Background Numerous cross-sectional studies have investigated the premise that the
perception of crime will cause residents to constrain their walking; however the findings to …

Background Direct relationships between safety concerns and physical activity have been
inconsistently patterned in the literature. To tease out these relationships, crime, pedestrian …

OBJECTIVES: Personal safety is commonly cited in qualitative research as a barrier to local
walking, yet the relationship between safety and constrained physical activity has received …

Objective To examine the influence of fear of crime on walking for participants in a
longitudinal study of residents in new suburbs. Methods Participants (n= 485) in Perth …

Background Due to the inconsistent findings of prior studies, we explored the association of
perceived safety and police-recorded crime measures with physical activity. Methods The …

Purpose To investigate gender, race/ethnicity, education and income as moderators of
relations of perceived neighborhood crime, pedestrian, and traffic safety to physical activity …

Background Few studies have investigated associations between objectively measured
crime and walking, and findings are mixed. One explanation for null or counterintuitive …

This study examines the connection between the built environment, perceived safety from
crime and walking behaviour by conducting a travel survey in King County, Washington …

Few studies have simultaneously examined the relationship of levels of recorded crime,
perceptions of crime and disorder, and safety from crime with rates of physical activity. We …

Few studies have specifically investigated fear of crime as a deterrent to walking. This study
tested the hypothesis that fear would inhibit residents from walking in their local …