Scotland's People - Results from the 2003 Scottish Household Survey Annual Report

Scotland's People
Results from the 2003 Scottish Household Survey Annual Report

Table 4.63: Perceptions of safety from crime during evening train travel by net annual household income and whether evening train user
Column percentages, 2003 data
Adult population

	0 - 6,000	6,001 - 10,000	10,001- 15,000	15,001 -20,000	20,001- 25,000	25,001- 30,000	30,001- 40,000	Over 40,000	All (income known)
Users of evening trains
Very safe	*	22	22	20	25	30	26	28	25
Fairly safe	*	54	63	62	57	58	63	58	59
Not particularly safe	*	17	10	14	14	10	8	12	12
Not safe at all	*	3	2	1	2	-	1	1	1
Don't know	*	4	3	2	2	2	2	2	2
Total	*	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Base	97	206	276	262	210	182	216	182	1,631
Non-users of evening trains
Very safe	8	7	7	9	13	12	12	15	10
Fairly safe	20	22	27	30	31	31	34	37	29
Not particularly safe	13	14	13	13	13	17	11	11	13
Not safe at all	13	12	10	9	6	7	7	4	9
Don't know	46	45	42	39	37	33	35	33	40
Total	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Base	1,097	2,523	2,562	1,713	1,298	970	1,087	600	11,850
All
Very safe	9	9	9	11	14	15	14	18	12
Fairly safe	23	24	31	34	35	35	39	43	33
Not particularly safe	13	14	13	13	13	16	11	11	13
Not safe at all	12	11	9	8	6	6	6	3	8
Don't know	42	42	38	34	32	28	30	25	35
Total	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Base	1,194	2,729	2,838	1,975	1,508	1,152	1,303	782	13,481

*Percentages not shown as sample size is less than 100.

Table 4.64: Perceptions of safety when at home alone at night by sex and age
Column percentages, 2003 data
Adult population

	Male	Female	16 to 24	25 to 34	35 to 44	45 to 59	60 to 74	75 plus	All
Very safe	83	71	75	77	79	79	76	70	77
Fairly safe	15	24	19	20	19	18	21	26	20
Not particularly safe	1	3	4	3	2	2	2	2	2
Not safe at all	0	1	2	1	0	0	1	1	1
Don't know	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Total	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Base	5,956	8,009	1,124	2,063	2,633	3,262	3,166	1,717	13,965

Table 4.65: Perceptions of safety when at home alone at night by longstanding illness, health problem or disability
Column percentages, Q2,3,4 2003 data
Adult population

	Disability	Long-term illness	Both	Neither	All
Very safe	69	69	67	79	77
Fairly safe	25	25	28	19	20
A bit unsafe	4	4	4	2	2
Very unsafe	1	1	1	0	1
Don't know	1	0	0	0	0
Total	100	100	100	100	100
Base	952	1,240	480	7,914	10,586

Table 4.66: Perceptions of safety when at home alone at night by net annual household income
Column percentages, 2003 data
Adult population

	0 - 6,000	6,001 - 10,000	10,001 - 15,000	15,001 -20,000	20,001 - 25,000	25,001 - 30,000	30,001 - 40,000	Over 40,000	All (income known)
Very safe	69	72	74	77	80	81	84	82	77
Fairly safe	28	23	22	19	18	17	14	15	20
Not particularly safe	2	3	3	3	1	2	1	2	2
Not safe at all	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	1
Don't know	1	0	0	0	0	-	0	-	0
Total	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Base	1,194	2,729	2,838	1,975	1,508	1,152	1,303	782	13,481

Table 4.67: Perceptions of safety when at home alone at night by urban/rural classification
Column percentages, 2003 data
Adult population

	Large urban areas	Other urban areas	Accessible small towns	Remote small towns	Accessible rural	Remote rural	Scotland
Very safe	74	73	77	83	84	92	77
Fairly safe	22	23	20	15	14	7	20
Not particularly safe	3	2	2	1	2	1	2
Not safe at all	1	1	0	0	0	0	1
Don't know	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Base	4,995	3,931	1,438	668	1,689	1,244	13,965

Table 4.68: Extent to which quality of life affected by fear of crime by urban/rural classification
Column percentages, 2003 data
Adult population

	Large urban areas	Other urban areas	Accessible small towns	Remote small towns	Accessible rural	Remote rural	Scotland
1 - No effect	24	29	34	52	42	61	32
2	26	25	28	20	30	25	26
3	21	19	17	12	14	7	18
4	10	10	7	6	4	3	8
5	9	9	8	6	5	2	8
6	4	3	2	0	2	1	3
7	3	2	2	2	1	0	2
8	2	2	1	0	1	0	2
9	1	1	0	0	0	-	1
10 - Total effect	1	1	1	1	0	0	1
Total	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Base	4,995	3,931	1,438	667	1,689	1,244	13,964

Table 4.69: Worries about crime by sex and banded age
Column percentages, 2003 data
Adult population, % saying they are very worried or fairly worried about each

	Male	Female	16 to 24	25 to 34	35 to 44	45 to 59	60 to 74	75 plus	All	Base for "All"
Having home broken into and something stolen	24	31	24	32	30	28	28	22	28	13,950
Being mugged and robbed	14	25	22	20	19	21	21	19	20	13,915
Having your car stolen	23	26	30	28	25	26	21	14	25	9,422
Having things stolen from your car	24	24	29	27	23	26	20	12	25	9,404
Being sexually assaulted or raped	4	21	20	17	15	13	11	10	14	12,594
Being physically attacked or assaulted in the street	13	23	25	19	18	18	18	15	19	13,915
Being insulted or pestered by anybody, while in the street or any other public place	11	19	23	16	16	14	13	12	15	13,907
Being subject to a physical attack because of your skin colour, ethnic origin or religion	5	8	9	8	7	5	7	7	7	12,597
Minimum base (varies by crime)	4,367	5,037	484	1,535	2,120	2,589	2,001	675	9,404

Table 4.70: Extent to which quality of life is affected by fear of crime by sex and age
Column percentages, 2003 data
Adult

	Male	Female	16 to 24	25 to 34	35 to 44	45 to 59	60 to 74	75 plus	All
1 - No effect	36	28	31	29	32	33	33	30	32
2	28	24	24	28	28	24	25	28	26
3	17	19	18	20	18	18	16	19	18
4	7	10	10	8	8	8	8	9	8
5	7	9	8	7	7	8	9	9	8
6	2	4	4	3	2	3	3	2	3
7	2	3	4	2	2	3	2	2	2
8	1	2	1	2	2	2	2	1	2
9	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	1
10 - Total effect	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	1	1
Total	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Base	5,955	8,009	1,124	2,063	2,633	3,262	3,165	1,717	13,964

Table 4.71: Whether respondent has been a victim of any type of physical assault in their neighbourhood by sex and age
Column percentages, 2003 data
Adult population

	Male	Female	16 to 24	25 to 34	35 to 44	45 to 59	60 to 74	75 plus	All
No	98	98	95	97	98	99	99	100	98
Yes	2	2	5	3	2	1	1	0	2
Total	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Base	5,955	8,009	1,124	2,063	2,633	3,262	3,165	1,717	13,964

Table 4.72: Whether respondent has been a victim of any type of physical assault in their neighbourhood by longstanding illness, health problem or disability
Column percentages, Q2,3,4 2003 data
Adult population

	Disability	Long-term illness	Both	Neither	All
No	98	99	99	98	98
Yes	2	1	1	2	2
Total	100	100	100	100	100
Base	1,755	1,349	480	10,366	13,950

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