1. Crime Data Survey By …….. Oraphin Mathew Anon Juntavich International Workshop on Social Statistics, 22-24 November 2010, BEIJING, CHINA

2. 2 TOPICS  Background  Objective  Scope and coverage  2006 Pilot survey in Bangkok  2007 Pilot survey in Nakhon Si Thammarat,  2008 Crime data survey  2010 Crime data survey  Main findings of surveys

3. 3 Background  Cooperation between National Statistical Office & Ministry of Justice to conduct a sample survey of crime data in Thailand.  The first survey, 2006 Crime data was conducted as a pilot survey only in Bangkok.  In 2007, the second pilot survey was carried out in Nakhon Si Thammarat province only.

4. 4 Background (cont.)  Crime data for the whole kingdom was collected as a sample survey in 2008 to have the police area data.  In 2010, only having the basic information data for the whole kingdom ( budget limitation to collect detailed information ).  Plans to have sample survey every two years.

5. 5 Objective  Collecting data :- characteristics of victims of crime characteristics of offender location of crime time of occurring crime relationship between offender & victim type of crime, etc.

6. 6 Scope and coverage  Population aged > 15 years who suffer cause crime in the previous year.  Crimes are divided into four categories crime against property crime against life and body sex crime disclosure private information

7. 7 2006 Pilot Survey ( Bangkok )  Sample Design : using a two-stage sampling First stage ( PSU ) : 450 sampled BLKs by pps - sampling ( N = 16,717 BLKs ) Second stage (SSU) : 80 sampled hhs. per BLK by sys - sampling ………………………….…………………………… (450 BLKs x 80 hhs per BLK = 36,000 hhs )

8. 8 2006 Pilot Survey ( Bangkok )  Data collection Sampled household Did any members in hh. face victims of crime last year ? (using listing form) yes face to face interviewing terminate no

9. 9 2007 Pilot Survey ( Nakhon Si Thammarat Province )  Sample Design : using a stratified cluster sampling stratification : local administration area ( = 2 ) municipal areas : 237 sampled Blocks ( BLK ) by pps – sampling ( N=436 BLKs ) non-municipal areas : 157 sample villages by pps – sampling ( N=1,563 vils ) ********** 394 sampled BLK/vil.

10. 10  Sample Design : using a stratified cluster sampling every households in each sample BLK/villages are interviewed 2007 Pilot Survey (Nakhon Si Thammarat Province) …………………………. …………………………… (394 BLKs/vil x 150 hhs per BLK/vil = 59,100 hhs )

11. 11  Data collection Sampled household Did any members in hh. faces victims of crime last year ? (using listing form) yes face to face interviewing terminate no 2007 Pilot Survey (Nakhon Si Thammarat Province)

12. 12  Sample Design : using a stratified cluster sampling stratification : police area (= BKK+9 regions) & local administration area ( = 2 ) municipal areas : 3,336 sampled Blocks ( BLK ) by pps – sampling ( N=42,593 BLKs ) non-municipal areas : 2,460 sample villages by pps – sampling ( N=67,373 vils ) ********** 5,796 sampled BLK/vil. 2008 Crime Data Survey

13. 13  Sample Design : using a stratified cluster sampling every households in each sample BLK/villages are interviewed 2008 Crime Data Survey

14. 14 2008 Crime Data Survey : Police area Total ( BLKs/villages) Municipal areas ( blocks) Non-municipal areas ( villages ) BKK Region 1 Region 2 Region 3 Region 4 Region 5 Region 6 Region 7 Region 8 Region 9 312 696 612 564 732 576 660 492 312 384 336 300 420 324 372 360 276 252 - 312 276 264 312 252 288 300 216 240 Total5,7963,3362,460  Sample Size

15. 15  Data collection Sampled household Did any members in hh. face victims of crime last year ? (using listing form) yes face to face interviewing terminate no 2008 Crime Data Survey

16. 16  Collecting only basic information by adding entries in the listing form of LFS ( because of the limitation of budget )  Sample design : stratified cluster sampling  Sample size : 5,796 sampled Blocks/villages for presentation BKK and 9 police areas 2010 Crime Data Survey

17. 17 Main findlings from the survey Item2006 (Bangkok) 2007 (Nakhon Si Thammarat) 2008 (whole kingdom) 1. characteristics of victim of crime 1. 57.4% are female 2. 65.3% married 3. 26.0% age 45-59 4. 39.1% earning ฿5,000 - ฿10,000 5. accommodation has no privacy, no fence 1. 59.1% are male 2. 78.4% married 3. 32.7% age 45-59 4. 45.7% earning < ฿ 5,000 5. 92.8% accommodation has no privacy 6. 87.3% no fence 1. 51.9% are male 2. 74% married 3. 32.5% age 45-59 4. 33.7% earning <฿5,000 5. 35.7% victims of sex crimes ( most are women who have no work ) 2. characteristics of offender 2.1 one offender 2.2 > 1 offenders 1. 81.9% are male 2. 36.6% age 18-25 1. 84.9% are male 2. 49.8% age 18-25 1. 80.3% are male 2. 36.7% age 18-25 1. 80.5% are male 2. 42.2% age 18-25 51.0% have only one offender per event 1. 83.2% are male 2. 30.7% age 18-25 1. most are male 2. 43.1% age 18-25

18. 18 Main findlings from the survey Item2006 (Bangkok) 2007 (Nakhon Si Thammarat) 2008 (whole kingdom) 3. location of crime 4. time of occurring crime 1. 50.2% are accommodation of victims 1. 22.4% time 18.00 – 24.00 1. 70.4% are accommodation of victims 1. 61.0% time 18.01 – 06.00 1. 77.4 % are accommodation of victims 1. 36.5% time 18.01 – 06.00 5. relationship between offender and victim 1. 74.0% didn’t know each other before 1. 54.0% didn’t know each other before 2. 11% neighbors of victim 1. 54.7% didn’t know each other before

19. 19 Main findlings from the survey Item2006 (Bangkok) 2007 (Nakhon Si Thammarat) 2008 (whole kingdom) 6. percentage of victims 7. type of crime - total 7.1 crime against property 7.2 crime against life and body 7.3 sex crime 7.4 impersonation person information 1.3% 100.0% 93.1% 4.2% 0.8% 1.9% 0.69% 100.0% 93.8% 4.4% - 1.8% 0.6% 100.0% 94.0% 4.6% 0.3% 1.1%

20. 20 Main findlings from 2008 survey Item WK BKK 1. characteristics of victim of crime 1.1 sex 1.2 education A2A8 A7A6A5 A4A3A9A1 male female 46.4 53.6 50.2 49.8 51.4 48.6 47.9 52.1 58.3 41.7 51.1 48.9 52.1 47.9 52.4 47.6 61.5 38.5 52.2 47.8 51.9 48.1 none primary secondary bachelor degree 1.9 31.2 13.3 23.6 1.8 37.5 16.1 15.9 2.7 58.3 12.2 8.0 1.9 69.5 9.9 4.6 2.7 65.7 10.1 6.6 5.6 48.8 12.6 14.4 5.5 62.9 10.0 6.5 4.3 57.2 12.1 7.4 1.8 54.8 14.2 8.3 3.1 49.9 15.8 10.0 2.7 51.9 12.6 11.6 5.6 48.8 12.6 14.4 (majority)