  Fear of crime is an especially a problem that has troubled the urban
communities, affected the urban dissatisfaction and many factors in the city
have created and intensified it. Fear of crime is of important issues which
reduces access to public places and restricts interaction with these places.
  The research method is surveying and the information collection technique is
through questionnaire. Probable span sampling (PPS) method is used. Sample
population was 2000 households which were selected randomly in five categorical
clusters from Mashhad city. In this research we try In addition to
investigation social factors, it has been tried in the research that spatial
components affecting fear of crime in public places inside and outside the
neighborhoods is considered.
