Satisfaction with neighborhood safety on a five-point scale in the Fed's SHED, asked as 'safety of neighborhood' among aspects of the housing situation in 2017–2018 and as 'crime risk' among aspects of the neighborhood in 2023–2024.
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Latest: 18% answered “Dissatisfied” in Fed SHED: Satisfaction with neighborhood crime risk, 2024.
Shares of people whose answer maps onto these categories (non-answers and answers outside the scale are left out), because surveys differ in whether they offer “don’t know.” Each column is one survey wave, evenly spaced rather than to scale in time; hover for exact shares.
Shares of people whose answer maps onto these categories (non-answers and answers outside the scale are left out), because surveys differ in whether they offer “don’t know.” Each point is one survey wave at the middle of its field period. Lines from different surveys are never spliced together.
| Line | Question | Match | How answers map |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fed SHED: Satisfaction with neighborhood safety | Satisfaction with neighborhood safety [Safety of neighborhood] How satisfied are you with each of the following aspects of your housing situation? Caveat: Standard 5-point satisfaction scale; reference wording on safety | equivalent | Very dissatisfied → Dissatisfied; Somewhat dissatisfied → Dissatisfied; Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied → Neutral/mixed; Somewhat satisfied → Satisfied; Very satisfied → Satisfied |
| Fed SHED: Satisfaction with neighborhood crime risk | Satisfaction with neighborhood crime risk Crime risk - How satisfied are you with each of the following aspects of your neighborhood? Caveat: Wording refers to crime risk rather than safety of neighborhood | equivalent | Very dissatisfied → Dissatisfied; Somewhat dissatisfied → Dissatisfied; Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied → Neutral/mixed; Somewhat satisfied → Satisfied; Very satisfied → Satisfied |