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UK Data Service variable record for:

Metropolitan Police Public Attitudes Surveys, 2000-2017

Variable Details

VariableQ130B
LabelQ130B 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 274
2 More CCTV cameras 100
3 Focus on youths/more for kids 82
4 More visible police in cars 12
5 Quicker response 67
6 Community Liaison officer/caretakers 13
7 More communication with tenants 29
8 More/better lighting 55
9 Move gangs on 96
10 Be more firmer/tougher 15
11 To be friendlier talk to people more/acknowledge/visit 24
12 Get rid of the drug dealers / drugs 38
13 Education in schools/presence 15
14 Reduce speeding/joy riders in area/road safety 10
15 Local police station 13
16 Group meetings with police 25
17 More recruitment for police 13
18 Deal with all crime 16
19 Neighbourhood Watch schemes 6
20 Curfew on kids 11
21 Get to know the neighbourhood 21
22 Deal with drinking in the street/underage 16
23 Be able to contact local police/tele no available 25
24 Undercover police 3
25 More street searches 19
26 Safety in area 6
27 Less paperwork 17
28 Target trouble areas 4
29 Tougher on vandalism/graffiti 1
30 Punish parents 3
31 Deal better with Anti social behaviour 5
32 Get people to respect the law/the law to respect people 1
33 Continue what they are doing now 2
34 More resources 4
35 Encourage public to give information/help 11
36 Parking 2
37 Treat everyone equal 8
38 More involvement with community 20
39 Take all matters seriously 8
40 Police on public transport 9
41 Be given more power by the government/courts 25
42 Off license to close at 10pm 2
43 Less litter / fly tipping 2
44 Do more on gun crime 15
45 Close alleyways/make them safer 2
46 Go back to the old fashion methods 1
47 Police for school run 1
48 Give them weapons/more protection 0
49 Stop terrorists 1
50 More security in general 4
51 Deal with Car crime 5
52 Keep up the good work 1
53 Shut down some of the pubs/change pub laws 5
54 More fully trained officers 4
55 More ethnic police as mixed area 1
56 Reinvent Newsletters 1
57 Get rid of community police 16
58 To keep us informed 30
59 Deal with specific crimes/problems in local area 3
60 Work with children/youths 16
61 Deal with motoring offences 1
62 Police to be more helpful/sympathetic 0
63 0
64 Help improve security in area 0
65 Deal with knife crime 7
66 0
67 More support for victims 2
68 Society needs to change 0
69 More door to door police visibility 1
70 More information 19
71 Local police station always closed 9
72 More community officers 5
73 Other 35
74 Not arrive with guns 0
75 Pay the police more 2
76 More policing rather then hitting targets 0
77 Noise pollution at night (sirens / fireworks) 5
78 More on Illegal Immigrants 2
79 More Exclusion orders 2
80 Continue with the surveys 2
81 To be less racist 0
82 Investigate cases properly 0
83 Catch the criminals 0
84 Better complaints procedures 0
85 Stiffer sentences 14
86 Deal with dangerous dogs 3
998 None 3492
999 Don't know 207
Sysmiss 92243
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationMetropolitan Police Public Attitudes Surveys, 2000-2017