DESPITE THE LARGE NUMBER OF NEW ORLEANS RESIDENTS WHO VOICED APPREHENSION OVER THEIR CHANCES OF BEING ROBBED OR ATTACKED, CRIME, OR THE FEAR OF CRIME, DID NOT EMERGE AS A MAJOR REASON FOR MOVING TO OR AWAY FROM A NEIGHBORHOOD OR AS AN INFLUENCE OVER SHOPPING OR ENTERTAINMENT PRACTICES. ONLY ABOUT 7 PERCENT OF ALL PERSONS HAD CONSIDERED MOVING AWAY BECAUSE OF CRIME, AND A NOMINAL PROPORTION IDENTIFIED CRIME AS THE NEIGHBORHOOD'S MOST SERIOUS PROBLEM. WHEN ATTENTION FOCUSED ON THE ISSUE OF CRIME, HOWEVER, ATTITUDINAL CONTRASTS REFLECTED DIFFERENCES IN PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS. BASED ON 37 STATISTICAL DATA TABLES, THIS DISCUSSION CENTERS ON PUBLIC PERCEPTIONS AND ATTITUDES RELATING TO TRENDS IN CRIME, FEAR OF CRIME, RESIDENTIAL PROBLEMS AND LIFESTYLES, AND LOCAL POLICE PERFORMANCE. THE REPORT IS ONE OF A SERIES OF 13 AND A COMPANION TO 'CRIMINAL VICTIMIZATION SURVEYS IN NEW ORLEANS' (1977), WHICH REPORTED ON THE RATES OF RAPE, ROBBERY, ASSAULT, BURGLARY, LARCENY, AND MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT FOUND BY THE SURVEY. A TOTAL OF 37 DATA TABLES CONSTITUTE APPENDIX I. APPENDIXES II AND III CONSIST OF A SURVEY QUESTIONNAIRE FACSIMILE AND STATISTICAL PROCEDURES. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED--DAG)