From: Standardized observation of neighbourhood disorder: does it work in Canada?
 |  |  | Neighbourhood | |||||
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 | Total | Low Income | Middle/High Income | |||||
Items (divided by meta-category) | % | No. | EE, N = 39 % | SP, N = 24 % | SJT, N = 9 % | W, N = 43 % | NR, N = 11 % | BDM, N = 50 % |
Physicality Items | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Any Abandoned/Beat-Up Vehicles | 8.0 | 14 | 0 | 4.2 | 0 | 16.3 | 9.1 | 10.0 |
Some or a lot Garbage Or Odors*,¶ | 43.2 | 76 | 43.6 | 79.2 | 44.4 | 48.8 | 63.6 | 14.0 |
Any beer containers or liquor bottles on the street or sidewalks, in yards, or vacant lots | 8.5 | 15 | 12.8 | 8.3 | 11.1 | 11.6 | 9.1 | 2.0 |
Some/A Lot cigarettes/cigar butts or discarded cigarette packages on any of the streets or sidewalks, in yards/lots or gutters**,¶ | 59.7 | 105 | 66.7 | 91.7 | 100.0 | 51.2 | 63.6 | 38.0 |
Any graffiti on any of the buildings, sidewalks, walls, or signs,¶ | 41.5 | 73 | 33.3 | 66.7 | 100.0 | 32.6 | 45.5 | 32.0 |
Any Vacant/Undeveloped Land/Lots | 11.4 | 20 | 12.8 | 12.5 | 22.2 | 4.7 | 9.1 | 14.0 |
Poor/fair/deteriorated condition of the public spaces**,¶ | 63.6 | 112 | 69.2 | 83.3 | 88.9 | 79.1 | 54.6 | 34.0 |
Poor/Fair/Abandoned condition of residential buildings**,¶ | 19.3 | 34 | 20.5 | 45.8 | 55.6 | 16.3 | 18.2 | 2.0 |
Poor/Deteriorated/Fair overall condition of residential grounds**,¶ | 22.2 | 39 | 23.1 | 45.8 | 33.3 | 27.9 | 18.2 | 4.0 |
Poor/Fair overall condition of the vacant/undeveloped property | 8.5 | 15 | 12.8 | 12.5 | 22.2 | 4.7 | 0.0 | 6.0 |
Poor/Fair condition of commercial buildings* | 16.5 | 29 | 18.0 | 25.0 | 33.3 | 20.9 | 9.1 | 6.0 |
Any residences with "for sale" or "for rent" signs* | 27.8 | 49 | 33.3 | 37.5 | 22.2 | 34.9 | 36.4 | 12.0 |
Any commercial/industrial buildings with "for sale" or "for rent" signs* | 10.2 | 18 | 5.1 | 25.0 | 11.1 | 11.6 | 9.1 | 6.0 |
Social Items | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Presence of a police officer or private security guard | 9.7 | 17 | 12.8 | 16.7 | 33.3 | 4.7 | 9.1 | 4.0 |
Presence of adults loitering or selling drugs | 8.0 | 14 | 10.3 | 8.3 | 33.3 | 7.0 | 9.1 | 2.0 |
Presence of gangs or drinking, drunken or disorderly groups of adults**,¶ | 6.3 | 11 | 7.7 | 8.3 | 55.6 | 2.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Presence of indications of neighbourhood uniformity | 10.2 | 18 | 2.6 | 12.5 | 22.2 | 7.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Presence of signs which denote a neighbourhood name*,¶ | 10.2 | 18 | 5.1 | 37.5 | 33.3 | 4.7 | 9. | 2.0 |
Presence of neighbourhood crime watch signs | 19.3 | 34 | 20.5 | 8.3 | 33.3 | 16.3 | 27.3 | 22.0 |
Presence of no trespassing or security warnings signs | 38.1 | 67 | 30.8 | 45.8 | 44.4 | 39.5 | 45.5 | 36.0 |
Presence of any residences with signs indicating they are protected by dogs* | 14.2 | 25 | 23.1 | 16.7 | 11.1 | 18.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Presence of any residences with some form of decoration (e.g. decorated gardens/balconies, nameplates, window boxes)? | 76.7 | 135 | 82.1 | 66.7 | 66.7 | 76.7 | 81.8 | 78.0 |
Presence of any residential building with a fence or border | 74.4 | 131 | 84.6 | 62.5 | 66.7 | 76.7 | 81.8 | 70.0 |
Presence of any residential buildings with window bars or door grates¶ | 17.6 | 31 | 18.0 | 33.3 | 33.3 | 9.3 | 63.6 | 4.0 |
Presence of any residential buildings with signs indicating they are protected by private security services | 51.1 | 90 | 56.4 | 50.0 | 44.4 | 51.2 | 18.2 | 56.0 |
Presence of any commercial/industrial buildings with barred windows | 10.2 | 18 | 12.8 | 20.8 | 22.2 | 7.0 | 9.1 | 4.0 |
Resident react to the presence of raters|| | 39.2 | 69 | 56.4 | 58.3 | 33.3 | 25.6 | 36.4 | 30.0 |
Three or more people present on the block face | 35.8 | 63 | 20.5 | 37.5 | 100.0 | 37.2 | 63.6 | 28.0 |
Heard or saw a language other than English on the block face*,¶ | 30.1 | 53 | 35.9 | 41.7 | 77.8 | 25.6 | 36.4 | 14.0 |
Presence of any people socializing in mixed racial groups**,|| | 29.6 | 52 | 25.6 | 45.8 | 66.7 | 34.9 | 18.2 | 16.0 |
Presence of adults walking, socializing, doing home repair, sitting on the porch, supervising children, exercising, or patronizing businesses on the block face¶ | 83.5 | 147 | 76.9 | 95.8 | 100.0 | 81.4 | 100.0 | 78.0 |
Presence of signs advertising cultural, political or social events or neighbourhood helper signs¶ | 15.9 | 28 | 5.1 | 41.7 | 66.7 | 9.3 | 45.5 | 2.0 |
Presence of children¶ | 49.4 | 87 | 51.3 | 37.5 | 88.9 | 53.5 | 90.9 | 34.0 |
Presence of teenagers¶ | 37.5 | 66 | 30.8 | 25.0 | 88.9 | 53.5 | 63.6 | 20.0 |
Presence of public seating | 10.8 | 19 | 7.7 | 16.7 | 22.2 | 7.0 | 18.2 | 10.0 |
Presence of children or teenagers in the parks or playgrounds|| | 9.7 | 17 | 7.7 | 0.0 | 44.4 | 14.0 | 9.1 | 6.0 |
Presence of children or teenagers in playing in public spaces other than parks or playgrounds¶ | 13.1 | 23 | 7.7 | 4.2 | 33.3 | 9.3 | 63.6 | 10.0 |
Presence of any residential grounds with toys or play equipment*,¶ | 25.0 | 44 | 33.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 20.9 | 36.4 | 36.0 |
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Access to public transportation on block face* | 26.1 | 46 | 23.1 | 37.5 | 44.4 | 32.6 | 9.1 | 18.0 |
Presence of public courtesies, such as public seating, trash cans, newspaper dispensers and public pay phones¶ | 33.5 | 59 | 23.1 | 58.3 | 77.8 | 30.2 | 36.4 | 24.0 |
Presence of usable public phones**,¶ | 10.8 | 19 | 12.8 | 16.7 | 44.4 | 11.6 | 0.0 | 2.0 |
Presences of handicap accessibility facilities such as sidewalk ramps, wheel-trans stops, or reserved parking | 18.2 | 32 | 10.3 | 12.5 | 55.6 | 20.9 | 18.2 | 18.0 |
Presence of any bicycle facilities such as bike lanes and parking stands¶ | 12.5 | 22 | 2.6 | 33.3 | 44.4 | 9.3 | 27.3 | 4.0 |
Presence of a park or playground. | 14.2 | 25 | 12.8 | 4.2 | 44.4 | 16.3 | 9.1 | 14.0 |
Presence of other play spaces (sports fields or children playing in other public spaces)¶ | 30.1 | 53 | 18.0 | 4.2 | 55.6 | 41.9 | 72.7 | 28.0 |
Good or well-kept public spaces**,¶ | 31.8 | 56 | 20.5 | 12.5 | 11.1 | 20.9 | 45.5 | 60.0 |
Playgrounds/parks in good or excellent condition | 8.0 | 14 | 7.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 9.3 | 9.1 | 12.0 |
Other play spaces in good or excellent condition*,¶ | 19.9 | 35 | 15.4 | 0.0 | 11.1 | 23.3 | 54.6 | 24.0 |
Presence of commercial establishments|| | 26.7 | 47 | 23.1 | 50.0 | 44.4 | 25.6 | 27.3 | 16.0 |
Presence of institutions (eg. Schools, churches, medical clinics, libraries) | 19.9 | 35 | 18.0 | 29.2 | 33.3 | 23.3 | 27.3 | 10.0 |
Presence of drinking establishments*,¶ | 10.2 | 18 | 12.8 | 33.3 | 11.1 | 4.7 | 18.2 | 0.0 |
Light or very light traffic**,|| | 63.1 | 111 | 59.0 | 41.7 | 44.4 | 62.8 | 72.7 | 78.0 |
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Presence of single family homes|| | 66.5 | 117 | 76.9 | 50.0 | 22.2 | 74.4 | 81.8 | 64.0 |
Presence of buildings greater than two stories tall¶ | 30.7 | 54 | 7.7 | 70.8 | 100.0 | 18.6 | 90.9 | 14.0 |
Greater or equal to 20 residences on the block face¶ | 54.0 | 95 | 61.5 | 16.7 | 33.3 | 37.2 | 27.3 | 62.0 |
Greater or equal to 20 trees on the block face*,¶ | 31.3 | 55 | 38.5 | 45.8 | 33.3 | 41.9 | 18.2 | 12.0 |
All residences have access to a private yard or garden¶ | 54.0 | 95 | 79.5 | 8.3 | 0.0 | 53.5 | 27.3 | 72.0 |
Greater or equal to 50% of residences have a private balcony, porch or terrace¶ | 47.2 | 83 | 25.6 | 58.3 | 77.8 | 41.9 | 36.4 | 60.0 |