Larne Community Consultation Survey
In June 2003 the Central Survey Unit of the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) was commissioned by the Northern Ireland Policing Board and DPP’s to undertake a postal survey on public attitudes to policing in the Province. Some 60,000 households across Northern Ireland were surveyed, 1,100 being from the Larne Borough area. The response vote from the survey was very encouraging with 32% of those surveyed submitting a return as compared to the national average of 28%.
Public perception as to the biggest problems were identified as:
- Paramilitary Activity-62% of all respondents
- Vandalism eg Graffiti-48% of all respondents
- Young People causing Annoyance-45% of all respondents
- Underage Drinking-41% of all respondents
- Domestic Burglary-39% of all respondents
Of those surveyed 71% of respondents expressed an opinion that the PSNI in the Borough should be concentrating most of its resources on Beat / Foot Patrolling.
In terms of satisfaction with Policing in Larne Borough 25% of those surveyed expressed satisfaction, 22% were dissatisfied whilst 41% were neither satisfied nor dissatisfied.
The results of the survey played a major role in identifying local Policing priorities for the 2004 / 2005 Local Policing Plan.