QuickStats: Percentage of Adults Aged ≥18 Years Who Felt That Crime Makes It Unsafe to Walk, by Sex and Age Group — National Health Interview Survey, United States, 2020

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In 2020, 11.0% of adults aged ≥18 years felt that crime made it unsafe for them to walk.
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Authors: Nazik Elgaddal, MS, and Cynthia Reuben, MA

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The figure is a bar chart indicating the percentage of adults aged ≥18 years who felt that crime makes it unsafe to walk, by sex and age group, according to the National Health Interview Survey in 2020.
Percentage of adults aged ≥18 years who felt that crime makes it unsafe to walk

In 2020, 11.0% of adults aged ≥18 years felt that crime made it unsafe for them to walk. Percentages were lower for men (8.9%) than for women (13.0%).

Men were less likely than women to feel unsafe walking because of crime in all age groups (18–24 years: 9.3% of men compared with 17.1% of women; 25–44 years: 10.1% of men compared with 14.1% of women; 45–64 years: 8.9% of men compared with 12.7% of women; ≥65 years: 6.5% of men compared with 9.9% of women).

Among both sexes, adults aged ≥65 years were less likely to feel unsafe to walk than those in younger age groups.

https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/71/wr/mm7120a5.htm

Source: National Center for Health Statistics, National Health Interview Survey, 2020. https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nhis.

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