2019 Respect for Nottingham Survey 2019 INFORMATION BY DESIGN INFORMATION BY DESIGN | [Company address] Respect for Nottingham Survey 2019 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This report was prepared for Nottingham Crime & Drugs Partnership. Our thanks are given to Philip Broxholme for his help and support in conducting this research, to members of the public who gave their valuable time to complete the survey, and to fieldwork staff who worked across Nottingham to collect the data. Authors: Dr Steve Wisher, Kate Marshall, Gillian Roberts Information by Design Main point of contact: [email protected] Final Draft – January 2020 Head Office Information by Design Newlands Science Park Inglemire Lane HULL HU6 7TQ Telephone: 01482 467467 Fax: 01482 467468 Email: [email protected] www.ibyd.com 2 | P a g e Contents EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ................................................................................................................................................ 4 1 BACKGROUND AND METHODOLOGY ................................................................................................................. 7 BACKGROUND .................................................................................................................................................................... 7 METHODOLOGY AND SAMPLING ............................................................................................................................................. 7 Sampling Frame and Sample Size .............................................................................................................................. 7 Weighting and analysis .............................................................................................................................................. 8 2 SURVEY FINDINGS .............................................................................................................................................10 ANTI-SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR IN THE LOCAL NEIGHBOURHOOD ....................................................................................................... 10 KEY ANTI-SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR ISSUES BY AGE, GENDER, ETHNICITY, IMD AND AREA ..................................................................... 15 ANTI-SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR - NOTTINGHAM CITY CENTRE ............................................................................................................ 20 ANTI-SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR AND 16-24 YEAR OLDS ................................................................................................................... 25 OVERALL PERCEPTIONS OF ANTI-SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR – NI17 .................................................................................................... 26 Perception of Anti-Social Behaviour by Ward .......................................................................................................... 28 COMPOSITE ASB SCORE FOR LOCAL NEIGHBOURHOODS ........................................................................................................... 29 COMPARISON OF RECORDED CRIME RATE AND PERCEPTIONS OF ASB ......................................................................................... 33 EXPERIENCING AND REPORTING ANTI-SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR ........................................................................................................ 35 FEELINGS OF SAFETY – LOCAL NEIGHBOURHOOD (WHEN IT’S DARK) ............................................................................................ 40 Feelings of Safety by Age, Gender, Ethnicity, IMD and Area .................................................................................... 41 Reasons for feeling unsafe in local neighbourhood ................................................................................................. 42 Drivers of feelings of safety ...................................................................................................................................... 43 FEELINGS OF SAFETY - NOTTINGHAM CITY CENTRE................................................................................................................... 44 Feelings of Safety by Gender, Age, IMD Ethnicity and Area ..................................................................................... 45 Reasons for feeling unsafe in City Centre ................................................................................................................. 46 FEELINGS OF SAFETY BY WARD – LOCAL AREA AND CITY CENTRE ................................................................................................ 47 SENSE OF COMMUNITY ....................................................................................................................................................... 49 Sense of Community by Age, Gender, Ethnicity and IMD ......................................................................................... 51 Reasons for agreeing and disagreeing that there is a sense of community............................................................. 52 Sense of Community and Anti-Social Behaviour ...................................................................................................... 53 ASSOCIATIONS BETWEEN SAFETY, SENSE OF COMMUNITY AND ASB ............................................................................................ 55 PRIORITIES FOR CRIME AND ANTI-SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR .............................................................................................................. 56 Identified Issues ........................................................................................................................................................ 56 CONCERNS OF 16-24 YEAR OLDS ......................................................................................................................................... 58 DEALING WITH ANTI-SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR AND CRIME ............................................................................................................... 58 Drivers of Agreement that Police and Local Council are dealing with the anti-social behaviour and crime issues that matter ............................................................................................................................................................... 60 SEEKING PEOPLE’S VIEWS ON WHAT MATTERS ....................................................................................................................... 61 CRIME IN YOUR LOCAL AREA ................................................................................................................................................ 63 Perceptions of Crime Rate in your local area ........................................................................................................... 67 Concerns About Crime .............................................................................................................................................. 70 Concerns About ASB ................................................................................................................................................. 72 3 CONCLUSIONS ...................................................................................................................................................74 APPENDIX A – DEMOGRAPHICS AND SAMPLE SIZES ..................................................................................................77 APPENDIX B – BASE SIZES FOR ASB QUESTIONS.........................................................................................................79 3 | P a g e EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This report contains a summary of the findings from the ‘Respect for Nottingham’ survey commissioned by the Nottingham Crime & Drugs Partnership and conducted by Information by Design (IbyD) with fieldwork undertaken in between October and December 2019. The survey was undertaken to explore the views and opinions of residents about their local area and the city centre in relation to aspects of anti-social behaviour (ASB), crime and community safety and the strategic partnership between Nottinghamshire Police and Nottingham City Council. The ‘Respect for Nottingham’ survey was been conducted annually since 2003, and using a consistent face-to-face interview methodology since 2011. It provides a valuable resource on the changing perceptions of issues relating to crime and anti-social behaviour in the city. Key findings from the survey include: Anti-Social Behaviour in the Local Neighbourhood Perception of ASB overall using a similar measure to NI171 has decreased by 2% to 5% since 2018, which is a significant difference. There were significant differences in the proportion with a high perception of ASB score by age, deprivation and area. Respondents aged 55-64 and those from the central area of the city had higher perceptions of ASB. In general, as the crime rate at ward level declines, the proportion with a high perception of ASB declines. The top ranked anti-social behaviour issue in the local neighbourhood in 2019 was ‘rubbish and litter lying around’. This is the same as 2018, 2017, 2016 and 2015 but a change from the years 2011 to 2014, when ‘dog fouling’ was ranked as the top anti-social behaviour issue and ‘rubbish and litter lying around’ was ranked second. ‘Dog fouling’ was the second biggest concern in local neighbourhoods. Anti-Social Behaviour in the City Centre ‘Begging’ was the issue most commonly highlighted by respondents as a problem in the City Centre in 2019, with 46% of respondents thinking this was a very or fairly big problem. Respondents