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Community Safety Survey: Fingal North

Fingal North Local Community Safety Partnership is developing its plan for improving Community Safety under the Policing, Security and Community Safety Act 2024. As part of our consultation for this plan, we invite you to share your views and experiences of community safety. By completing this survey, we can learn what makes you feel safe or unsafe. This then helps when we are developing the community safety plan for Fingal North. Your answers are anonymous. This means we will not know who you are.

Please do not include your personal information in your answers to make sure your identity is kept safe.

Please read the following before taking part in this survey:
  • Participation in this survey is voluntary.
  • Please only take part in this survey if you are over 16 years old and can consent (say yes) to your responses being used.
  • All responses to this survey are anonymous and will not be made public.
  • If you would prefer to complete a physical copy of this survey, please email us at fingalnorthlcsp@fingal.ie and we will send a freepost paper copy to you.
This survey should take you about 10 minutes to complete. Thank you for your time.

1.I understand the above and agree to take part in this survey(Required.)
2.I agree for my data to be used anonymously (you can withdraw at any time until you hit submit on your responses)
3.Please choose one of the following:
4.In what context are you completing this survey? (Please note you may choose more than one option).
5.
In which area of Fingal North are you based?
6.Gender
7.What age are you?
8.What is your ethnicity?
9.How would you describe your main status?
10.Do you have any of the following conditions? (Please select all that apply)
11.General Safety: Please tell us how much you agree with the following statements about how generally safe or unsafe you feel
Strongly agree
Somewhat agree
Neither agree nor disagree
Somewhat disagree
Strongly disagree
Don't know or prefer not to say
I feel safe in my local area/community during the day
I feel safe in my local area/community at night
My local area/ community is a safe place to live
Fingal North is a safe place to live
12.Safety during the day: Thinking about being in your community during the day, please tell us how safe or unsafe you feel
Very safe
Somewhat safe
Neither safe nor unsafe
Somewhat unsafe
Very unsafe
Don't know or prefer not to say
Using parks and public spaces during the day
Using public transport during the day
Walking on streets during the day
At home during the day
13.Safety at night: Thinking about being in your community during the night, please tell us how safe or unsafe you feel
Very safe
Somewhat safe
Neither safe nor unsafe
Somewhat unsafe
Very unsafe
Don't know or prefer not to say
Using parks and public spaces at night
Using public transport at night
Walking on streets at night
At home at night
14.Things that affect safety: Which of the following do you think have a role in community safety? (Please select all that apply)
Your experience of safety in your community. Safety in your local community means that the people in your area feel protected, comfortable and free from harm.
15.Reporting safety concerns: Do you know how to report a safety concern in your community?
16.If yes, do you feel comfortable reporting safety concerns in your community?
17.Where you get information about safety: What are your most main sources of information about safety and crime in your community? (Please select 3 answers)
Community Collaboration: Local public services are provided by the Government or other state-funded organisations. These include: Emergency services, An Garda Síochána, local authorities, health services, education services, social services, Defence Forces.
18.How well do you think local public services currently work together to address safety concerns in your community?
19.Your confidence in public services: How much confidence do you have in local public services to address community safety concerns?
20.Local residents and safety: How involved are local residents in making decisions about safety in your area?
21.In the last 12 months, have you personally experienced any of the following safety concerns? (Please select all that apply)
22.Things that make you feel safe: Which factors make you feel safe in your community? (Please select 3 answers)
23.Safety and your quality of life: How much does feeling safe impact your quality of life? For example, does it influence what you do, where you go and when?
24.Your recommendation for action: If you could recommend one key action to improve community safety, what would it be?
Thank you for taking the time to complete this survey. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact us at fingalnorthlcsp@fingal.ie

This survey is not an emergency response form, if you are experiencing an urgent safety issue, please ring emergency services at 999

Please note:
This survey is open to anyone living, working or studying in Fingal. The findings of this survey will help Fingal North Local Community Safety Partnership to develop its Community Safety Plan. We will create a report of the findings of the survey, and you will be able to read it on our website https://www.fingal.ie/LCSP when complete.

Freedom of Information
As part of the consultation process, survey answers may be subject to requests under the Freedom of Information Act 2014. This means we must release this information if asked by an individual or organisation. We ask that you do not include any personal information in your answers to this survey, however, if there is any personal information in the answers, we will remove it before we give out the information.