Valid responses regarding damage to individuals and households caused by crime were obtained from 2,211 of the 3,000 targets, including 1,073 men (48.5%) and 1,138 women (51.5%), and the response rate was 73.7%.
(1)Classification of offenses
  This survey classifies damage due to crime into"household damage"and"personal damage".
  "Household damage"refers to damage to each household, and the relevant questions were described in the form such as"Have you or have members of your household been the victim of the offense of XX?"The questions on household damage cover theft of cars, theft from cars, vandalism to cars, theft of motorcycle, theft of bicycle, burglary and attempted burglary.
  In contrast, "personal damage"refers to damage to each individual, and the relevant questions were described in the form such as"Have you personally been the victim of the offense of XX?"The questions on personal damage cover robbery, theft, sexual victimization and assault/threat.
(2)Actual condition of"household damage"
a. Theft of Cars
  Questions on theft of cars targeted households that owned a car, van or truck for private use (referred to as"private cars"for the purpose of this Section)over the past five years. 1,907 households owned private cars over the past five years, of which 0.7% (13households) had their car stolen in the same period and 0.2% (3households) experienced theft of cars in 1999. b. Theft from cars
  In the survey, theft from cars was defined as theft of belongings left in private cars or of parts of private cars, and households that owned a private cars over the past five years were targeted. 5.7% of the respondents (108 households) experienced theft from cars in the same period and 1.6% (31 households) suffered from such theft in 1999. c. Vandalism to cars
  The survey defined vandalism to cars as damage caused to private cars (excluding damage caused in traffic accidents), and targeted households that owned a private car over the past five years. 16.8% of the respondents (321 households)experienced vandalism to their cars in the same period and 4.8% (92 households)suffered such damage in 1999. d. Theft of motorcycles
  Questions on theft of motorcycles targeted households that owned any moped, scooter or motorcycle (referred to as"motorcycle"for the purpose of this Section)over the past five years. 712 households owned a motorcycle over the past five years, of which 12.4% (88 households)experienced theft of motorcycles in the same period and 2.8% (20 households)suffered such theft in 1999. e. Theft of bicycles
  Questions on theft of bicycles targeted households that owned one or more bicycles over the past five years. 1,788 households owned a bicycle over the past five years, of which 27.3% (488 households)experienced theft of bicycles in the same period and 7.9% (141 households)suffered such theft in 1999. f. Burglary
  In the survey, an affirmative response to the following question was considered to indicate damage due to burglary:"Did anyone actually get into your home/residence without permission, and steal or try to steal something?"4.1% of the respondents (90households) experienced burglary over the past five years, and 1.2% (27 households)were subjected to burglary in 1999.
  Questions on the most recent incidence of burglary were asked of the households that had been subjected to such crime over the past five years. The results indicated that 68.9% (62 households)actually had their belongings stolen and 16.7% (15 households)suffered additional property damage such as destruction of household effects.
g. Attempted burglary
  Apart from burglary as mentioned above, the survey considered an affirmative answer to the following question to indicate damage due to attempted burglary:"Do you have any evidence that someone tried to get into your home/residence unsuccessfully. For example, damage to locks, doors or windows or scratches around the lock?"2.6% (58 households)of the respondents experienced attempted burglary over the past five years and 0.8% (17 households)suffered such offense in 1999.
(3)Actual condition of"personal damage"
a. Robbery
  The survey considered an affirmative answer to the following question to indicate damage due to robbery:"Has anyone stolen something from you by using force or threatening you, or did anybody try to steal something from you by using force or threatening force?" 0.6% of the respondents (13 persons)suffered damage due to robbery over the past five years and 0.0% (1 person)experienced such damage in 1999.
  Questions on the latest incident were asked of the individuals who experienced robbery over the past five years. The result indicates that 53.8% (7 persons)were actually robbed of something. As for the relationship with the offender, most of those victims (38.5% or 5 persons)neither recognized the offenders'faces nor knew their names.
b. Theft
  The survey asked the following question:"Apart from theft involving force there are many other types of theft of personal property, such as pickpocketing or theft of a purse, wallet, clothing, jewellery, sports equipment. This can happen at one's work, at school, in a pub, on public transport, on the beach, or in the street. Over the past five years have you personally been the victim of any of these thefts?"An affirmative answer to this question was deemed to indicate damage due to theft. Damage due to theft was defined as damage due to non-intrusive theft other than households damage mentioned above such as damage due to theft of cars. 2.7% (60 persons)of the respondents suffered damage due to theft over the past five years and 0.5% (10 persons)suffered such damage in 1999. c. Sexual victimization
  The survey asked the following question:"People sometimes grab, touch or assault others for sexual reasons in a really offensive way. This can happen either at home, or elsewhere, for instance in a pub, the street, at school, on public transport, in cinemas, on the beach, or at one's workplace. Over the past five years has anyone done this to you?Please include domestic sexual assaults. Please take your time to think about it. "Any experience of sexual violence including what is known as"Chikan" (groping on public transport facilities)and sexual harassment was treated as damage due to sexual victimization. Questions in this section only targeted female respondents. The result indicated that 2.7% of the female respondents (31 persons)were subjected to sexual victimization in the past five years and 1.0% (11 persons)experience the offense in 1999.
  Questions on the latest incident were asked of those who were subjected to sexual victimization over the past five years. As for the relationship with the offender, 22.6% (7 persons)recognized the offenders'faces or knew their names.
d. Assault or threat
  This survey asked the following question:"Have you over the past five years been personally attacked or threatened by someone in a way that really frightened you, either at home or elsewhere, such as in a pub, on the street, at school, on public transport, on the beach, or at your workplace?Please include domestic sexual assaults. "Any such experience including sexual victimization of men was considered as damage due to assault or threat. 2.1% of the respondents (47 persons)were subjected to assault or threat over the past five years and 0.4% (9 persons)experienced such offense in 1999.
(4)Damage rate by type of offense
  Fig. II-28 shows the rates of those who experienced household or personal damage at least once (referred to as"damage rate"for the purpose of this Section)over the last five years and in 1999, by type of offense.

Fig. II-28 Damage rate over the last five years and in 1999, by type of offense

(5)Report rate by type of offense
  Fig. II-29 shows rates of the latest incident of household and personal damage that was reported by the victim (referred to as"report rate"for the purpose of this Section)over the last five years, by type of offense.

Fig. II-29 Report rate by type of offense