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Browsing ESDS data collections for crime data

Retrieve a list of crime-related studies by using the Browse by subject page. For example, view a list of studies where 'crime and law enforcement' is the overall subject content of the data at study level. This will provide a table of studies with links to the catalogue records.



Data Catalogue logoSearching ESDS data collections for crime data

Researchers can retrieve a list of crime-related studies by searching the catalogue using a free-text search or refining the search by keyword, date, methodology etc. This will provide a list of studies with links to the catalogue records, for example:

use the Catalogue search to search for keyword 'offences' or the keywords 'police services'



HASSET logoImproving searching with the UK Data Archive HASSET thesaurus

Use the UK Data Archive Humanities and Social Science Electronic Thesaurus (HASSET) to search for keywords, and explore their narrower, broader or related terms, for example:

search on the term 'crime' in the thesaurus search on the term 'prison sentences' in the thesaurus



Looking at variables in the ESDS data collections

Researchers can retrieve a list of crime-related studies by searching on the Variables (variable labels and value labels within a dataset) search option, for example:

search on the variable term 'victim' to retrieve variables covering crime victimisation
search on the variable term "drug use"



Downloading and ordering crime data

Registered users can download or order most data for offline analysis. Most survey data are available to download in standard formats, for example, SPSS, Stata and tab-delimited. Further information on how to access and download data is available from our access and support pages.



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Browsing and searching ESDS data collections for crime data

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ESDS is now part of the
UK Data Service.

These ESDS web pages will remain during the transition, but may not be up to date.


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Here are some links to get started with the new service:
ESDS Home Page > Themes > browsing, searching and downloading
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