Table 1 Prevalence of items in 176 block faces by neighbourhood

Physicality Items

Any Abandoned/Beat-Up Vehicles

Some or a lot Garbage Or Odors*^,¶

Any beer containers or liquor bottles on the street or sidewalks, in yards, or vacant lots

Some/A Lot cigarettes/cigar butts or discarded cigarette packages on any of the streets or sidewalks, in yards/lots or gutters**^,¶

Any graffiti on any of the buildings, sidewalks, walls, or signs^,¶

Any Vacant/Undeveloped Land/Lots

Poor/fair/deteriorated condition of the public spaces**^,¶

Poor/Fair/Abandoned condition of residential buildings**^,¶

Poor/Deteriorated/Fair overall condition of residential grounds**^,¶

Poor/Fair overall condition of the vacant/undeveloped property

Poor/Fair condition of commercial buildings*

Any residences with "for sale" or "for rent" signs*

Any commercial/industrial buildings with "for sale" or "for rent" signs*

Social Items

Presence of a police officer or private security guard

Presence of adults loitering or selling drugs

Presence of gangs or drinking, drunken or disorderly groups of adults**^,¶

Presence of indications of neighbourhood uniformity

Presence of signs which denote a neighbourhood name*^,¶

Presence of neighbourhood crime watch signs

Presence of no trespassing or security warnings signs

Presence of any residences with signs indicating they are protected by dogs*

Presence of any residences with some form of decoration (e.g. decorated gardens/balconies, nameplates, window boxes)?

Presence of any residential building with a fence or border

Presence of any residential buildings with window bars or door grates^¶

Presence of any residential buildings with signs indicating they are protected by private security services

Presence of any commercial/industrial buildings with barred windows

Resident react to the presence of raters^||

Three or more people present on the block face

Heard or saw a language other than English on the block face*^,¶

Presence of any people socializing in mixed racial groups**^,||

Presence of adults walking, socializing, doing home repair, sitting on the porch, supervising children, exercising, or patronizing businesses on the block face^¶

Presence of signs advertising cultural, political or social events or neighbourhood helper signs^¶

Presence of children^¶

Presence of teenagers^¶

Presence of public seating

Presence of children or teenagers in the parks or playgrounds^||

Presence of children or teenagers in playing in public spaces other than parks or playgrounds^¶

Presence of any residential grounds with toys or play equipment*^,¶

Resources

Access to public transportation on block face*

Presence of public courtesies, such as public seating, trash cans, newspaper dispensers and public pay phones^¶

Presence of usable public phones**^,¶

Presences of handicap accessibility facilities such as sidewalk ramps, wheel-trans stops, or reserved parking

Presence of any bicycle facilities such as bike lanes and parking stands^¶

Presence of a park or playground.

Presence of other play spaces (sports fields or children playing in other public spaces)^¶

Good or well-kept public spaces**^,¶

Playgrounds/parks in good or excellent condition

Other play spaces in good or excellent condition*^,¶

Presence of commercial establishments^||

Presence of institutions (eg. Schools, churches, medical clinics, libraries)

Presence of drinking establishments*^,¶

Light or very light traffic**^,||

Built Environment

Presence of single family homes^||

Presence of buildings greater than two stories tall^¶

Greater or equal to 20 residences on the block face^¶

Greater or equal to 20 trees on the block face*^,¶

All residences have access to a private yard or garden^¶

Greater or equal to 50% of residences have a private balcony, porch or terrace^¶