Conclusions
There are three broad conclusions that arise as a result of this analysis. First, adult entertainment venues are not popular. Only a minority of the people asked had been to a venue and over a third of them would not consider going again. Of those who had not been, less than a fifth would consider going. Overall, most people do not think adult entertainment venues are beneficial to neighbourhoods and only a small proportion would want one in their area.
Secondly, those who had been or would consider going tended to have more positive and accepting attitudes towards adult entertainment. For example, they were less likely to think that the opening of an adult entertainment venue would have a negative impact on a neighbourhood. In general, younger people were also more accepting of adult entertainment than older people. Men were more accepting than women. Also, those who said they were aware of a venue in their neighbourhood or local authority were more favourable towards adult entertainment than those who said they did not have a venue.
Thirdly, there is support for the suggestion that there should be specific licences for adult entertainment venues and this received support from a wide cross-section of people. While there was little support for an outright ban - three-quarters did not indicate support for an outright ban - three in ten women and two men in ten did say "they should all be banned". If venues were to be subject to additional regulation, the measures that people would be most likely to support were the restriction of venues to specified streets, not allowing touching of performers and more rules on how close dancers could be to customers. The lowest support for tighter control comes from those who have been to a venue or would consider going.