Study shows millions of children in the UK are worried about crime
Sobering stuff this – I wonder if (suspect) this a rural as well as an urban phenomenon?
The wellbeing and happiness of millions of children is being affected by concerns about crime in their local area, according to a study.
The Good Childhood report 2017, based on a survey of 3,000 10- to 17-year-olds and their parents, found that two in five teenagers in the UK worry about anti-social behaviour and other crimes.
The Children’s Society, which published the report, used Office of National Statistics data to extrapolate how many people across the population as a whole were affected by the concerns listed.
The report found that young people’s happiness with their life was its lowest since 2010 and revealed that more than 1 million children experience at least seven serious problems in their lives – such as a fear of crime, domestic violence and bereavement.