TABLE 1—

Fear of Crime, by Demographic Characteristics and Health Status, Among Civil Servants Aged 50–75 Years: Whitehall II Study, London, England, 2002–2004

	Participants, No.	Fear of Crime Score,a Mean	P	Very or Fairly Worried About Burglary, %	Very or Fairly Worried About Car Crime, %	Very or Fairly Worried About Mugging, %	Very or About Fairly Worried Rape, %
Demographic characteristics
Men	4782	2.63	<.001	18	13	9	0.4
Women	1995	3.75		27	17	26	12
Age, y
50–54	1230	2.89	<.05	19	12	11	2
55–59	2014	2.89		20	14	12	3
60–64	1439	2.96		20	15	14	3
65–69	1419	3.12		23	16	17	6
70–74	673	3.00		21	14	17	5
Employment grade			<.001
High	3083	2.64		16	11	7	0.8
Medium	2933	3.06		22	16	16	3
Low	729	3.91		32	21	35	17
Health status
General Health Questionnaire, 30 items, score			<.001
≥ 5 (common mental disorder)	1370	3.46
0–4 (no disorder)	5339	2.83
Physical Component Score, tertile			<.001
Lowest	2188	3.36
Middle	2203	2.89
Highest	2201	2.60
Walking speed, tertile			<.001
Lowest	2097	3.32
Middle	2101	2.92
Highest	2049	2.68
Lung function, tertile			<.001
Lowest	1574	3.58
Middle	1590	2.79
Highest	1598	2.57
Quality of life (CASP-19 score), tertile			<.001
Lowest	2175	3.50
Middle	2243	2.96
Highest	2288	2.44

Note. CASP = control, autonomy, self-realization, and pleasure. See “Methods” section for details on health status measures.

^aParticipants were asked how worried they were about the following events in their neighborhood: home being broken into, being mugged or robbed, car being stolen or things being stolen from the car, being raped. Possible responses to each item were very worried (score 3), fairly worried (2), not very worried (1), or not worried at all (0), and these were summed to create a fear scale ranging from 0 to 12.