Low crime, higher fear (Constituency for Fear of Crime)

The likelihood of becoming a victim of crime is lower than the fear of crime so people’s lives are unnecessarily affected by fear of crime. These areas constitute our main target audience. In these areas a coherent fear of crime strategy could have a real impact on the public views and perceptions about their local neighbourhood, meaning the fear of crime will significantly reduce and the quality of life improve.

Examples of this type of area could be a rural community and any areas that are adjacent to those with high crime, e.g. the outer suburbs of London. This scenario shows that fear of crime is partially independent of crime (e.g. in some circumstances the fear/risk paradox shows that people at least risk of crime are more fearful of it).

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