Table 11B
Perceptions of crime, neighbourhood and safety, and criminal courts among women, by Indigenous identity group, Canada, 2019

Table 11B
Perceptions of crime, neighbourhood and safety, and criminal courts among women, by Indigenous identity group, Canada, 2019
Table summary
This table displays the results of Perceptions of crime. The information is grouped by Perceptions (appearing as row headers), First Nations women, Métis women, Inuit women, Non-Indigenous women , percent and 95% confidence interval, calculated using from and to units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Perceptions	First Nations women			Métis women			Inuit women			Non-Indigenous women^{Table 11B Note †}
	First Nations women			Métis women			Inuit women			Non-Indigenous women^{Table 11B Note †}
	percent	95% confidence interval		percent	95% confidence interval		percent	95% confidence interval		percent	95% confidence interval
	percent	from	to	percent	from	to	percent	from	to	percent	from	to
Compared to other areas in Canada, believe neighbourhood has
A higher amount of crime	14.5^{Note E: Use with caution}^Note *	8.0	24.8	4.8^{Note E: Use with caution}	2.1	10.2	5.0^{Note E: Use with caution}	2.7	9.1	4.4	3.8	5.1
A lower amount of crime	58.1^{Note E: Use with caution}^Note *	46.9	68.5	74.1^{Note E: Use with caution}	64.3	81.9	59.7^{Note E: Use with caution}	42.2	75.0	70.3	68.8	71.7
About the same amount of crime	27.4^{Note E: Use with caution}	18.6	38.3	21.1^{Note E: Use with caution}	14.0	30.5	30.0^{Note E: Use with caution}	16.3	48.5	24.4	23.1	25.9
During the last 5 years, believe crime in neighbourhood has^{Table 11B Note 1}
Increased	23.6^{Note E: Use with caution}	15.8	33.7	30.2^{Note E: Use with caution}	20.9	41.4	23.5	11.2	43.0	20.5	19.3	21.8
Decreased	5.4^{Note E: Use with caution}	2.2	12.6	4.8^{Note E: Use with caution}	1.8	12.1	5.4	2.9	10.0	5.4	4.7	6.3
Remained the same	70.7^{Note E: Use with caution}	60.0	79.5	65.0^{Note E: Use with caution}	53.9	74.7	69.4	50.9	83.2	73.1	71.7	74.5
Sense of belonging to local community
Somewhat or very strong	57.5^{Note E: Use with caution}	46.6	67.7	69.1^{Note E: Use with caution}	59.1	77.6	50.4^{Note E: Use with caution}	31.3	69.3	62.2	60.6	63.7
Somewhat or very weak	33.1^{Note E: Use with caution}	23.3	44.7	15.1^{Note E: Use with caution}^Note *	9.2	23.7	26.7^{Note E: Use with caution}	12.5	48.2	24.0	22.7	25.5
No opinion	9.3^{Note E: Use with caution}	5.4	15.7	15.5^{Note E: Use with caution}	9.7	23.9	22.9^{Note E: Use with caution}	8.7	48.1	13.6	12.4	14.8
Perceives social disorder in neighbourhood
Yes	71.8^{Note E: Use with caution}^Note *	61.4	80.2	71.9^{Note E: Use with caution}^Note *	60.9	80.7	74.9^{Note E: Use with caution}^Note *	58.6	86.3	57.4	55.8	58.9
No	28.2^{Note E: Use with caution}^Note *	19.7	38.6	27.7^{Note E: Use with caution}^Note *	18.9	38.6	25.0^{Note E: Use with caution}^Note *	13.7	41.3	42.4	40.8	43.9
Of the people in neighbourhood, know:
Most or many of the people	45.9^{Note E: Use with caution}^Note *	35.9	56.2	51.0^{Note E: Use with caution}^Note *	40.6	61.3	46.7^{Note E: Use with caution}	29.0	65.2	33.9	32.5	35.3
Few or none of the people	54.1^{Note E: Use with caution}^Note *	43.8	64.1	49.0^{Note E: Use with caution}^Note *	38.7	59.4	53.3^{Note E: Use with caution}	34.8	71.0	65.7	64.3	67.1
People in neighbourhood help each other
Yes	78.0^{Note E: Use with caution}	67.1	86.0	89.9^{Note E: Use with caution}^Note *	83.5	94.0	73.4^{Note E: Use with caution}	54.4	86.5	81.4	80.1	82.6
No	19.1^{Note E: Use with caution}	11.6	30.0	9.5^{Note E: Use with caution}^Note *	5.6	15.8	23.7^{Note E: Use with caution}	11.1	43.6	16.5	15.3	17.8
Likelihood neighbours would contact police about criminal activity
Very or somewhat likely	84.6^{Note E: Use with caution}	74.3	91.3	89.0^{Note E: Use with caution}	82.1	93.5	76.4^{Note E: Use with caution}	56.2	89.1	89.8	88.7	90.8
Somewhat unlikely or not likely	13.4^{Note E: Use with caution}	7.2	23.7	9.1^{Note E: Use with caution}	5.1	15.8	20.8^{Note E: Use with caution}	8.7	41.9	8.3	7.4	9.4
Feel safe walking alone at night in neighbourhood^{Table 11B Note 2}
Very or reasonably safe	82.7^{Note E: Use with caution}	71.0	90.4	91.1	83.0	95.5	86.8	65.5	95.8	82.4	81.1	83.7
Somewhat or very unsafe	16.7^{Note E: Use with caution}	9.1	28.6	8.9	4.5	17.0	13.2	4.2	34.5	17.3	16.1	18.7
Taken measures to protect self from crime in past 12 months
Yes	21.8^{Note E: Use with caution}	14.9	30.8	25.5^{Note E: Use with caution}	16.5	37.3	9.4^{Note E: Use with caution}	5.3	16.1	22.6	21.2	24.1
No	78.2^{Note E: Use with caution}	69.2	85.1	74.5^{Note E: Use with caution}	62.7	83.5	90.3^{Note E: Use with caution}	83.3	94.5	77.3	75.9	78.7
Satisfaction with personal safety from crime
Very or somewhat satisfied	67.7^{Note E: Use with caution}	56.6	77.1	71.3^{Note E: Use with caution}	61.1	79.7	62.4^{Note E: Use with caution}	40.7	80.0	74.4	73.0	75.7
Very or somewhat dissatisfied	13.7^{Note E: Use with caution}^Note *	7.0	25.1	6.7^{Note E: Use with caution}	3.1	14.0	2.1^{Note E: Use with caution}^Note *	0.9	5.0	4.1	3.5	4.7
Neither satisfied or dissatisfied	18.1^{Note E: Use with caution}	11.5	27.5	21.9^{Note E: Use with caution}	14.7	31.4	35.2^{Note E: Use with caution}	17.6	58.0	21.4	20.0	22.7
Confidence in police
A great deal or some confidence	80.1^{Note E: Use with caution}^Note *	71.6	86.6	86.4^{Note E: Use with caution}	75.2	93.0	68.9^{Note E: Use with caution}^Note *	49.3	83.5	91.4	90.4	92.3
Not very much or no confidence	19.6^{Note E: Use with caution}^Note *	13.2	28.2	12.1^{Note E: Use with caution}	5.8	23.6	30.0^{Note E: Use with caution}^Note *	15.5	50.1	8.2	7.3	9.2
Confidence in criminal courts
A great deal or some confidence	54.5^{Note E: Use with caution}	43.9	64.7	57.0^{Note E: Use with caution}	45.6	67.6	36.2^{Note E: Use with caution}^Note *	21.6	53.9	60.4	58.9	62.0
Not very much or no confidence	28.2^{Note E: Use with caution}	20.3	37.7	33.9^{Note E: Use with caution}^Note *	23.5	46.1	29.5^{Note E: Use with caution}	15.6	48.6	19.7	18.5	21.0
Don't know	17.3^{Note E: Use with caution}	10.3	27.5	9.2^{Note E: Use with caution}^Note *	5.2	15.5	33.2^{Note E: Use with caution}	19.0	51.2	19.6	18.2	21.0
^E use with caution Note * significantly different from reference category (p < 0.05) Return to note * referrer Note † reference category Return to note † referrer Note 1 Excludes respondents who reported that they had not lived in their current neighbourhood long enough to assess. Return to note 1 referrer Note 2 Excludes respondents who said they never walked along in their neighbourhood after dark. Return to note 2 referrer Note: Violent victimization includes intimate partner violence, non-intimate partner violence and robberies. Source: Statistics Canada, General Social Survey on Canadians' Safety (Victimization).

Date modified:: 2022-04-26

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Table 11B
Perceptions of crime, neighbourhood and safety, and criminal courts among women, by Indigenous identity group, Canada, 2019

Table 11B Perceptions of crime, neighbourhood and safety, and criminal courts among women, by Indigenous identity group, Canada, 2019

Table 11B
Perceptions of crime, neighbourhood and safety, and criminal courts among women, by Indigenous identity group, Canada, 2019