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A feeling of safety in the neighbourhood is fairly strongly correlated with overall satisfaction
with living in the city, although the relationship is less strong than for safety at the city
level. In other words, overall satisfaction is more strongly influenced by feeling safe in the
city as a whole than feeling safe in one’s own neighbourhood.
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% satisfied to live in the city
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Correlation coefficient:
r xy = 0.790
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% agree that they feel safe in their neighbourhood
When comparing the feeling of safety in the city and in the neighbourhood, the sense of
safety in the neighbourhood tends to be stronger. For example, in 30 cities at least 90% of
respondents agree that they feel safe in their neighbourhood, but this applies to only 15
cities with regards to feeling safe in the city as a whole.
At the same time, there is a very high correlation between these two variables. The more
people feel safe in the city, the more they feel safe in their neighbourhood. In particular, the
cities of Zurich, Munchen, Aalborg, Stockholm, Helsinki and Reykjavik appear in the top 10
highest ranking cities on both variables, while Athina, Greater Athens, Istanbul, Sofia,
Roma, Miskolc and Napoli are in the lowest 10 on both variables.
% agree that they feel safe in the neighbourhood
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% agree that they feel safe in the city
Correlation coefficient:
r xy = 0.889
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