85% of Maceió residents feel unsafe.
Opinion polls show that, for 85,5% of respondents, the capital city is very violent (43%) or violent (42,5%); the high number of respondents who answered "yes" when asked if they had a relative or friend murdered in the last 12 months is striking: 39%; the survey also showed that in the outskirts, people are even afraid to get on a bus because of the constant robberies on public transport.
Gazeta Web (Wagner Melo) - More than 85% of Maceió residents consider the capital of Alagoas to be a very violent (43%) or violent (42,5%) city. The data comes from an opinion poll that assessed the feeling of insecurity in Maceió, conducted by the company Data Consulta, with the support of a group of businesspeople.
602 people were interviewed in all neighborhoods of the municipality on July 14th and 15th. Clima Bom, Santa Lúcia, and Benedito Bentes are the areas that lead the "fear ranking." Regarding this item, only 7% responded that they find the city not very violent, 2,5% that it is not violent, and 5% did not express an opinion.
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The high number of respondents who answered "yes" when asked if they had a relative or friend murdered in the last 12 months is striking: 39%. Half said "no" and 11% did not give an opinion. "This research is a warning to the authorities. Society can no longer tolerate so much mismanagement of public safety. The people of Maceió do not feel safe at home, at school, at work, anywhere," said researcher Eraldo Morais.
According to him, in the outskirts of the city, people are even afraid to get on a bus because of the constant robberies on public transport. The wave of violence also fuels the population's distrust in public authorities, since 60% disagree with the state and federal governments' assertion that crime has been decreasing in recent months, and only 15% said they perceive a reduction. In the surveyed group, 13% noticed no difference and 12% did not express an opinion.
“We conducted a similar survey ten years ago, and in that time, the population's sense of insecurity has only increased, even though crime was already frightening back then. We can see the fear in people's faces; today, parents are apprehensive when their children go out at night, especially on weekends,” said Eraldo.