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Urban Audit - Metadata

Number of car thefts,
Number of domestic burglary
Department "Statistics of Environment, Infrastructure and Regions"
Division "Regional statistics and GIS"
Valeriya Angelova
Senior expert
2, P. Volov Str., Sofia 1038
+359 2 9857 531
 
Metadata last update: 01.07.2012
Number Concept Description
1 Data description Only thefts of cars themselves are considered as a car thefts, not theft of any contents from cars. Domestic burglary is defined as gaining access to a dwelling by the use of force to steal goods. The number of car thefts and the number of domestic burglary are registred crimes that happen within the “city” limits and are reported to and logged by the police or another official body.
2 Classification used Unified Classification of Administrative-Territorial and Territorial Units (UCATTU)
3 Coverage All recorded by the police cases of car thefts and domestic burglary in the eight cities, its Larger Urban Zones and total for the country are covered.
4 Unit of measure Number
5 Reference period Year
6 Time coverage 2005 - 2009
7 Release policy The date of the statistical information release is shown in the Calendar of the NSI statistical surveys.
8 Dissemination format www.nsi.bg
9 Methodological documents • Compilation of variable definitions - Eurostat
 
10 Source data Data are collected by the NSI in the frame of the project. Data source is the Ministry of Interior.
11 Frequency of data collection Yearly
12 Data collection method Exhaustively for all recorded by the police car thefts and domestic burglary in the Urban Audit spatial units.