Situational data have become more frequently used in research on offending and victimization. However, one outcome that has received less attention is fear of crime. The current study uses situational data collected through a smartphone application (STUNDA) to examine fear of crime as it is experienced in daily life among a sample of university students. Roughly 1200 situations reported by 129 students were analysed using generalized estimating equations. The results indicate that experiential fear of crime, in the form of worrying about victimization, is related to features of the immediate settings. More specifically, the odds ratio for experiencing fear of crime is significantly higher in places away from home and after dark, whereas social activities are associated with a significantly lower odds ratio, net of individual-level controls (gender, age, previous victimization and fear propensity). Yet, fear propensity, measured here using items that refer to an individual’s general worry about victimization, has an independent significant effect on fear of crime. As a result of the study’s convenience sample, the generalizability of the findings is limited, but a more general theoretical conclusion can nonetheless be drawn; features of settings and individual characteristics are both of importance. Further, the use of experience methods via a smartphone application provided detailed and unique situational data, which suggests that future research should further employ these methods to study situational phenomena such as fear of crime.

情境数据越来越多地用于研究冒犯和受害。然而，一个不太受关注的结果是对犯罪的恐惧。当前的研究使用通过智能手机应用程序 (STUNDA) 收集的情境数据来检查大学生样本在日常生活中对犯罪的恐惧。使用广义估计方程分析了 129 名学生报告的大约 1200 种情况。结果表明，对犯罪的体验恐惧，以担心受害的形式，与直接环境的特征有关。更具体地说，在远离家乡的地方和天黑后，经历对犯罪的恐惧的几率明显更高，而社交活动与明显较低的几率相关，扣除个人层面的控制（性别，年龄、以前的受害和恐惧倾向）。然而，恐惧倾向（此处使用指个人对受害的普遍担忧的项目来衡量）对犯罪恐惧具有独立的显着影响。由于研究的样本方便，研究结果的普遍性有限，但仍然可以得出更一般的理论结论；设置和个人特征的特点是两者都很重要。此外，通过智能手机应用程序使用体验方法提供了详细而独特的情境数据，这表明未来的研究应进一步使用这些方法来研究情境现象，例如对犯罪的恐惧。