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UK Data Service variable record for:

Metropolitan Police Public Attitudes Surveys, 2000-2017

Variable Details

VariableQ130A
LabelQ130A. What three suggestions would you make to your local police to improve the safety of this area?
Responses
1 More visible police on foot/night patrol/horseback 3561
2 More CCTV cameras 170
3 Focus on youths/more for kids 78
4 More visible police in cars 40
5 Quicker response 94
6 Community Liaison officer/caretakers 42
7 More communication with tenants 30
8 More/better lighting 77
9 Move gangs on 123
10 Be more firmer/tougher 30
11 To be friendlier talk to people more/acknowledge/visit 17
12 Get rid of the drug dealers / drugs 41
13 Education in schools/presence 20
14 Reduce speeding/joy riders in area/road safety 43
15 Local police station 30
16 Group meetings with police 7
17 More recruitment for police 41
18 Deal with all crime 17
19 Neighbourhood Watch schemes 11
20 Curfew on kids 10
21 Get to know the neighbourhood 29
22 Deal with drinking in the street/underage 13
23 Be able to contact local police/tele no available 16
24 Undercover police 5
25 More street searches 17
26 Safety in area 11
27 Less paperwork 22
28 Target trouble areas 5
29 Tougher on vandalism/graffiti 4
30 Punish parents 11
31 Deal better with Anti social behaviour 6
32 Get people to respect the law/the law to respect people 16
33 Continue what they are doing now 25
34 More resources 6
35 Encourage public to give information/help 17
36 Parking 0
37 Treat everyone equal 6
38 More involvement with community 18
39 Take all matters seriously 15
40 Police on public transport 12
41 Be given more power by the government/courts 59
42 Off license to close at 10pm 1
43 Less litter / fly tipping 0
44 Do more on gun crime 6
45 Close alleyways/make them safer 6
46 Go back to the old fashion methods 5
47 Police for school run 1
48 Give them weapons/more protection 4
49 Stop terrorists 0
50 More security in general 10
51 Deal with Car crime 3
52 Keep up the good work 9
53 Shut down some of the pubs/change pub laws 7
54 More fully trained officers 12
55 More ethnic police as mixed area 0
56 Reinvent Newsletters 5
57 Get rid of community police 22
58 To keep us informed 7
59 Deal with specific crimes/problems in local area 6
60 Work with children/youths 26
61 Deal with motoring offences 0
62 Police to be more helpful/sympathetic 0
63 0
64 Help improve security in area 0
65 Deal with knife crime 3
66 1
67 More support for victims 0
68 Society needs to change 0
69 More door to door police visibility 3
70 More information 18
71 Local police station always closed 2
72 More community officers 2
73 Other 53
74 Not arrive with guns 1
75 Pay the police more 0
76 More policing rather then hitting targets 3
77 Noise pollution at night (sirens / fireworks) 3
78 More on Illegal Immigrants 1
79 More Exclusion orders 0
80 Continue with the surveys 0
81 To be less racist 2
82 Investigate cases properly 1
83 Catch the criminals 1
84 Better complaints procedures 4
85 Stiffer sentences 18
86 Deal with dangerous dogs 1
998 None 2892
999 Don't know 2306
Sysmiss 87045
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationMetropolitan Police Public Attitudes Surveys, 2000-2017