Assessing the role of criminality in neighbourhood safety feelings and self-reported health: results from a cross-sectional study in a Dutch municipality

Table 3 Pearson correlation coefficients between official crime rates and crime perception

	Total sample	By gender		By age		By education
	Total sample	Male	Female	≥57 years old	< 57 years old	Low	Middle	High
Thefts	0.40	0.62^a	0.44^a	0.46	0.41	0.36	0.45	0.38
Burglary	0.38	0.57	0.29	0.32	0.43	0.52	0.78	0.28
Violent crime	0.59	0.82^a	0.57^a	0.55	0.63	0.47	0.91	0.67
Traffic accidents/nuisance	0.14	0.46	−0.01	0.05	0.26	0.03	0.17	0.03
Nuisance claims	0.34	0.48	0.27	0.42	0.27	0.41	0.35	0.19
Vandalism claims	0.27	0.50	0.13	0.38	0.23	0.55^a	0.75^a	0.10^a

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