NCJ Number
165401
Date Published
1996
Length
8 pages
Annotation
The 1994-95 Northern Ireland Crime Survey gathered information on fear of crime and perceptions of the likelihood of becoming a crime victim from almost 3,000 people ages 16 and over.
Abstract
Results revealed that most people think that crime levels in their areas are lower than those in the rest of Northern Ireland and that these levels have not changed substantially in the last few years. Public perceptions of fear and likelihood of crime in Northern Ireland are lower across nearly all indicators than in England and Wales. The vast majority of people feel safe at night both in and out of their homes. People worry most about burglary and car crime. Just over 10 percent of participants claimed that drug use or drug dealing was a local problem. Women were generally more fearful of crime than men. One-fourth of women and 8 percent of the men said that they would feel unsafe walking alone in the dark. Thirty-eight percent of the women were worried about being raped, although 95 percent thought that it would be unlikely in the next 12 months. Despite their worries, very few people thought it likely that they would be crime victims. Tables and figures