1. Statistics on crime, criminal justice and victimisation Eurostat activities 2006

2. The mandate to develop crime statistics
Hague Programme November 2004 :
”The European Council welcomes the initiative of the Commission to establish European instruments for collecting, analysing and comparing information on crime and victimisation and their respective trends in Member States, using national statistics and other sources of information as agreed indicators. Eurostat should be tasked with the definition of such data and its collection from the Member States.”
A Communication of the Commission in 2006 to implement Hague Programme in area of crime statistics, including :
Detailed Action Plan
Setting up expert committee of representatives of MSs

3. Crime statistics : organisation
Contact points nominated by Directors of Social Statistics
Often from other government organisations
One contact point per country
Task force 31 May – 1 June 2005

4. Conclusions of Eurostat task force 2005
Reported crime – collect data from Member States and assess comparability
Victimisation surveys – work towards producing comparable data
Organised crime – agree on definitions and methodology for collecting comparable data

5. Meeting of Directors of Social Statistics, 28-29 September 2005
List of variables for collection agreed
Financial support for development of guidelines on victimisation
Organised crime - need to review with Member States the data currently available
List of contact points updated
Task force to continue in 2006

6. Collection of data on reported crime
Comparability issues
Importance of metadata
Existing collections e.g. UNODC, European Sourcebook
A gradual approach

7. Types of information on crime
Correction
Conviction
Prosecution
Police reporting
Victimisation

8. Police reporting : crime types
Eurostat
(8 crime types)
Sourcebook
(11 crime types)
UN Crime Survey
(18 crime types)

9. Steps towards comparable European data on victimisation
Analyse results of questionnaire sent by UNECE-UNODC
Identify common topics and experiences
Propose a set of common questions and strategy for implementing survey or module
Propose pilot exercise to national statistical offices
Fieldwork in Member States

10. Measuring organised crime
Identify crime types
Define crime types
Identify sources of data in Member States
Introduce new crime types into data collection