Hate crime victims not going to police
CITY residents who are the victims of hate crimes are not reporting it, according to a new survey.
Each year the city council interviews 1000 people about the services it and its arms length organisations like Glasgow Life provide.
This year the survey found a quarter were worried about being insulted, pestered or intimidated based on their religion or gender.
Black and ethnic minority people who were questioned were seven times more likely to be concerned about hate crime and harassment about their ethnic origin or race and six times more likely to be worried about being targeted about their religion than other residents.
Independent researchers found 15% of the sample had suffered hate crime in the past year with more than a quarter saying it happened in their own neighbour- hood but almost three quarters of victims did not report the incident.
Local people were also asked about recycling with more than two thirds saying their households now recycle more than they did two or three years ago and almost half saying they recycled a lot more.
Around seven in 10 people were satisfied with the services provided by the council and its partners. Levels of satisfaction varied with street lighting, refuse collection, recycling collection and street cleaning receiving the highest ratings.
People were least happy with road and pavement maintenance although satisfaction levels have increased by around 8% over the past year.
More than eight out of 10 of those questioned said they were satisfied with the quality of the city’s secondary, primary and nursery schools.
Services provided by Glasgow Life continue to attract the highest satisfaction levels with 96% of people saying they are happy with museums and galleries, around nine in 10 satisfied with libraries and 88% with sport and leisure centres.