Survey on feelings of safety starts in March

From March, 6,600 people in Saxony are to be asked about their sense of security and crime. As part of the "Security and Crime in Germany" (SKiD) study by the Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) and the police forces of the federal states, more than 186,000 people aged 16 and over across Germany will receive a questionnaire by post, as announced by the Saxon Ministry of the Interior on Friday. The aim of the population survey is to gain comprehensive insights into the development of crime, people's own experiences as victims, their sense of security and their experience with the police.

Interior Minister Armin Schuster (CDU) asked citizens to take part in the survey, according to the statement. "The more of the representatively selected people answer the questions and share their experiences, the more meaningful the results will be - and therefore the more useful they will be for the general direction of security policy in Saxony and Germany," he said. The implementation of the results will improve the work of many authorities and thus increase security on the ground.

According to the Ministry of the Interior, the anonymity of all respondents is guaranteed. As is usual with representative population surveys, the contact details were randomly selected by the survey institute from the population registers of the cities and municipalities.

An information flyer from the BKA reveals that the Free State of Bavaria is one of the 8 federal states with an increased number of respondents. According to this, 30,000 people are to take part across all federal states, as well as a further 30,000 to improve data quality and further develop the survey. In addition, around 126,000 people will be surveyed in Saxony, Berlin, Hamburg, Hesse, North Rhine-Westphalia, Saxony-Anhalt, Schleswig-Holstein and Thuringia.