Safety, security, diversity, and quality of local services and amenities

Framework graphic with the entry point 'Promote Neighbourhood-Level Advantage' highlighted

EVIDENCE-BASED STRATEGY

Government units develop policies and regulations to support, create, and sustain safe and secure neighbourhoods in which all people can thrive.

SAMPLE INDICATORS

Number/percentage of government units with a clear mandate of overseeing and supporting the development of equitable, safe, secure, and desirable neighbourhoods.

EVIDENCE-BASED STRATEGY

Government units fund essential local services and amenities (e.g., health care, parks and recreation spaces, public transportation) equally across neighbourhoods regardless of neighbourhood-level socioeconomic status (SES) and, if needed, provide additional support for high-quality and desirable amenities and services in low-SES neighbourhoods.

SAMPLE INDICATORS

Funding equity among services and programs per jurisdiction
Inequalities in terms of diversity of services and amenities among neighbourhoods
Perceived neighbourhood safety
Levels of self-reported satisfaction with the quality of local services
Levels of self-reported satisfaction with the amenities located in the housing area
Perceived level of social connectedness (social capital, social cohesion) within neighbourhoods

EVIDENCE-BASED STRATEGY

Government units and organizations collect neighbourhood-level data (e.g., crime rates, quality of and access to green spaces, access to public transportation).

SAMPLE INDICATORS

Availability of open-access or public-access databases
Periodic reports present updated findings on the inequalities among neighbourhoods and make recommendations for action

EVIDENCE-BASED STRATEGY

Government units regulate anti-discrimination in policing and work together with community organizations and stakeholders to better assess and address local strengths and needs.

SAMPLE INDICATORS

Trends in representation of people of colour (e.g., Indigenous, Latino and Black groups) in the criminal justice system
Availability of mechanisms and channels to denounce racial biases in policing
Perceived level of difficult in access and report racially motivated incidents
Levels of trust in the police in disadvantaged neighbourhoods
Crime rates in low socioeconomic status neighbourhoods
Levels of overall wellbeing (e.g., stratified by neighbourhood-level income)
Public trust
Level of public support for the anti-discrimination regulation