NCJ Number
160317
Date Published
1995
Length
100 pages
Annotation
This report studied fear of crime, based on findings from the 1994 British Crime Survey.
Abstract
The results showed that women worry most about rape, burglary, and vehicle crime, while men are most concerned about burglary and vehicle crime. The results showed that differences based on gender and age are not significant for all crimes. Asian immigrants scored higher than whites on most measures of fear of crime; residents of urban areas also expressed high level of fear. In general, worry about auto-related crimes has risen sharply, worry about burglary has also increased, and worry about mugging has remained more or less stable. People tended to worry more about being victimized by violent criminals than about other, noncriminal mishaps, and their perceptions about their risk of victimization closely paralleled their fear of crime. Direct experience of crime and knowing crime victims contributed to fear of crime. Significant numbers of respondents reported taking precautions to avoid victimization. 3 appendixes, and 31 references