| Households by geographic area and security measures, by the condition of having adopted any measure | | | |
| September 2018 to August 2019 | | | |
| Geographic Area & Security measure | Total households 1* | Condition of having adopted the security measure 2* | |
| | Absolute | Percentage |
| SAINT LUCIA | 68 767 | | |
| Metal door | | 9 306 | 13.5 |
| Gates or security bars on windows | | 16 284 | 23.7 |
| Special door locks | | 11 801 | 17.2 |
| Burglar alarm | | 2 594 | 3.8 |
| Security camera | | 2 845 | 4.1 |
| Higher fences or walls | | 7 636 | 11.1 |
| Barbed wire fence | | 1 093 | 1.6 |
| You have a watchdog | | 14 288 | 20.8 |
| You hired a keeper or security guard | | 535 | 0.8 |
| You have a formal neighbourhood watch plan with your neighbours | | 2 614 | 3.8 |
| You have informal monitoring agreements with your neighbours | | 9 251 | 13.5 |
| You bought a firearm | | 1 076 | 1.6 |
| You bought a cutlass | | 10 486 | 15.2 |
| Other measure 3* | | 1 066 | 1.5 |
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| NORTH (CASTRIES AND GROS ISLET) | 38 033 | | |
| Metal door | | 5 342 | 14.0 |
| Gates or security bars on windows | | 12 019 | 31.6 |
| Special door locks | | 6 618 | 17.4 |
| Burglar alarm | | 2 107 | 5.5 |
| Security camera | | 2 076 | 5.5 |
| Higher fences or walls | | 4 561 | 12.0 |
| Barbed wire fence | | 651 | 1.7 |
| You have a watchdog | | 7 717 | 20.3 |
| You hired a keeper or security guard | | 434 | 1.1 |
| You have a formal neighbourhood watch plan with your neighbours | | 1 994 | 5.2 |
| You have informal monitoring agreements with your neighbours | | 5 197 | 13.7 |
| You bought a firearm | | 721 | 1.9 |
| You bought a cutlass | | 2 010 | 5.3 |
| Other measure 3* | | 824 | 2.2 |
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| SOUTH (REMAINING DISTRICTS) | 30 734 | | |
| Metal door | | 3 964 | 12.9 |
| Gates or security bars on windows | | 4 266 | 13.9 |
| Special door locks | | 5 183 | 16.9 |
| Burglar alarm | | 487 | 1.6 |
| Security camera | | 768 | 2.5 |
| Higher fences or walls | | 3 075 | 10.0 |
| Barbed wire fence | | 442 | 1.4 |
| You have a watchdog | | 6 571 | 21.4 |
| You hired a keeper or security guard | | 101 | 0.3 |
| You have a formal neighbourhood watch plan with your neighbours | | 621 | 2.0 |
| You have informal monitoring agreements with your neighbours | | 4 054 | 13.2 |
| You bought a firearm | | 355 | 1.2 |
| You bought a cutlass | | 8 476 | 27.6 |
| Other measure 3* | | 241 | 0.8 |
| 1* Total number of households that adopted at least one security measure in the reference period (September 2018 to August 2019). | | | |
| 2* The household might have adopted more than one security measure in the reference period (September 2018 to August 2019). | | | |
| 3* Includes responses such as: "Pepper spray", "Base ball bat", "Chain link fence", "Motion activated lights", "Taser". | | | |
| Note 1: The estimates that appear in this tabulation are shadowed according to their level of precision in High, Moderate and Low, taking the Coefficient of Variation CV (%) as a reference. If the values are closer to 0 it indicates the estimate is more precise and vice versa. Moderate and Low precision requires a cautious use of the estimates in which the causes of high variability are analyzed and other indicators of precision and reliability are considered, such as the confidence interval. See table below for level of precision of the estimates: | | | |
| High: Indicates a CV (%) on a range of (0, 25) | | | |
| Moderate: Indicates a CV (%) on a range of (25, 50) | | | |
| Low: Indicates a CV (%) on a range of (50+) | | | |
| Source: SLNCVS. Saint Lucia National Crime Victimization Survey, 2020. | | | |
