Statistical Communiqué on National Public Sense of Security Survey in 2007

In early November of 2007, National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) organized The Seventh Sampling Survey on Public Sense of Security. The results of the survey are released as follows:

I. Basic situation

According to the sampling method of multi-stage, stratified, and probability proportional sampling, the survey sampled 1,836 counties (cities and districts), 3,115 countrysides (towns and streets), and 4,649 village (neighborhood) committees from 31 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) of the national wide, totally surveyed 101,029 families, each family randomly selected one member who over the age of 16 to conducted the questionnaire survey.

II. The feelings among the masses on public security

According to the present public security environment, the proportion of respondents who thought “very safe” was 20.8 percent of the total, while that of “safe” was 42.8 percent, that of “basic safety” was 29.7 percent, that of “less safety” occupied 5.2 percent, and that of “unsafe” was 1.5 percent. Of which, the proportions of “very safe”, “safety” and “basic safety” amounted to 93.3 percent, up by 1.3 percentage points than that in 2006. Feelings on public security continuously kept steady improvement.

Of the problems that influencing public sense of safety, the proportions of respondents who choosing “criminal cases”, “public disorder”, “traffic accident” and “fire” occupied  respectively 24.8, 27.6, 38.2 and 9.4 percent of the total. Compared with 2006, the proportions of “criminal cases” and “public disorder” declined by 1.2 and 4.2 percentage points respectively, while that of “traffic accident” and “fire” rose 5.0 and 0.4 percentage points respectively.

III. Public evaluation on Social Security

1. Local social security

The proportions of respondents who choosing “best” , “better”, “ordinary”, “worse” and “worst” occupied 24.7, 41.7, 29.7, 3.1 and 0.8 percent respectively. Of which, that of “best”, “better” and “ordinary” amounted to 96.1 percent, increased 1.6 percentage points over 2006.

The proportions of respondents who thought their local security situation had “apparently improved”, “improved”, “same”, “worse” and “worst” than last year occupied 24.0, 48.0, 24.8, 2.7 and 0.5 percent respectively. of which, that of “apparently improved”, “improved”, “same” amounted to 96.8 percent, rose by 1.7 percentage points over 2006.

2. Public security order at special site

The proportion of respondents who thought public security order around school was “good” occupied 55.0 percent, up by 7.8 percentage points over last year; that of “ordinary ” was 35.2 percent, down by 4.4 percentage points; that of “worse” was 3.7 percent, declined by 1.3 percentage points, and that of “unknown” was 6.1 percent, decreased 2.1 percentage points.

The proportion of respondents who thought public security order at “railway, station and quay” was “good” occupied 27.5 percent, up by 5.5 percentage points over 2006, and that of “ordinary” was 35.4 percent, surging 1.0 percentage points, that of “worse” and “unknown” were 6.8 and 30.3 percent, respectively decreased 2.1 and 4.4 percentage points.

The proportions of respondents who thought public security order at “large enterprises around” were “good” and “ordinary”, which both occupied 26.6 percent, and respectively increased 5.3 and 0.4 percentage points over 2006, and that of “worse” and “unknown” were 2.9 and 43.9 percent, respectively decreased 0.6 and 5.1 percentage points.

The proportion of respondents who thought public security order at “public site” was “good” occupied 32.6 percent, increased 7.0 percentage points over last year; that of “ordinary”, “worse” and “unknown” were 38.9, 6.0 and 22.5 percent, respectively decreased 0.1, 1.7 and 5.2 percentage points.

3. Intensity of the crackdown on illegal and criminal activities

The proportion of respondents who thought the intensity of the crackdown was “strong” occupied 58.1 percent, up by 9.9 percentage points over last year; that of “not so strong” and “not strong” were 36.7 and 5.2 percent, respectively down by 7.3 and 2.6 percentage points.

4. Status of security guard post (or gatehouse) and security patrols

The proportion of “security guard post (police station) or gatehouse” around respondents’ neighborhood occupied 42.4 percent, increased 8.2 percentage points over 2006; that of not having was 57.6 percent; that of having “security patrols” was 59.9 percent, increased 4.7 percentage points over last year, while that of not having was 40.1 percent.

IV. The most concerned social issues among the masses

In the listed 13 most concerned social issues, the proportions of respondents who choosing “medical care” occupied 15.3 percent; that of “social issues” occupied 14.3 percent; that of “social security”, “education”, “employment and unemployment”, “corruption”, “wages treatment”, “environment protection”, “housing”, “hygiene of foodstuff”, “production safety”, “land requisition and relocation” and “others” were respectively 13.2, 12.6, 10.3, 7.6, 7.0, 4.7, 4.7, 4.2, 2.1, 2.0 and 2.0 percent.

In addition, 76.8 percent choosing “community coordination” when family encountered contradictions and disputes, increased 1.1 percentage points over 2006; that of “law enforcement and judicial organs” was 7.6 percent, decreased 0.3 percentage points; that of “government departments” was 8.9 percent, soaring 0.3 percentage points, and that of “others” was 6.7 percent, declined by 1.1 percentage points.