Community Safety Survey: Fingal West

Fingal West 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 West. 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 fingalwestlcsp@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.)

Yes

No

2.I agree for my data to be used anonymously (you can withdraw at any time until you hit submit on your responses)

Yes

No

3.Please choose one of the following:

I am completing this survey for myself.

I am completing this survey on behalf of someone else.

4.In what context are you completing this survey? (Please note you may choose more than one option).

5.

In which area of Fingal West are you based?

10.Do you have any of the following conditions? (Please select all that apply)

Blindness or serious visual impairment

Deafness or severe hearing impairment

A condition that substantially limits one or more basic physical activities such as walking, climbing stairs, reaching, lifting or carrying

An intellectual diability

A difficulty with learning, remembering or concentration

A psychological or emotional condition

A difficulty with pain, breathing or any other chronic illness or condition

None of the above

Prefer not to say

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?

Yes

No

16.If yes, do you feel comfortable reporting safety concerns in your community?

Yes

No

Community Collaboration: Local public services are provided by the Government or other state-funded organisations. These include: Emergency services, local authorities, health services, education services, social services, Defence Forces.

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?

22.Things that make you feel safe: Which factors make you feel safe in your community? (Please select 3 answers)

Access to resources: e.g. nearby health services, schools, public transport, other amenities.

Access to safe community spaces: e.g. Playgrounds, parks, community hubs.

Community connections: e.g. knowing your neighbours, community groups and events.

Economic stability: e.g. high employment rates, thriving businesses, housing security.

Inclusivity: e.g. absence of hate crime, being included in my community.

No intimidation and loitering: e.g. no anti-social behaviour, no intimidating groups of people hanging around, no public drunkenness.

Responsible authorities: e.g. Emergency services, local authorities, An Garda Síochána, health services, education services, social services, defense forces.

Road safety: e.g. Traffic calming measures, careful driving, high visibility clothing when walking or cycling.

The environment: e.g. lighting, roads, clean spaces, footpaths, no vandalism, no rubbish, no graffiti, derelict buildings

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?

Not at all

Somewhat

A lot

Prefer not to say

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 fingalwestlcsp@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 West 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.