Crime - perceptions and worry
On 19 October 2006, the Home Office (HO) published 3 reports with findings
from the 2003.04 and 2004/05 British Crime Survey:
- Online
report 15/06 Worry about crime in England and Wales: findings from the
2003/04 and 2004/05 British Crime Survey - examines public worry
about crime and perceptions of safety. The report examines levels and
recent trends for worry about crime, and perceptions of safety; how often
people worry about crime; who worries about crime; the factors most strongly
associated with worry about crime; the impact of worry about crime; and
perceptions of safety in relation to police priorities.
- Online
report 21/06 Perceptions and experience of anti-social behaviour: findings
from the 2004/05 British Crime Survey - presents findings on perceptions
of anti-social behaviour (ASB); the level of experience of ASB; the nature
of ASB incidents; the impact of experiencing ASB; and the personal, lifestyle
and area characteristics associated with perceiving problems and experiencing
ASB. The key findings are:
- The most widely perceived ASB problems were young people hanging
around and rubbish or litter, just under a third of people regarded
these a ‘very’ or ‘fairly big’ problem.
- The most widely experienced behaviour was young people hanging around;
two-thirds of people had seen this in the previous year. However some
people who had experienced ASB did not perceive these behaviours to
be a problem; this was most frequent among people who had seen young
people hanging around.
- A large proportion of people who perceived problems with ASB had personally
seen or experienced these behaviours in the previous 12 months, for
example 85% of people who perceived problems with drunk and rowdy behaviour
had experienced this in their area.
- Generally people who held positive views about their community were
less likely to have experienced ASB than those who had negative views.
However, it is not possible to establish whether experiencing ASB lowers
community cohesion or vice versa.
- Online
report 25/06 Black and Minority Ethnic groups’ experiences and perceptions
of crime, racially motivated crime and the police: findings from the 2004/05
British Crime Survey - examines Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) groups’
experiences of crime and racially motivated crimes and to compare these
with the White population. The report examines levels of victimisation,
including racially motivated crimes, and the nature of racially motivated
crimes. Information about the respondents’ attitudes towards and
contact with the police are also included in this report.
