Public Safety 8. In every situation described above, respondents report feeling safer in 1997 than in 1996. However, people still report feeling unsafe at night , especially in parks . As in 1996, Southeast residents report feeling significantly less safe than other regions of the city in their neighborhoods and in nearby parks, both day and night. Southeast residents also feel less safe crossing the streets than those in the Central and West.
Women feel less safe than men at night.
Most people, both men and women, feel unsafe at night downtown or in the park. African-American, Latino and Asian respondents report feeling less safe than white respondents in each daytime situation. African-American and Asian respondents also report feeling less safe than whites in their neighborhoods at night, while Latino respondents report feeling less safe downtown at night. African-Americans feel less safe than white respondents crossing the street. These findings are similar to those in 1996.