Topic Reports from the English Citizenship Survey on Community Spirit and Community Action  tell us that e.g.

 

• The majority of people believed that people in their neighbourhood pulled together to improve the area
• The vast majority of people agreed that their area was somewhere that people from different backgrounds get on well together – this has steadily increased since 2003
• Levels of civic engagement (civic activism, civic participation and civic consultation) have fallen since 2008-09. The decline was driven by a fall in civic participation – the most common form of civic engagement
• The proportion of people who felt they were able to influence decisions affecting their local area has fallen to 37%, the lowest level recorded since the start of the Citizenship Survey in 2001.