Community Safety Survey 2009

Getting our community safety priorities right

During February and March 2009, we carried out a small scale community safety survey of those living and working in Surrey Heath. The purpose of the consultation was to 'test' our community safety priorities for 2009/10, which are:

To reduce fear of crime
To reduce public place disorder, e.g. secondary fires, alcohol-related disorder and criminal damage
To reduce priority crimes, e.g. domestic abuse, household burglaries and theft of vehicles
To reduce substance misuse

Survey results

We received 182 responses to our residents' community safety survey. Residents told us that the most important community safety concern to them at the time (March 2009) was household burglary. Residents' (joint) second most important community safety concerns were fear of crime and criminal damage. Within the 182 surveys, we received 20 completed forms from residents with disabilities, whose main concerns were fear of crime and household burglary. We received 41 responses to our survey for young people, whose main concern was fear of crime. We also received 12 responses to our survey for businesses, whose main concern was alcohol-related violent disorder and damage.

Summary

In summary, the findings from the surveys confirm a strong focus for 2009/10 on:

Reducing household burglaries
Reducing fear of crime, particularly with regards to young people
Tackling criminal damage

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Give us your views

Please tell us about your community safety priorities by downloading and completing the relevant survey below, and returning it by email to nicola.collinson@surreyheath.gov.uk.

To return the survey by post, send it to:

Nicola Collinson
Communications Officer
Safer Surrey Heath Partnership
c/o Community Partnerships & Corporate Performance
Surrey Heath Borough Council
Knoll Road
Camberley
Surrey GU15 3HD