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Feeling safe after dark
Part of the Trust and Wellbeing domain. Share of adults who feel very or fairly safe walking alone in their local area after dark, England and Wales.
Latest data
Latest reading
YE Mar 2026
A lower reading is treated as worse for this indicator.
Score composition
Stress score
Blended from three components: (60% weight), trend (30% weight) and volatility (10% weight). Full formula on the methodology page.
Level · 60% weight
Percentile: this metric is scored against its own history, where today sits between its best and worst recorded years.
Trend · 30% weight
Measured from the direction and size of the change between the two most recent readings.
Volatility · 10% weight
22Measured from how much this indicator has swung period on period across its recorded history.
Data confidence and provenance
Confidence and source
How much weight to put on the reading, the mean data-confidence across the component metrics (source quality, recency and completeness).
Source
Crime Survey for England and Wales
- Update frequency
- Quarterly
- Reliability
- high
Provenance
- Provider
- Office for National Statistics
- Series ID
- ons_csew
- Frequency
- Annual
- Accessed
- 13 August 2026
Known weakness
England & Wales; the CSEW question has multiple breaks (2012/13 sub-sample move, 2016/17 omission, 2020-22 COVID suspension), so it is not a clean trend. ONS discontinued the standalone perceptions article; the figure is corroborated via the CSEW.
Notes
Verified official value from Office for National Statistics (ons_csew), accessed 2026-08-13.
Historical values
History
| Period | Value | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 74.5 | |
| 2012 | 75.5 | |
| 2013 | 70.5 | |
| 2014 | 71.3 | |
| 2015 | 73.7 | |
| 2016 | 74.7 | |
| 2018 | 75.2 | |
| 2019 | 78.4 | |
| 2020 | 77.9 | |
| 2023 | 79.1 | |
| YE Mar 2024 | 79.5 | |
| YE Mar 2025 | 78.4 | |
| YE Mar 2026 | 78 |