evidence: The Department of Justice (DoJ) today published Research and Statistical Bulletin ‘Experience of Crime: Findings from the 2019/20 Northern Ireland Safe Community Survey’ (NISCS; formerly known as the Northern Ireland Crime Survey (NICS)). A National Statistics publication, the bulletin focuses on crime victimisation rates in Northern Ireland for the following broad crime types: [...] - Findings from NISCS 2019/20 and the Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW; formerly the British Crime Survey) 2019/20 show that the risk of becoming a victim of crime remains lower in Northern Ireland (6.9%) than in England and Wales (13.3%). These figures compare with 7.5% and 14.9% (respectively) in 2018/19.