Table 5
Perceptions of neighbourhood safety, by sex and self-reported sexual assault victimization, Canada, 2014

Table 5
Perceptions of neighbourhood safety, by sex and self-reported sexual assault victimization, Canada, 2014
Table summary
This table displays the results of Perceptions of safety. The information is grouped by Perceptions of safety (appearing as row headers), Women, Men, Total, Victims and Non-victims, calculated using percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Perceptions of safety	Women		Men		Total
	Victims	Non-victims^{Table 5 Note †}	Victims	Non-victims^{Table 5 Note †}	Victims	Non-victims^{Table 5 Note †}
	percent
Live in a welcoming community
Yes	85^Note *	92	89	93	86^Note *	92
No	13^{Note E: Use with caution}^Note *	6	Note F: too unreliable to be published	5	13^{Note E: Use with caution}^Note *	6
Social disorder in the neighbourhood^{Table 5 Note 1}
One or more big problems	18^{Note E: Use with caution}^Note *	8	24^{Note E: Use with caution}^Note *	7	19^Note *	8
One or more moderate problems but no big problems	18^{Note E: Use with caution}	14	26^{Note E: Use with caution}	14	19	14
One or more small problems but no moderate or big problems	34	29	28^{Note E: Use with caution}	31	33	30
No problems at all	27^Note *	45	22^{Note E: Use with caution}^Note *	45	26^Note *	45
Neighbours would call the police if they witnessed criminal behaviour
Very likely	57	65	49^{Note E: Use with caution}	65	56^Note *	65
Somewhat likely	33	25	36^{Note E: Use with caution}	27	34	26
Somewhat unlikely	7^{Note E: Use with caution}	3	Note F: too unreliable to be published	3	7^{Note E: Use with caution}	3
Not at all likely	Note F: too unreliable to be published	3	Note F: too unreliable to be published	3	Note F: too unreliable to be published	3
Crime in the neighbourhood compared to other areas in Canada
Higher	6^{Note E: Use with caution}	4	24^{Note E: Use with caution}^Note *	4	9^{Note E: Use with caution}^Note *	4
About the same	28^Note *	20	26^{Note E: Use with caution}	19	28^Note *	19
Lower	65^Note *	74	50^{Note E: Use with caution}^Note *	74	63^Note *	74
Crime in the neighbourhood compared to five years ago^{Table 5 Note 2}
Increased	25^Note *	13	27^{Note E: Use with caution}^Note *	11	25^Note *	12
About the same	65^Note *	78	54^{Note E: Use with caution}^Note *	77	64^Note *	78
Decreased	9^{Note E: Use with caution}	8	Note F: too unreliable to be published	11	10^{Note E: Use with caution}	10
Trust in people in the neighbourhood
Cannot be trusted	16^{Note E: Use with caution}^Note *	9	26^{Note E: Use with caution}^Note *	8	17^{Note E: Use with caution}^Note *	8
Neutral	37^Note *	25	28^{Note E: Use with caution}	27	36^Note *	26
Can be trusted	47^Note *	64	45^{Note E: Use with caution}^Note *	64	47^Note *	64
Trust in strangers
Cannot be trusted	69	60	61	56	68^Note *	58
Neutral	28^{Note E: Use with caution}	28	35^{Note E: Use with caution}	31	29	29
Can be trusted	3^{Note E: Use with caution}^Note *	9	Note F: too unreliable to be published	10	3^{Note E: Use with caution}^Note *	10
Confidence in the police
A great deal of confidence	29^Note *	46	28^{Note E: Use with caution}^Note *	44	29^Note *	45
Some confidence	50	46	47^{Note E: Use with caution}	46	49	46
Not very much confidence	15^{Note E: Use with caution}^Note *	5	Note F: too unreliable to be published	7	15^{Note E: Use with caution}^Note *	6
No confidence at all	5^{Note E: Use with caution}^Note *	1	Note F: too unreliable to be published	3	7^{Note E: Use with caution}^Note *	2
^E use with caution F too unreliable to be published Note * significantly different from reference category (p < 0.05) Return to note * referrer Note † reference category Return to note † referrer Note 1 Includes noisy neighbours or loud parties; people hanging around on the streets; garbage or litter lying around; vandalism; people being attacked because of their skin colour, ethnic origin or religion; people using or dealing drugs; people being drunk or rowdy in public places. Return to note 1 referrer Note 2 Excludes those who reported that they had not lived in their current neighbourhood long enough to assess. Return to note 2 referrer Note: Includes spousal and non-spousal sexual assault. 'Victims' refer to those who reported that they were sexually assaulted in the past 12 months. Responses of don't know/refusal are included in the calculation of percentages but are not displayed if they represent less than 5% of all responses. Source: Statistics Canada, General Social Survey.

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Table 5
Perceptions of neighbourhood safety, by sex and self-reported sexual assault victimization, Canada, 2014

Table 5Perceptions of neighbourhood safety, by sex and self-reported sexual assault victimization, Canada, 2014

Table 5
Perceptions of neighbourhood safety, by sex and self-reported sexual assault victimization, Canada, 2014