Barranquilleros say they feel insecure - Barranquilla - Colombia

Insecurity continues to be one of the issues of greatest concern to Barranquilla residents, as confirmed by the program’s survey Barranquilla how are we going (BcV), which measures the public’s opinion on the quality of life, and which this Friday will present the results of the latest measurement.

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In the studio, the local authorities crack down on security. 75.5% of the people surveyed say they feel unsafe or not at all safe in the city. In the neighborhood, 51.4% of Barranquilla residents stated not feel safe at allwhile 19.5 claimed to feel insecure.

In the question from the BcV team to Barranquilla residents: “How safe do you feel in Barranquilla?”, 56.4% of those surveyed who live in sectors with a low socioeconomic level stated that they felt not at all safe, compared to 18% of the population. medium level and 15.1% perception of insecurity in high strata.

Regarding the perception of insecurity by gender, men tend to feel less safe than women, since 54.9% of the former stated that they felt “not at all safe” in the city, compared to 48.9% of women.

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The existence of criminals in the streets is the main reason, above factors related to the Public Force

For their part, 75% of those surveyed see the crimes of theft and homicide as the main sources of insecurity, with the “existence of criminals on the streets being the main reason, above factors related to the Public Force,” he explains. the director of BCV. Katherine Diartt Pomboin the document that he will present today to the media.

However, 63% say they have not been the victim of a crime in the city in the last year, while 85.6% said they have not been the victim of physical or emotional abuse by a member of their family in the last year. family.

The results are also not the best when asked about how things are going in Barranquilla. 36.5% of the people from Barranquilla responded that they are going in the wrong direction, 33.9% stated that they are not going either badly or well, while the remaining 29% stated that things in the city are going well.

Security for Barranquilla

The Metropolitan Police of Barranquilla increased surveillance operations in recent days.

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Barranquilla Metropolitan Police Press

“In this section, pessimism about the future of the city is evident to a greater extent in the low socioeconomic level, with 46.5%. In the medium and high levels, however, the perception that things are improving is established, with respective 38.7%”, underlines the document of the BcV team.

The study highlights that 57.1% of those surveyed say they feel proud or very proud of being from Barranquilla, compared to 25.2% who say they are little or not at all proud of being so. While the satisfaction of Barranquilla as a city to live in also reflects the opinion of most of the sample, being the opinion of 50.2% who say they feel satisfied or very satisfied.

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“An important conclusion is that the respondent from Barranquilla perceives what is happening in the city, from his own retina. Although compared to the other results of others how are we doing, the citizen who feels most proud of his city is the one from here with 56%. The high perception of insecurity is also worrying, with 70% of those surveyed saying they feel insecure in their neighbourhood,” says Diartt.

Economic situation and poverty

When asked if “you consider yourself poor”, 50% answered no, while the remaining half stated the opposite.

It is in the low socioeconomic level where most of the negative opinions regarding household income are concentrated, with 51.3% of those surveyed stating that this is insufficient to cover their expenses, with men being slightly more optimistic than women on this topic (42.1% versus 46.9%).

On issues such as health and nutrition, 51.4% of those surveyed said they had eaten less than three times a day due to lack of food in the last year, with a preponderance in the low socioeconomic context, with 63.6% affirmative responses .

Katherine Diartt Pombo

Katherine Diartt Pombo, director of Barranquilla how are we going.

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Courtesy Barranquilla Có,o Let’s go

Another topic on which the opinion of Barranquilla residents was sought is that related to the vaccination plan against covid-19. 75.3% of those surveyed stated that they had the complete vaccination schedule, without distinctions of background by level socioeconomic. 16.1% of those surveyed only have one dose, while 8.7% said they had not been vaccinated. Satisfaction with the way in which the local authorities have managed the execution of the Vaccination Plan reaches 57%.

“Among this last group, the reason with the greatest weight for not being vaccinated is that of possible side effects, with 24.1% of the responses,” specifies the document delivered by BcV.

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When asked about the provision of public services, most of the respondents said they were satisfied with the water, gas and internet services, with satisfaction levels of 43%, 68.2% and 38.6%, respectively.

The service that did not do well was electricity, which has a disapproval level of 60.8% among those who express dissatisfied or very dissatisfied.

LEONARDO HERRERA DELGANS
Correspondent of EL TIEMPO Barranquilla
On Twitter: @leoher69

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