39. Fear of crime

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This indicator is supported by a separate wellbeing measure.

Fear of crime (a) car theft (b) burglary (c) physical attack, 1992 to 2007-8

Fear of crime since:

1992

1999

Fear of crime has fallen over time. The percentage of people saying that they were "very worried" about theft of their car fell from 24 per cent in 1992 to 12 per cent in 2007-8, and those “very worried” about burglary fell from 19 per cent in 1992 to 12 per cent. In 2007-8, 11 per cent of people were "very worried" about physical attack, down from 18 per cent in 1998.
Fear of all three types of crime have fallen by roughly 10 percentage points for women since 1998. A similar decline was seen for men with regards theft of their car, but with a decrease of 6 percentage points for burglary, and little change for physical attack. However fear of physical attack in men was already relatively low in 1998 (8 per cent), and in 2007-8 it was still true that fewer men were “very worried” about all 3 types of crime.

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Updated: 31 July 2008