The victimization survey released yesterday did not include homicide.
According to Young, "The (local) victimization survey accurately provides a map of the problems of an area.
Surveys of offenders are used just like victimization surveys, but these are for the offenders.
Two major methods for collecting crime data are law enforcement reports, which only reflect reported crimes and victimization statistical surveys, which rely on individual honesty.
Many countries have such victimization surveys.
For example, neither victimization surveys nor hospital records show an increase in violent crime over the last decade.
The victimization survey was started in 1973, at the suggestion of criminologists, to provide a check on the police figures.
According to a victimization survey of 1,201 residents in 2005, Sweden has above average crime rates compared to other EU countries.
This can be achieved by sifting evidence from numerous self-reported crime studies and criminal victimization surveys.
The victimization survey is considered a reliable measure of crime by criminologists.