Residents’ surveys
Over the last few months I have been spending quite a lot of time on the doorstep. My colleagues and I have been distributing resident’s surveys in order to find out what the priorities are for the people in our wards. In High Barnet we have now distributed around 1000 survey forms.
On Saturday we were out again. I like doing surveys as they help ground what we do in the reality of what people are really concerned about. People generally like to be asked their opinions and are happy to complete the survey. The results of the surveys are compiled and used to target specific issues such as speeding in certain roads. Everyone who completes a survey (and gives us their address) is written to with a detailed breakdown of the results so that they know what their neighbourhood is concerned about.
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OK, let us in on the secret. What are the people of High Barnet worried about?
OK – Here is part of the letter we sent to those who responded, which indicates the main issues.
We asked if you thought there were enough police to make you feel safe on the streets. 84% of you thought that there were not enough. One comment was that all the police in the area were concentrated in Barnet High Street
We asked how many of you were in Neighbourhood watch schemes. You told us that only 15% of you were in a scheme. Perhaps more surprisingly 62% of you would not want to be in a scheme if you had the opportunity.
A few of you identified litter, fly tipping and vandalism as problems. Where we have been given locations we will be investigating further and taking up any problems with the Council.
Under current issues your highest priority was health / NHS followed by the credit crunch, crime and education.
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