Fifty-one percent feel local crime is on the rise, a national poll found.
Over half of the adults said crime in their area has increased, a jump of 13 percentage points from 2020, according to a Gallup poll released Wednesday.
“The last time a majority of Americans perceived crime as being up in their area was in 2009, and the last time it exceeded today’s 51% was in 1992 [54%],” the poll analysis read.
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Numbers are not better at the national level.
“U.S. adults’ belief that crime is up nationally remains high, at 74%, little changed from 78% in 2020,” according to the poll’s analysis.
Murders increased in the past year, according to the FBI’s final 2020 crime rate statistics, and Gallup identified Republicans as being “mostly responsible” for the growing concern regarding local crime.
“This year’s increase in Americans’ belief that there is more crime in their area than a year ago is mostly explained by a surge among Republicans, rising 29 points from 38% in 2020 to 67% today,” Gallup said.
Concern among Democrats remains essentially unchanged from 2020, resting at 40%, the data reported, and women appeared to be more concerned about crime than men.
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The poll was taken among a random sample of 823 adults between Oct. 1 and Oct. 19 with a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 4 points.
