The British Crime Survey has mainly focussed on victims perceptions of crime. This survey also focuses on the extent to which victims worry about crime, the amount of security they feel and how much they think crime has increased in their area. The 1992 British Crime Survey surveyed 10,000 people age 16 and over. The results from the survey concluded many interesting responses about crime. Approximately 57 percent of respondents had the belief that crime had increased in their area. One common response found among women was the overall fear of crime. Thirty percent of the women surveyed had a major fear of being raped. Also, both women and men had a certain level of concern about being on the streets alone at night. About 49 percent of women admitted they felt "very" or "fairly" unsafe when they were outdoors alone whereas only 14 percent of men experienced the same concerns. Most respondents were afraid of being alone due to such issues as mugging, strange people, and gangs. The proportion of respondents feeling anxious about their personal safety have remained fairly stable over the recent years. This fear could be viewed as positive because it creates alertness to possible risks (Maung & Mirrlees-Black, 1994).

Another British Crime Survey was conducted in 1998. The main focus for this survey was to assess the public's attitudes and confidence in their police force. The survey reported that 81% of the people surveyed claimed that they believed the police in their area were doing a relatively good job. This opinion has been fairly constant throughout the nineties. This percentage is slightly biassed because some groups are more favourable toward police than others. For example, individuals who are over the age of sixty and residents who are of high-income and live in rural areas are more likely to have positive attitudes toward the police. Young men between the ages of sixteen to twenty-nine years old tend to be targeted more often by the police. The survey indicated that 32 percent of these men were stopped by police while in their car, when only 14% of older adults were stopped (Yeo & Budd, 2000).

Liverpool has developed a Community Safety Partnership called Citysafe. The partnership is made up of distinctive agencies across Liverpool, such as the local authorities and the police. Every three years the partnership is required to provide an audit of crime disorder levels across Liverpool. According to this audit, the amount crime has decreased over the last three years (Liverpool Crime & Disorder Audit, 2001). Violent crime in Liverpool has risen continually over the last three years. According to the Accident and Emergency Units of two Liverpool hospitals, only half of the assault victims that attend their department actually report the assault to the police. Youth issues are also a concern in Liverpool today. Last year, the Youth Offending team dealt with 4468 offences committed by people between the ages of 10 and 17. Ninety-one percent of these offenses were committed by males. Many different antisocial behaviours were monitored during that year. It was found that the amount of antisocial behaviours reported had decreased compared to previous years. The different types of antisocial behaviours include youth disturbances, neighbourhood disputes, drunkenness, vandalism and public transport disturbances.