Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Metropolitan Police Public Attitudes Surveys, 2000-2017

Variable Details

Variableold_Q44B
LabelQ44B: Why do you say that?
Responses
1 Only what I've heard 2
2 You see them hanging around / carrying knifes / carrying gun 18
3 Had dealings with them 1
4 There has been a few shootings 1
5 Read in local papers 7
6 Wouldn't trust them 0
7 The vandalism 9
8 Holiday time 0
9 Noise 11
10 Seen them beat up a man / bullying / organized people 1
11 They're coming from other areas/schools 3
12 It's universal 0
13 Drugs 37
14 Why have bouncers if no gangs 0
15 Minor problem 2
16 Crime/fights 41
17 Abusive 9
18 School kids - Sulvian Court 0
19 Try and avoid them 0
20 No police to stop it 1
21 Intimidate people/Intimidating/Threatening 68
22 Speed about on mopeds / joyriding 7
23 Police can’t do nothing with them 4
24 Had to change the local bus service 0
25 Bullies 0
26 Anti social 1
27 Just a nuisance 3
28 Have no respect 1
29 Has improved since CCTV 0
30 Nothing for them to do 10
31 Because of inflection of Eastern European 1
32 This is why we have police in area 1
33 Drunkenness 12
34 On the high street/at shops 0
35 Personal experience 1
36 They are everywhere 2
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 0
55 All the coloured people tend to stay in gangs 5
56 Canning town has a few gangs down there 0
57 They are on the stairs and by the entrance regular 0
58 Get a lot of trouble on Barking Road 0
59 My son got mugged by a gang / Muggings going on 2
60 They cause havoc down by the shops 2
61 Since I've seen dealing going on I fear for my safety 1
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 0
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 0
72 I was mugged/kids getting mugged 1
73 Very aggressive don't know if they are bad or good 1
74 Beacontree station and Martins Corner the worse 0
75 Local murder was gang and drug related 0
76 Two killings/stabbings last year 0
77 They ride on their skateboards 0
78 My son is in a gang/daughter is in a gang 1
79 Lack of education 0
80 Begging 2
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 1
85 Benhill Estate - troubled with gangs 0
86 By Keir Hardie Estate 0
87 In the Harrow Pub 0
88 On Gasgoigne Estate 0
89 From any station 1
90 On buses, need police on buses 0
91 They are out of control 1
92 Asians against white 0
93 Can be dangerous 0
94 A friend had problems with gangs/yeah cause problems 0
95 It's a big problem 0
96 No respect for elders 0
97 That's why I avoid certain areas 0
98 Different racial groups creating tension 0
99 Incidents on nearby estates 1
100 Its parents / families faults 0
101 Through the football 0
996 No 2nd response 4644
997 Not stated 0
999 Don't know 0
Sysmiss 92368
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationMetropolitan Police Public Attitudes Surveys, 2000-2017