Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Metropolitan Police Public Attitudes Surveys, 2000-2017

Variable Details

VariableQ130C
LabelQ130C 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 50
2 More CCTV cameras 37
3 Focus on youths/more for kids 16
4 More visible police in cars 0
5 Quicker response 24
6 Community Liaison officer/caretakers 3
7 More communication with tenants 11
8 More/better lighting 23
9 Move gangs on 24
10 Be more firmer/tougher 7
11 To be friendlier talk to people more/acknowledge/visit 12
12 Get rid of the drug dealers / drugs 10
13 Education in schools/presence 7
14 Reduce speeding/joy riders in area/road safety 3
15 Local police station 4
16 Group meetings with police 13
17 More recruitment for police 4
18 Deal with all crime 9
19 Neighbourhood Watch schemes 1
20 Curfew on kids 0
21 Get to know the neighbourhood 0
22 Deal with drinking in the street/underage 0
23 Be able to contact local police/tele no available 9
24 Undercover police 4
25 More street searches 5
26 Safety in area 4
27 Less paperwork 8
28 Target trouble areas 2
29 Tougher on vandalism/graffiti 2
30 Punish parents 0
31 Deal better with Anti social behaviour 0
32 Get people to respect the law/the law to respect people 4
33 Continue what they are doing now 1
34 More resources 3
35 Encourage public to give information/help 13
36 Parking 0
37 Treat everyone equal 3
38 More involvement with community 12
39 Take all matters seriously 3
40 Police on public transport 3
41 Be given more power by the government/courts 9
42 Off license to close at 10pm 1
43 Less litter / fly tipping 1
44 Do more on gun crime 6
45 Close alleyways/make them safer 0
46 Go back to the old fashion methods 0
47 Police for school run 0
48 Give them weapons/more protection 1
49 Stop terrorists 0
50 More security in general 2
51 Deal with Car crime 1
52 Keep up the good work 1
53 Shut down some of the pubs/change pub laws 2
54 More fully trained officers 0
55 More ethnic police as mixed area 0
56 Reinvent Newsletters 1
57 Get rid of community police 1
58 To keep us informed 10
59 Deal with specific crimes/problems in local area 0
60 Work with children/youths 4
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 0
66 0
67 More support for victims 2
68 Society needs to change 0
69 More door to door police visibility 3
70 More information 3
71 Local police station always closed 1
72 More community officers 1
73 Other 9
74 Not arrive with guns 0
75 Pay the police more 0
76 More policing rather then hitting targets 0
77 Noise pollution at night (sirens / fireworks) 1
78 More on Illegal Immigrants 1
79 More Exclusion orders 0
80 Continue with the surveys 3
81 To be less racist 0
82 Investigate cases properly 0
83 Catch the criminals 0
84 Better complaints procedures 0
85 Stiffer sentences 12
86 Deal with dangerous dogs 0
998 None 915
999 Don't know 18
Sysmiss 95942
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationMetropolitan Police Public Attitudes Surveys, 2000-2017