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Crime Prevention 101

All you need to know to prevent crime from happening.


Want to know how your neighborhood fares? 

Answer this simple survey to find out how safe you are in your neighborhood.

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BLUEPRINT FOR A NEIGHBORHOOD SURVEY

  1. In general, has the neighborhood become  a better or worse place to live in the past year, or is it about the same?

 

__|Better __|Worse __|Same __|Don’t Know __|No Answer

 

  1. In general, do you think this area will be better, worse, or about the same a year from now, as a place to live?

 

__|Better __|Worse __|Same __|Don’t Know __|No Answer

 

  1. Here are some statements. Please indicate whether each one, in your view of the neighborhood, is mostly true or mostly false. If you don’t know, please feel free to note that.

 

 

mostly true    mostly false   don’t know

If I were sick, I could count on a neighbor to run an errand for me.

 

 

If I have to be away fro home for a day or two, I know a neighbor will keep an eye on my place.

 

 

There is very little my neighbors and I can do to change things around here.

 

 

If I had to borrow P500 in a real emergency, I could turn to someone (not a family member) in this neighborhood.

 

 

Children feel free to move about safely.

 

My neighbors and I don’t talk about community problems and how to solve them.

 

 

   

  1. Have you heard of community group meetings to discuss local problems?

 

__|Yes  __|No  __|Vaguely recall some

   

  1. Did you ever attend such a meeting?

 

__|Yes  __|No 

   

  1.  For each of the following, is the situation in your neighborhood adequate or a big problem, somewhat of a problem, or a relatively small problem, compared with a year ago?

 

 

adequate

big problem

somewhat problem

small problem

don’t know

Crime

 

 

 

 

 

 

Drugs

 

 

 

 

 

 

Noise

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trash

 

 

 

 

 

 

Vagrants

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unsupervised kids

 

 

 

 

 

 

Vandalism

 

 

 

 

 

 

Poor Maintenance

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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