A new survey found that four out of ten people keep a weapon near their bed — a kitchen knife or a heavy flashlight — to defend themselves against intruders; the survey also found that one in seven Britons do not feel safe at their homes at night; young people are more likely to feel unsafe than older people with one out of five aged eighteen to twenty-four feeling unsafe; a spokesman for the Police Federation said, “It is understandable that people are feeling vulnerable at the moment as they witness fall in police numbers and a rise in the number or reported burglaries”