RANDOM households across Sedgemoor will be receiving a survey in the next few weeks asking them for their views on crime and anti-social behaviour across the district. 

This month Sedgemoor District Council (SDC) will be sending out 5,550 surveys to a random selection of residents across the district in a bid to make Sedgemoor a safer place for residents to live and work in. 

A spokesman for SDC said: "Sedgemoor District Council wants to encourage as many residents as possible to make their views known and not just those randomly selected to receive the postal survey.

"Surveys are therefore available in Sedgemoor District Council’s Bridgwater House reception, Sedgemoor-based libraries, Get-Set children’s centres, selected community centres and police stations. The deadline for returning the survey is May 31."

Sedgemoor carries out this survey every two years.

The 2013 survey received 1710 responses, and the 2015 survey received 1,626 responses. Some of the key findings of the 2015 survey:

• 95% of residents feel safe at home during the day

• 88% of residents feel safe at home after dark

• 89% of residents feel safe in the town/village centre during the day

• 57% of residents feel safe in the town/village centre after dark

• Litter, dog fouling and fly tipping are the top three anti-social behaviour issues of concern to residents.

• Generally it is perceived that crime and anti-social behaviour levels had stayed about the same in the previous three-year period.

• Only 15% of respondents felt that the presence of Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) cameras in the district have no effect on their feelings of safety.

• Cycling in Sedgemoor appears to make people feel less safe than travelling by car, bus or walking.

• 70% of respondents have not been a victim of crime themselves.

A spokesman for Sedgemoor District Council said:" In order to understand the issues that matter to residents most, we want to hear your views on crime and anti-social behaviour.

"Once we know your views we can use this information to work together with local partners to address these problems."