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SERVICES & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA 12 SEPTEMBER 2017
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SERVICES & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA 12 SEPTEMBER 2017
Crime and Safety Perceptions
1 of 1
Crime and safety perceptions is measured by .
asking respondents the extent to which they Crime and Safety Index
agreed or disagreed with the following 5.0 as
statements, ona scale from 'strongly disagree Pas
(1) to 'strongly agree' (7): (i) This is a safe place gE 40- 37 23
to live; (ii) There is a high crime rate in this 3 E35
community; (iii) Many people in this 2 1 30
» . ant
community abuse drugs; and (iv) Many people E205
in this community drink too much alcohol. The ge 20
‘crime and safety’ scale was then calculated by if ate
taking the average score of these items. The § ¥, 4
scores for the second, third and fourth items < = ss
were reversed, so that for the scale as a whole a
an 00
score of 1 indicated low levels of safety, and a Rural & regional Australia Rural & regional Queensland Noosa (n=320)
score of 7 high levels of safety. (n=12981) (n=1953)
The Crime and Safety Index is made up from responses to a
number of questions, with the results to each question
presented below. The questions were measured on a 7-point
scale, from ‘strongly disagree’ (1) to 'strongly agree' (7), with
the results below showing percentages for those who scored 5,
6 or 7 as showing agreement.
Crime and Safety Questions
@ Rural & regional Australia (n=12981) @ Rural & regional Queensland (n=1953) ™® Noosa (n=320)
100.0
92.2
90.0
83.3
80.7
80.0 | 754
70.0 +
a
&
6 60.0 | 55.2
<=
=
2 500 46.4 A523
=
2 400 | 37.0
e ; 29.5 28.4 30-6
30.0 —— =
20.0 +
10.0 |
0.0 | 1 1
This isa safe place to live There isa high crime rate Many people in this Many people in this
in this community community drink too much + community abuse drugs
alcohol
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