80% of Americans believe crime is up from last year

A Gallup poll revealed that 78% of Americans believe there is more crime in the country than 2021. This new data is the highest since 1992, when 89% of respondents indicated that crime had increased compared to the previous year.

Likewise, 56% of citizens say that there is more crime at the local level, while 28% say there is less and 14% say it has remained the same as 2021.

More Republicans than Democrats

The poll notes that last October, after the FBI released its 2020 crime statistics, which showed a sharp increase in murders, the percentage of Republicans who felt there was an increase in local crime went from 39% (2019) to 67% (2020). Meanwhile, Democrats’ opinions reflected only a slight change, from 38% increasing to 43%.

Currently, 73% of Republicans say crime has increased in their neighborhood, a high figure compared to 51% of independents and 42% of Democrats who say the same.

Level of "concern" about crime

Gallup asked people about their level of "personal concern" on 10 types of violent and property crime. Two cybercrimes are what concern people most: hacking, or theft of personal, credit card or financial information (75%) and identity theft (73%). On the other hand, almost none of the other crimes generate more than 50% of recurrent concern:

- Having one of your children (of school age) physically injured while attending school: 47%.

- Having your vehicle stolen: 47%.

- Having your home burglarized when you are away: 45%.

- Being assaulted: 40%.

- Being attacked while driving your vehicle: 36%.

- Having your home burglarized when you are there: 34%.

- Being a victim of a hate crime: 30%.

- Being sexually assaulted: 29%.

- Being murdered: 29%.

- Being a victim of terrorism: 27%.

- Being assaulted or killed by a co-worker or other employee from the place where you work: 9%.