Scotland's People: Annual Report: Results from the 2003/2004 Scottish Household Survey

Table 4.59: Perceptions of safety when walking alone in the local neighbourhood after dark by sex and age
Column percentages, 2003/2004 data
Adult population

	Male	Female	16 to 24	25 to 34	35 to 44	45 to 59	60 to 74	75 plus	All
Very safe	48	26	35	37	40	41	32	21	36
Fairly safe	37	38	40	42	41	36	35	30	37
Not particularly safe	9	20	17	14	13	13	17	18	15
Not safe at all	4	11	7	6	5	7	10	14	8
Don't know	2	5	1	1	2	2	6	17	4
Total	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Base	12,240	16,502	2,316	4,208	5,391	6,775	6,386	3,666	28,742

Table 4.60: Perceptions of safety when walking alone in the local neighbourhood after dark by net annual household income
Column percentages, 2003/2004 data
Adult population

	£0 - £6,000	£6,001 - £10,000	£10,001 - £15,000	£15,001 -£20,000	£20,001 - £25,000	£25,001 - £30,000	£30,001 - £40,000	Over £40,001	All (income known)
Very safe	28	27	29	37	39	43	44	49	36
Fairly safe	36	35	37	38	38	39	40	38	37
Not particularly safe	17	19	17	15	15	12	11	11	15
Not safe at all	13	12	11	7	5	5	3	2	8
Don't know	7	7	6	4	3	2	2	1	4
Total	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Base	2,468	5,495	5,831	4,030	3,127	2,468	2,730	1,562	27,711

Table 4.61: Frequency of travelling by train in the evening by sex and age
Column percentages, 2003/2004 data
Adult population

	Male	Female	16 to 24	25 to 34	35 to 44	45 to 59	60 to 74	75 plus	All
Most days	1	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	1
At least once a week,	2	1	5	3	2	1	1	0	2
At least once a month	3	2	5	4	2	2	1	0	2
Less than once a month	9	8	12	11	10	9	7	2	9
Never	84	87	75	81	85	87	91	97	86
Total	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Base	12,240	16,502	2,316	4,208	5,391	6,775	6,386	3,666	28,742

Table 4.62: Perceptions of safety from crime during evening train travel by sex, age and whether evening train user
Column percentages, 2003/2004 data
Adult population

	Male	Female	16 to 24	25 to 34	35 to 44	45 to 59	60 to 74	75 plus	All
Users of evening trains
Very safe	32	17	24	26	25	22	24	*	24
Fairly safe	58	60	63	60	57	61	53	*	59
Not particularly safe	7	18	10	11	14	12	15	*	12
Not safe at all	1	3	2	1	2	3	4	*	2
Don't know	2	3	1	2	2	3	5	*	2
Total	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Base	1,719	1,860	534	778	805	823	543	96	3,579
Non-users of evening trains
Very safe	15	5	12	11	10	11	6	4	9
Fairly safe	33	26	34	36	34	31	24	17	29
Not particularly safe	9	17	13	14	13	14	14	13	14
Not safe at all	5	13	7	8	9	8	11	15	9
Don't know	38	39	33	31	34	37	45	51	38
Total	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Base	10,521	14,642	1,782	3,430	4,586	5,952	5,843	3,570	25,163
All
Very safe	17	6	15	14	12	12	8	5	11
Fairly safe	37	30	41	40	37	35	26	18	33
Not particularly safe	9	17	12	13	14	13	14	13	14
Not safe at all	5	12	6	7	8	7	10	14	8
Don't know	32	34	25	26	29	32	41	50	34
Total	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Base	12,240	16,502	2,316	4,208	5,391	6,775	6,386	3,666	28,742

*Percentages not shown as sample size is less than 100.

Table 4.63: Perceptions of safety from crime during evening train travel by net annual household income and whether evening train user
Column percentages, 2003/2004 data
Adult population

	£0 - £6,000	£6,001 - £10,000	£10,001 - £15,000	£15,001 -£20,000	£20,001 - £25,000	£25,001 - £30,000	£30,001 - £40,000	Over £40,000	All (income known)
Train users
Very safe	25	22	19	22	23	28	26	28	24
Fairly safe	56	55	63	60	58	56	61	59	59
Not particularly safe	13	16	13	15	13	13	9	10	13
Not safe at all	2	3	2	1	3	1	2	1	2
Don't know	3	4	3	2	2	2	2	2	2
Total	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Base	220	410	600	496	450	367	492	389	3,424
Non-users
Very safe	7	6	7	10	11	11	12	15	9
Fairly safe	22	23	26	29	33	34	35	38	29
Not particularly safe	14	14	14	14	14	16	12	11	14
Not safe at all	13	12	11	8	8	6	7	5	9
Don't know	44	45	42	39	34	33	34	31	38
Total	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Base	2,248	5,085	5,231	3,534	2,677	2,101	2,238	1,173	24,287
All
Very safe	9	7	8	11	13	13	15	18	11
Fairly safe	26	25	30	33	36	37	40	44	33
Not particularly safe	14	14	14	14	14	16	12	11	14
Not safe at all	12	12	10	7	7	6	6	4	8
Don't know	40	41	38	35	30	28	28	23	34
Total	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Base	2,468	5,495	5,831	4,030	3,127	2,468	2,730	1,562	27,711

*Percentages not shown as sample size is less than 100.

Table 4.64: Perceptions of safety when at home alone at night by sex and age
Column percentages, 2003/2004 data
Adult population

	Male	Female	16 to 24	25 to 34	35 to 44	45 to 59	60 to 74	75 plus	All
Very safe	81	70	72	75	77	77	74	70	75
Fairly safe	17	25	22	21	20	20	23	26	21
A bit unsafe	1	4	4	3	2	2	3	2	3
Not safe at all	0	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1
Don't know	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Total	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
*Base*	*12,240*	*16,502*	*2,316*	*4,208*	*5,391*	*6,775*	*6,386*	*3,666*	*28,742*

Table 4.65: Perceptions of safety when at home alone at night by longstanding illness, health problem or disability
Column percentages, Q2,3,4 2003/All 2004 data
Adult population

	Disability	Long-term illness	Both	Neither	All
Very safe	69	67	62	77	75
Fairly safe	24	27	30	20	22
A bit unsafe	4	4	6	2	3
Very unsafe	2	1	1	1	1
Don't Know	1	0	1	0	0
Total	100	100	100	100	100
Base	2,226	3,020	1,153	18,958	25,357

Table 4.66: Perceptions of safety when at home alone at night by net annual household income
Column percentages, 2003/2004 data
Adult population

	£0 - £6,000	£6,001 - £10,000	£10,001 - £15,000	£15,001 -£20,000	£20,001 - £25,000	£25,001 - £30,000	£30,001 - £40,000	Over £40,000	All (income known)
Very safe	68	69	72	76	77	79	82	82	75
Fairly safe	28	26	23	20	21	18	16	15	21
A bit unsafe	3	3	3	3	2	2	1	2	2
Not safe at all	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	1
Don't know	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	0
Total	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Base	2,468	5,495	5,831	4,030	3,127	2,468	2,730	1,562	27,711

Table 4.67: Perceptions of safety when at home alone at night by urban/rural classification
Column percentages, 2003/2004 data
Adult population

	Large urban areas	Other urban areas	Accessible small towns	Remote small towns	Accessible rural	Remote rural	Scotland
Very safe	71	73	76	81	83	91	75
Fairly safe	24	24	21	17	15	8	21
A bit unsafe	3	2	2	2	2	1	3
Not safe at all	1	1	0	0	0	0	1
Don't know	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Base	10,466	8,065	2,965	1,320	3,442	2,481	28,739

Table 4.68: Extent to which quality of life is affected by fear of crime by urban/rural classification
Column percentages, 2003/2004 data
Adult population

	Large urban areas	Other urban areas	Accessible small towns	Remote small towns	Accessible rural	Remote rural	Scotland
1 - No effect	23	30	34	51	44	62	32
2	25	24	26	21	27	23	25
3	21	20	17	14	15	8	19
4	11	9	7	5	5	3	9
5	10	9	8	5	5	2	8
6	4	3	3	1	2	1	3
7	3	2	2	2	1	0	2
8	2	2	2	1	1	0	2
9	1	0	0	0	0	-	0
10 - Total effect	1	1	1	1	0	0	1
Total	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Base	10,466	8,065	2,964	1,319	3,442	2,481	28,737

Table 4.69: Worries about crime by sex and banded age
Column percentages, 2003/2004 data
Adult population, % saying they are very worried or fairly worried about each

	Male	Female	16 to 24	25 to 34	35 to 44	45 to 59	60 to 74	75 plus	All	Base for "All"
Having home broken into and something stolen	24	31	24	31	29	30	28	22	28	28,701
Being mugged and robbed	15	25	22	20	19	21	21	18	20	28,631
Having your car stolen	23	25	29	26	23	26	21	14	24	19,248
Having things stolen from your car	23	23	29	26	22	26	20	12	23	19,238
Being sexually assaulted or raped	5	21	20	18	15	14	11	9	14	25,962
Being physically attacked or assaulted in the street	13	23	23	19	18	19	17	15	19	28,623
Being insulted or pestered by anybody, while in the street or any other public place	11	19	21	17	15	15	13	12	15	28,629
Being subject to a physical attack because of your skin colour, ethnic origin or religion	5	8	8	8	7	6	6	6	7	26,375
Minimum base (varies by crime)	8,880	10,358	1,050	3,093	4,312	5,269	4,077	1,437	19,238

Table 4.70: Extent to which quality of life is affected by fear of crime by sex and age
Column percentages, 2003/2004 data
Adult population

	Male	Female	16 to 24	25 to 34	35 to 44	45 to 59	60 to 74	75 plus	All
1 - No effect	36	29	29	30	31	32	34	34	32
2	27	23	23	25	27	24	24	25	25
3	18	19	20	20	19	18	17	18	19
4	7	10	11	9	8	8	8	9	9
5	7	9	7	8	8	8	9	8	8
6	2	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	3
7	2	3	3	3	2	3	2	2	2
8	1	2	1	2	1	2	2	1	2
9	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0
10 - Total effect	0	1	1	0	1	1	1	0	1
Total	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Base	12,238	16,502	2,316	4,208	5,391	6,775	6,384	3,666	28,740

Table 4.71: Whether respondent has been a victim of any type of physical assault in their neighbourhood by sex and age
Column percentages, 2003/2004 data
Adult population

	Male	Female	16 to 24	25 to 34	35 to 44	45 to 59	60 to 74	75 plus	All
No	98	99	95	97	98	99	99	99	98
Yes	2	1	5	3	2	1	1	1	2
Total	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Base	12,238	16,502	2,316	4,208	5,391	6,775	6,384	3,666	28,740

Table 4.72: Whether respondent has been a victim of any type of physical assault in their neighbourhood by longstanding illness, health problem or disability
Column percentages, Q2,3,4 2003/All 2004 data
Adult population

	Disability	Long-term illness	Both	Neither	All
No	99	98	98	98	98
Yes	1	2	2	2	2
Total	100	100	100	100	100
Base	2,226	3,020	1,153	18,958	25,357

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