Improvements to Principle 6

To provide safe parks facilities for all users.

• Over a third of respondents suggest having more staff, policing and/or park patrols on foot to provide safe parks facilities for all users (35%)
• Respondents would also like good lighting and visibility in parks and open spaces (15%), a crack-down on anti-social behaviour (11%), and improved maintenance of equipment/infrastructure, paths and walkways, and to ensure open spaces are clean and tidy (10%)

This table shows how respondents feel the council could help improve things in this area, relating to the principle ‘to provide safe parks facilities for all users’:
35% suggest more staff, policing and/or patrols on foot
15% suggest good lighting and visibility, such as limiting large areas of shrubs, and no hidden corners
11% suggest cracking down on anti-social behaviour, such as drug use, alcohol abuse, and bullying
10% suggest maintenance, such as equipment/infrastructure, paths and walkways, and keeping them clean and tidy
6% suggest CCTV
3% feel it is okay as it is/ they are happy with the current set-up
2% suggest restricting access for dogs, such as designated off-lead areas
2% suggest more general safety measures (unspecified)
2% suggest safer children’s play areas, such as gated, separate from older children, and a clean floor
2% suggest having security gates and railings/ locking them at night
1% suggest making sure cyclists/ e-scooter users are considerate of pedestrians
1% suggest more toilets
6% suggest other improvements
32% left no relevant comment