Living in Fear?

Another statistic from the Chief Executive's presentation was that in Sutton 33% felt very unsafe and would never go out alone, compared to a 16% figure for London as a whole.

This is one of downsides of being such an unequal borough (see below), as the wide differences create a greater fear.

The evidence across Europe and America is that more equal areas have greater social capital and thus lower crime and fear of crime.