Safety
August 14, 2009
Context Statement: The way our neighbourhoods are planned, our degree of emergency preparedness, policing measures, and the extent to which we feel empowered to protect ourselves are key factors that influence the real and perceived levels of safety in a community.
Sub-Issues (in order of priority): Emergency Preparedness; Protection and Prevention; Personal Safety/Injury Prevention; Perceptions of Safety; Domestic Violence; Accidents (including pedestrian)
List of Proposed Indicators:
- Motor vehicle accident hospitalizations and deaths
- Serious crime rates: violent crime and property crime
- Motor vehicle theft rate
- Emergency response
- Emergency preparedness
- Restorative justice
- Domestic violence