Preliminary Data Analysis

SECTION 3 - CRIME, DISORDER AND DISTURBANCE

10a Which, if any, of the following crimes/antisocial behaviour in Willingham is a concern to you? tick+ A lot A little Not at all blank
Theft or burglary        
Physical assault        
Intimidation by vandals or groups        
Vehicle theft and damage        
Vandalism to buildings/walls/...        
Drunkenness or rowdy behaviour        
Drug and solvent abuse        
Noise        

A lot A little Not at all Blank
Theft or burglary 242 392 165 171
Physical assault 75 219 396 280
Intimidation by vandals or groups 232 316 233 189
Vehicle theft and damage 223 336 201 210
Vandalism to buildings/walls/... 313 347 133 177
Drunkenness or rowdy behaviour 189 307 257 217
Drug and solvent abuse 127 219 355 269
Noise 178 306 252 234

In theory there could have been 7760 responses to this question (970 questionnaires multiplied by 8). Actually, 55 questionnaires had no response at all to this question leaving total responses of 7320. There were 1747 blanks left in questions partly answered. The best idea of response rate, since those answering could, and did, answer anything from one to eight responses, is to look at the fact that 915 questionnaires had some answer to this question out of a total of 970 questionnaires. This would be 94%.

It is difficult to know what to do with these figures. In particular how to deal with 'not at all' and those left blank. Can we interpret those left blank as meaning 'not at all'? Perhaps it could mean no opinion or possibly missed by error. The most transparent way might be just to show the four categories?

They could be shown individually for each 'crime' as pie charts









or each category could be compared



You may want to add together the 'a little' and 'a lot' categories - would this give a better idea of relative magnitude of concern.


Concern a little' + 'a lot
Theft 634
Assault 294
Intimidation 548
Vehicle damage 559
Vandalism 660
Drunkenness 496
Drug abuse 346
Noise 484



11 What measures do you think might be best in reducing crime in Willingham?
Please answer this question using
1 = most important improvemen
2 = second most
3 = third most
etc.		   Please use 1 to 5
Greater police presence  
 
Greater police community support presence  
 
Installing CCTV  
 
More neighbourhood watch schemes  
 
Better street lighting  
 

1 2 3 4 5 X blank
Greater police presence 582 121 55 42 33 31 106
Greater police community support presence 152 387 168 53 25 30 155
Installing CCTV 114 163 252 108 109 26 198
More neighbourhood watch schemes 40 67 171 202 209 19 261
Better street lighting 57 86 130 182 227 21 267

'X' has been included in this table. It was used where instructions for the question were not followed, in this case generally using ticks instead of 1 to 5 for priority. 'X' could be ignored in many questions but is included here as this question was more incorrectly completed compared to most others.








It might be more revealing just to show those chosen as priority 1



Or even totalling 1 and 2




12a Are there any parts of Willingham in which you feel particularly unsafe at times? tick Yes No
 
 		  
 

970 questionnaires, 873 responses, 90 response rate.


Yes 300 30.9%
No 573 59.1%
Blank 97 10%
Total responses 873  



13 If you have reported a crime or anti-social behaviour in Willingham in the last few years, how satisfied were you with the police response? tick Very satisfied Satisfied Not satisfied Blank
 
 		  
 		  
 		  
 

Very satisfied 49
Satisfied 149
Not satisfied 199
Blank 573
Total responses 397

The response rate is not shown here as the high number of blanks will be due to those who have not reported a crime.

There were 397 responses, the implication of this being that at least (allowing for those who have been the victims of crime but failed to complete this question) 397 out of 970 - 40.1% of households who responded have been the victims of crimes or antisocial behaviour!