Almost 10% of respondents in a survey commissioner by Faculty for Social Wellbeing said feel that walking alone at night in their neighbourhood is very dangerous.

Less than half, 46.2%, said they feel safe.

The survey, commissioned by the University of Malta’s Faculty for Social Wellbeing and carried out by Sagalytics, interviewed 600 people aged 16 and upwards, asking them about a myriad of topics, such as crime, migration, politics and the issues that are most important to them.

Male respondents feel more safe than their female counterparts, while the 66+ age group feel most unsafe walking around in their neighbourhood at night.

The survey also found that Gozitans generally feel safer walking alone at night.

More than half of respondents said they have little or very little trust in the police force.

In fact, 15.3% said they have ‘very little’ trust while 37.4%  said they have ‘little’ trust.

Only 17.8% said they trust the police ‘quite a lot.’

More than a third of respondents gave a neutral reply when asked how effective they thing the police are in dealing with the problem of domestic violence in Malta. The answers are similar across both males and females. Respondents with a high level of education are the ones who least believe the police are being effective on this matter.

The survey sheds light on the ease of access to drugs in Malta, with more than 60% of respondents saying it is very easy to buy drugs.