Citizens and police; personal characteristics 2012-2019

The Safety Monitor (VM) is a biennial population survey on safety, liveability and victimisation. Attention is also paid to nuisances in the neighbourhood, disrespectful behaviour, prevention measures, the functioning of the police and the municipal security policy. This provides clear data on the (experience of) security at both national, regional and (lower) local level. This table focuses on citizens’ experiences with the police. It concerns contacts with the police and citizens’ satisfaction with the police. The data are presented for the personal characteristics gender, age, marital status, migrant background, educational level, sexual orientation and also for the total. The Security Monitor is a sample survey. This means that the figures shown are estimates, for which confidence margins apply. These margins are also shown in the table. The figures refer to persons aged 15 or over, unless otherwise stated. The survey was carried out in the last quarter of the year. Due to changes in the questions and the research design, the results of the Safety Monitor (VM) are not simply comparable with those of previous victim surveys, such as the Integrated Safety Monitor (IVM; 2008-2011) and the Rijk Safety Monitor (VMR; 2005-2008). For more information see section 4. Sources and Methods included survey description Security Monitor from 2012. In 2019 there were limited changes in the demand blocks ‘satisfaction last police contact’ and ‘judgment function police generally’. For more information see the description of differences in the 2019 questionnaire compared to 2017. Data available from 2012 to 2019 When will there be new figures? No longer applicable. This table is followed by the table 'Social security; personal characteristics’. See paragraph 3.