Study of Fear of Crime in High Crime Areas in Shiraz

Abstract

This paper investigated fear of crime in the case of personal and neighborhood related variables. Aquestionnaire survey conducted in two high crime areas (Ahnmadino and Dehpialeh) in Shiraz-Iran, among300 residents. Results showed that among personal variables, gender had significant relationship with fearand surprisingly males were more fearful than females. Other personal variables didn't have significantrelationship with fear of crime (age, education, ethnicity, income, home ownership). But neighborhoodrelated variables (incivility, neighborhood attachment, and neighborhood quality and crime perception inneighborhood) significantly related to fear of crime. In regression multivariate analysis only incivilityentered and explained 19 percent of dependent variable.

Keywords

• Keywords: fear of crime
• incivility
• neighborhood attachment
• neighborhood quality
• crime