching dataset:
Note that SN 6561, the British Crime Survey 2007-2008: Teaching Dataset contains a larger subset of BCS 2007-2008 variables than the unrestricted version, and is only available to registered users of the UK Data Service.

This teaching dataset is based on the Crime Survey for England and Wales, 2017-2018 (CSEW) (held by the UK Data Service under SN 8464). It contains data for all 34,715 cases from the CSEW 2017-2018 (adult non-victim form dataset) for a selection of variables.

The data contains 114 variables covering the following topics:

• demographic details
• perceptions of crime
• experience of crime
• antisocial behaviour
• attitudes towards the Criminal Justice System

Most variables are individual variables, and require individual based analysis. Household-level variables include the number of adults (nadults) and children (nchil2). There is a mix of discrete and continuous variables. A full list of variable names, labels and frequency distributions in the teaching dataset are provided in the user guide. The documentation for the main CSEW 2017-2018 (SN 8464) includes a copy of the questionnaire.