Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Metropolitan Police Public Attitudes Surveys, 2000-2017

Variable Details

Variableold_Q44A
LabelQ44A: Why do you say that?
Responses
1 Only what I've heard 196
2 You see them hanging around / carrying knifes / carrying gun 3273
3 Had dealings with them 5
4 There has been a few shootings 13
5 Read in local papers 56
6 Wouldn't trust them 3
7 The vandalism 43
8 Holiday time 1
9 Noise 69
10 Seen them beat up a man / bullying / organized people 11
11 They're coming from other areas/schools 44
12 It's universal 1
13 Drugs 96
14 Why have bouncers if no gangs 0
15 Minor problem 30
16 Crime/fights 198
17 Abusive 10
18 School kids - Sulvian Court 6
19 Try and avoid them 3
20 No police to stop it 3
21 Intimidate people/Intimidating/Threatening 171
22 Speed about on mopeds / joyriding 26
23 Police can’t do nothing with them 7
24 Had to change the local bus service 0
25 Bullies 3
26 Anti social 5
27 Just a nuisance 14
28 Have no respect 6
29 Has improved since CCTV 0
30 Nothing for them to do 20
31 Because of inflection of Eastern European 13
32 This is why we have police in area 4
33 Drunkenness 24
34 On the high street/at shops 21
35 Personal experience 11
36 They are everywhere 17
37 BLANK37 0
38 BLANK38 0
39 BLANK39 0
40 BLANK40 0
41 BLANK41 0
42 BLANK42 0
43 BLANK43 0
44 BLANK44 0
45 BLANK45 0
46 BLANK46 0
47 BLANK47 0
48 BLANK48 0
49 BLANK49 0
50 BLANK50 0
51 BLANK51 0
52 BLANK52 0
53 Doors are not closing quickly enough and they get into the s 0
54 Gangs going to the pub shouting 3
55 All the coloured people tend to stay in gangs 15
56 Canning town has a few gangs down there 1
57 They are on the stairs and by the entrance regular 1
58 Get a lot of trouble on Barking Road 0
59 My son got mugged by a gang / Muggings going on 14
60 They cause havoc down by the shops 1
61 Since I've seen dealing going on I fear for my safety 0
62 They stand in doorways and jump inside the doors 0
64 They come out of school carrying lumps of wood and things 0
65 Its just kids messing around 3
66 They are prevalent 0
67 Older people don't go out because they are scared 0
68 It’s worse down the green 0
69 There is organized prostitution at the shops 0
70 I think 0
71 So much prostitution 1
72 I was mugged/kids getting mugged 4
73 Very aggressive don't know if they are bad or good 0
74 Beacontree station and Martins Corner the worse 0
75 Local murder was gang and drug related 2
76 Two killings/stabbings last year 6
77 They ride on their skateboards 0
78 My son is in a gang/daughter is in a gang 1
79 Lack of education 1
80 Begging 1
81 Racism 0
82 Walk about with dogs to be macho / fight the dogs 0
83 They burgle houses 0
84 Gangs hanging around parks 15
85 Benhill Estate - troubled with gangs 0
86 By Keir Hardie Estate 0
87 In the Harrow Pub 1
88 On Gasgoigne Estate 0
89 From any station 1
90 On buses, need police on buses 2
91 They are out of control 1
92 Asians against white 0
93 Can be dangerous 3
94 A friend had problems with gangs/yeah cause problems 2
95 It's a big problem 8
96 No respect for elders 0
97 That's why I avoid certain areas 10
98 Different racial groups creating tension 3
99 Incidents on nearby estates 13
100 Its parents / families faults 1
101 Through the football 1
997 Not stated 435
999 Don't know 306
Sysmiss 92026
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationMetropolitan Police Public Attitudes Surveys, 2000-2017