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 The research set out to seek the views and attitudes of local residents towards perception of crime, communication with the Council, consultation, the NHS complaints procedure and Welsh culture.
A total of 303 questionnaires were returned from panel members giving a 58% response rate.
Perception of Crime
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The majority (91%) of respondents state they feel either very safe (35%) or fairly safe (57%) when out and about in Wrexham County Borough during the day. This has increased slightly since the 2004 survey when 89% felt safe out and about in the Borough during the day.
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Just over a third (34%) of respondents state they feel either very safe (3%) or fairly safe (31%) when out and about in Wrexham County Borough during the night. Nearly two thirds (63%) feel either a bit unsafe (41%) or very unsafe (22%) during the night. This has improved slightly since 2004 when 31% felt safe during the night and 64% felt unsafe.
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Over four in five (86%) respondents feel safe when out walking during the day in their local area.
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Nearly a quarter (23%) of respondents feel safe when out walking during the night in their local area while 74% feel a bit safe or very unsafe.
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The top five improvements for safety in the local area are more Police (49%), more street lighting (13%), more CCTV cameras (6%), reduction in the number of teenage gangs (2%) and more activities/clubs for young people. Similar improvements were suggested in 2004.
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Nearly all (94%) respondents feel either very safe (45%) or fairly safe (49%) when out in Wrexham town centre during a weekday. The results are identical to 2004.
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One in seven (14%) feel very safe (2%) or fairly safe (13%) during the night on the weekends in Wrexham town centre with 34% who feel a bit safe and 43% who feel very unsafe. The proportion feeling safe has significantly fallen since 2004 when 21% felt safe at night on the weekends while those feeling unsafe has significantly increased (72%).
- In regards to the Borough generally, there appears to have been a consensus amongst panel members that crime levels have got better.
Communication
Panel members were asked to consider the Council’s magazine ‘Connect’ that gets delivered through their door.
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55% of respondents agree that a copy of ‘Connect’ is delivered to their home.
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Just over half (51%) of respondents agree that the magazine is interesting while 56% agree that the articles are informative. Around a quarter neither agree nor disagree while encouragingly very few disagree.
- It appears that ‘Connect’ appeals to older residents in the Borough as 59% and 67% of respondent’s aged 65+ agree that the magazine is interesting and articles are informative respectively.
Panel members were then asked a series of questions relating to consultation.
Welsh Culture
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One in ten (10%) panel members describe themselves as Welsh speakers with a further 10% stating a household member speaks Welsh. Four in five (80%) stated that neither they nor a household member speaks Welsh.
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5% of panel members have children that attend a Welsh medium school while 27% have children that don’t attend a Welsh medium school. Two thirds (65%) of panel members do not have children of school age.
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One of the Council’s priorities is to ‘promote Welsh language and culture’. All panel members were asked whether they support this aim. Three quarters (78%) support this aim while 21% do not support this aim and 1% did not provide a response.
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In an open response question, all panel members were asked what more the Council could do to ‘promote Welsh language and culture’. Two thirds (65%) did not provide a response. Of those that did the top three responses are offering free classes in the Welsh language (7%), increasing the teaching of Welsh language in schools and colleges (6%) and promote welsh events more (5%).
For more information contact:
Assistant Policy Officer
Telephone: 01978 292176
Email: statistics@wrexham.gov.uk
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