Victims of cybercrime in Europe: a review of victim surveys

Crime Science

Table 1 Survey characteristics

Survey	Country	Mode data collection	Year first data collection on cybercrime^a	Periodicity data collection on cybercrime	Percentage response rate^b	Number of respondents for cybercrime (in thousands)	Age group studied
NTU	Sweden	By telephone^c	2006	Every year	60–76	12–15	16–79
CSEW	UK	Face-to-face	2016	Every year	72	18	16+
VM	The Netherlands	Online and on paper	2012	Every year	37–41	80–145	15+
ODW	The Netherlands	Online and on paper	2011	One-off	47	10	15+
ITN	The Netherlands	Online and by telephone	2015	One-off	41	5	12+
WISIND	Germany	By telephone	2014	One-off	21	12	16+
DV	Germany	By telephone	2012	First time, second one in 2017	22	32	16+
CVS	France	Face-to-face	2010	Every year		15	14+
ES	Luxembourg	By telephone	2013	First time, second one in 2017	30	3	16+

^aMost often the 12 months preceding the survey are investigated
^bFor telephone surveys measured as percentage of the eligible numbers, for study 3,4,5 measured as the percentage of the total bruto sample
^cApprox 12% responded online or on paper, these respondents don’t get the questions if a crime happened online

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