Women’s Sense of Security on Public Transport Survey findings among women and girls – Arabic and Hebrew questionnaires

Respondents to the Arabic questionnaire feel far less safe on public transport than respondents to
the Hebrew questionnaire, in every situation and on every mode. Travelling in the evening or at
night, their average score is 1.9 out of 5, compared with 3.0 in the Hebrew questionnaire.
• Night-time and dark stops are the low points. 72% of Arabic-questionnaire respondents feel
unsafe travelling at night (score 1–2), and 84% feel unsafe waiting at a dark or deserted stop. At
a dark stop, 79% of Hebrew-questionnaire respondents also feel unsafe.
• A lit stop improves the sense of security in both groups, by about 1.1–1.6 points compared with
a dark stop.
• A quarter of Arabic-questionnaire respondents do not use public transport at all (24%, compared
with 3% in the Hebrew questionnaire).
• What would help: in Arabic – security staff or stewards (79%), cameras (58%) and lighting (51%).
In Hebrew – better lighting (78%) and security staff (70%).
• More than half avoid certain areas, lines or times: 53% in Arabic and 65% in Hebrew. The main
reason is evening and night hours.
• Almost no one reports. 82% of Arabic-questionnaire and 87% of Hebrew-questionnaire respondents
did not report the incident they described to anyone.