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Table 4.32: Perception of prevalence of neighbourhood problems by year (% saying each is very or fairly common)

Column percentages, 1999 to 2006 data
Adult population

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

Noisy neighbours/loud parties

7.9

7.7

7.2

8.0

7.9

8.4

7.4

7.6

Vandalism/ graffiti/ damage to property

17.7

17.2

18.6

19.1

18.1

18.6

16.3

16.1

Rubbish or litter lying around

29.6

28.7

29.0

30.6

29.0

28.9

27.0

26.9

Groups of young people hanging around

30.3

29.9

30.4

32.6

30.6

32.0

n/a

n/a

People drinking or using drugs

21.5

21.4

21.7

22.7

22.1

23.4

n/a

n/a

Neighbour disputes

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

5.0

5.0

Groups or individual harrassing others

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

11.1

10.8

Drug misuse or dealing

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

12.2

12.1

Rowdy behaviour

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

16.4

15.8

Base

13,781

14,557

14,643

14,042

13,967

14,777

14,071

14,190

Columns may add up to more than 100% because multiple response allowed
Note: the response categories to this question were changed in 2005

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