Indiana

Safer In the City?

By Abdul Hakim-Shabazz

A new survey says Indianapolis residents feel more safe and better about the city than they have in years.

The IUPUI Department of Tourism, Conventions and Event Management sampled nearly 600 people over three weeks at City Market.

Nearly 55-percent of respondents said they felt either safe or very safe in the downtown area after dark.  That number was 34 percent in 2008 and 2007;  38 percent in 2006; and 44 percent in 2005.  The number of people who reported they felt very unsafe downtown was under 4 percent.  That was down from 11 percent in 2007.  An overwhelming 86 percent of respondents said they felt safe or very safe in the downtown are during the day; a five-year high.

A record number of respondents also said they said they felt good about the way the city looks and feels in regards to issues relating to crime, theft and police presence.

So if all this is true, who should get the credit?

Full post as published by Indiana Barrister on December 03, 2009 (boomark / email).