eDemocracy Pupil Questionnaire Analysis
Question 28: Do you think your area is safe?
| Yes |
25% |
| No |
41% |
| Not sure |
18% |
| Not stated |
16% |
Give your reasons:
Yes - my area is safe
| No violence/accidents/robbery/its quiet |
40% |
| Everyone is friendly/know people |
18% |
| The police/wardens are around/nearby |
11% |
| No traffic/cars/busy roads near by |
10% |
| Feel safe |
9% |
| Other |
11% |
No - my area isn't safe
| Bad people around/crime/burglaries |
27% |
| Lots of violence/killings |
24% |
| Fast cars/car accidents/stolen cars |
17% |
| Gangs/groups of teenagers |
12% |
| People taking children/paedophiles |
6% |
| Area looks bad/messy/rough/broken glass |
6% |
| Drunks |
5% |
| No police/security people around |
4% |
| Drug addicts/drug dealers |
3% |
| Bullying |
2% |
| Motor bikes |
2% |
| Lots of police around/police always coming to area |
1% |
| Unlit alleyways |
1% |
| Nowhere is safe nowadays |
1% |
| Other |
13% |
Variety of comments made by children:
| Knives and guns are not commonly used in Bellingham. |
| because there are lots of police stations around here |
| because there's not a lot of police |
| there is no nasty people |
| because they are always bad crews wrecking the community |
| because everyone is friendly |
| because people still get murdered |
| because there is no trouble |
| because everyone is friendly |
| because there hasn't been any trouble around there |
| because I have got my family around me |
| because there are wardens around |
| too many motor bikes |
| too much bad things |
| there's stabbings |
| Too much traffic |
| too much gangsters making trouble |
| dangerous man |
| because someone got robbed |
| Because there are too many strangers |
| people are your friends |
| because it has no accidents |
| good safety |
| Because there are no gangsters |
| too big houses |
| because there is too many bad boys |
| not enough lollipop people |
| I always hear the police |
| Because we have good neighbours |
| because people fight |
| Because kids die because can't see murderers at night. |
| There are not many accidents |
| because it has cars running fast |
| people smoke |
| well some people can't walk around chatting or on their bikes without some teenage boys or someone coming up to them and causing trouble. |
| because there's a lot of fighting. |
| Too many teenagers |
| bullying on the streets |
| because we don't always get burgled |
| people play out at 12 o'clock (drunks) |
| There are too many drunk and dangerous people about |
| no fighting |
| Too many dangerous people who lurk around |
| Nothing happens at night |
| A lot of young people that cause trouble in the area |
| Because there is no fighting |
| There are some people who are nasty |
| lady with a knife |
| paedophiles |
| not many murders |
| No fighting on roads |
| cars drive too fast |
| because in parks there are pictures of missing people |
| strong front doors |
| car robberies |
| don't walk around on my own |
| I'm a bit frightened because some people look scary |
| Because someone got killed in my area. |
| scared of violence around the streets |
| There is never any trouble |
| we have a police station nearby |
| gangs around |
| Because, for example people throw fireworks at other people |
| there is crashes nearly every weekend |
| someone got stabbed |
| because there are gangsters |
| busy roads |
| because our street look after people when they get hurt |
| loads of alleyways |
| too much people smoking under age |
| Because there is not enough security |
| loads of violence |
| Not enough streets lamps |
| There are no robbers at all |
| because there are always fights |
| because it isn't safe at night |
| because there is lots of bullying |
| Because the kids are climbing up the trees. |
| our area is not safe because people get run over |
| there's no robberies |
| The teenagers |
| too many gangsters |
| because there are wardens checking up. |
| I don't see bad things outside |
| too many robbers |
| because there are always gangs of people causing trouble |
| Safe in the day |
| too many drug dealers |
| sometimes it is and sometimes it isn't |
| too many people being mugged. |
| some people break things |
| too many people getting hurt at night |
| My neighbours frighten me |
| no place is safe |
| people take drugs |
| no knives |
| because of mad people |
| too many paedophiles |
| Too many drunk people |
| because it has a main road |
| because there is rough people |
| There are too many strange people |
| Too many teenagers doing graffiti |
| Thieves |
| after dark there's always gangs about |
| because you get beaten up |
| because I saw people spraying graffiti |
| because people keep getting arrested |
| people break windows |
| a few car accidents |
| Because its a quiet area |
| because there is gangs hanging around |
| because we have police coming up quite a lot |
| because there is people on their bikes |
| my bike got vandalised and stolen |
| loads of teenagers around being rude |
| people do drugs |
| because I don't know but people tell me this and that |
| It's quiet |
| I don't walk around my neighbourhood |
| because children have been killed |
| there's too many fights |
| because there are bad people around sometime |
| there are lots of roads |
| because of the strangers |
| There's some crime around here. |
| because my mum has had 3 cars smashed up |
| because there's no accidents |
| lots of people round you |
| I don't know if anything bad has happened |
| Too many teenagers who think they're all that |
| rubbish and glass on the streets |
| because someone got killed |
| I've seen things happen in my road |
| because I know where to go |
| scared of violence around the streets |
| where I play is safe |
| because there are gangs |
| Because there are a lot of people who come into the park |
| too many unlit alley ways |
| Too dark |
| Because someone got killed |
| big accidents |
| there is not many dangerous people |
| once this man broke into the house at midnight |
| because we haven't had any murders and kidnaps around the area |
| where I live it's quiet |
| There are drug addicts that live in the area |
| you never know if an assault might happen to you |
| Because teenagers come out at night and sometimes fight |
| my windows get smashed |
| because my neighbour got robbed |
| it's quiet |
| because it's peaceful |
| because there is paedophiles in the woods |
| because I live upstairs to a drug dealer |
| because I know most people |
| mad people sometimes come round my area |
| because there's an alleyway where anybody could be hiding |
| because there is too much naughty people |
| my area is a peaceful place for people to live in |
| some people are crazy and some aren't |
| because every time we go out in the night we come back home safely |
| most of the time I feel safe but you don't really know if you're right |
| not enough security cameras |
| there is no crime (well if there is I don't know anything about it) |
| because people can just walk into our flat |
| because nothing goes on around there. |
| I live in a dead end road |
| you feel safe in bed |
| Lewisham is quiet |
| It is cool |
| I have never seen a house fire . |
| I have not been attacked. |
| Very little teenagers at night |
| a boy got threatened but not hurt |
| good neighbours |
| because car keys were stolen |
| dangerous at night |
| lots of children hang about |
| some one got murdered |
| people might steal my phone |
| nowhere is safe nowadays |
| everyone is friendly |
| lots of boys hanging around |
| bad things happen |
| I think my area is safe because nobody's broke into my house. |
| sometimes it is good and sometimes it is bad |
| Because the paths are all cracked and the street lights don't work. |
| because there are paedophiles |
| people are rude |
| teenagers smash up cars and set them on fire |
| Because people hang out |
| because sometimes kids let off fireworks |
| because cars speed round dangerous bends |
| no murders |
| because of the pellet guns |
| Because people get killed easily |
| there's hardly any crimes |
| No Because My Dad's Motorbike Was Stolen |
| there are guns in the area |
| because there might be rapists on the street |
| no naughty people |
| because my area is very quiet |
| there is no safe crossing |
| there are loads of drunks |
| bad people |
| not sure because I've just moved in. |
| traffic lights don't work |
| because horrible people |
| muggers |
| nothing really happens |
| everyone is friendly |
| Because someone was stabbed near my house |
| I have dangerous people living in my area |
| there is danger |
| because there is always something going on |
| the amount of people |
| I just lived there for a month |
| people drive along 70 miles peer hour along a 30 miles per hour road |
| cars don't go very fast on my road |
| because there was a car crash |
| when I was in school doing recycle bins with my friend teenagers came and started to call us rude words with the school gate open. |
| sometimes I hear strange noises |
| because people carry weapons |
| I got chased by a man |
| everyone is friendly |
| nasty youths. |
| Too much old kids |
| because of the gangs |
| There have been 3 killings in my area |
| The road isn't that busy |
| robbers |
| There is a park behind me and big gangs go round in it and my mates and I are scared to go there and my friends are scared to go there. |
| because of gangs |
| you don't have any criminals, we get along |
| there was rubbish round my house and bonfires |
| because there are people who are getting kidnapped |
| because too many people keep getting killed |
| Because there are people that take kids |
| there are nasty people who nose into your things |
| too many people are carrying weapons |
| killing, robberies |
| Because it is very quiet. |
| a lot of killing |
| because I see a lot of crews |
| no violence |
| there's no guns |
| sometimes people are not safe |
| The children are mad |
| Most people have dogs, big dogs and they can be very harmful |
| there are so many people someone could take you away |
| No one has been killed |
| lots of gangs |
| I've neve r met any HORRIBLE people |
| Because there are people with guns. |
| roads aren't busy most of the time |
| Somebody could kidnap you |
| because cars crash a lot |
| Too much traffic |
| Because there is a wood |
| lots of alcoholics |
| Too many drunks about |
| two women got stabbed |
| Because of cctv |
| People run over |
| There is no zebra crossing |
| because you could be shot |
| Too much gangsters |
| get beat up |
| There is a lot of public transport if you need to get away from something |
| Groups on the streets |
| we have lots of police |
| Because cars come in a lot of the time. |
| because people are stealing, killing, mugging |
| because they steal |
| not much people get killed |
| Because no one had anyone breaking in their house |
| because we don't have that much burglars |
| Because its quiet and no-one is passing by |
| too many fighters |
| no because of stabbing |
| they do not fight |
A full list of children's comments can be accessed from the Responses spreadsheet page.
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