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Here are the results from the door-to-door survey of March, 1998. We received survey forms from 234 households, i.e., about 15% of the homes in Bellevue. Of those, 160 are members of the BCA. The table below lists the number of times each type of issue was mentioned or checked.
Property Crime
244
42%
Traffic
147
25%
Environmental
79
14%
Violent Crime
57
10%
Drug Crime
59
10%
Booze
35
6%
People
35
6%
Total
577
As the table shows, property crime led the list with 42% of the mentions. Burglary was far and away the largest concern in the property crime area.
Burglary
80
MV Theft
68
Thft. fr Auto
52
Thft fr. Yard
44
Please note that "theft from auto" was an item on the form, but some of what passes for theft from car is an attempted theft of the car itself.
Traffic was the big surprise of the survey. Almost everybody complained about speeding on the streets near home.
Speed, Other
62
Speed, Bellevue
33
Speed, Fauquier
27
Stop Sign
15
Traffic
10
The police department's speed survey in December, 1996 had this to say on the subject:
Bellevue Avenue: many vehicles do exceed the speed limit as cut through traffic. It is a 25 zone with most speeding arrests around 40 mph.
Fauquier Avenue: very little traffic maybe a speeder every once in a while..Litter led the environmental issue list.
Litter
24
Junk
13
Aband. House
11
Graffiti
11
Aband. Car
10
Noise
10
Drugs were next, with 10% of the responses.
Sale
37
Use
22
Violent crime also brought in 10%.
Robbery
40
Aggr. Asslt.
17
"People" issues and booze were last with 6% each.
Vagrants
16
Prostitution
10
Kids
9
Booze MacArthurs
10
Drunks
9
Beer CVS
9
Booze Dots
4
Beer Nuttall's
3
Eighty-one forms came back with written comments. They disclose pockets of concern about street lighting on Amherst and Fauquier, a noise problem on Bellevue, concern for trees and for the condition of Azalea Mall, a desire to see the police more often, and widespread concern for barking dogs and for wandering strangers.
These data will help the Board set priorities. Already one thing is clear: Anybody who wants to serve on a traffic committee should call El Supremo.
If you would like a spreadsheet with the data, you can Email John Butcher.
Last updated 02/24/02
Please send questions or comments to John Butcher