In 2024, about 64 percent of Americans felt there is more crime now in the United States than there was a year ago. A further 29 percent of survey respondents said that there was less crime in the U.S. in 2024 than there was the year previous.

Trend and demographic data on public perceptions and worry about crime, from the Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW).

In 2024, about 56 percent of survey respondents said crime was a very serious or extremely serious problem in the United States. However, only 14 percent felt their local area had a serious problem with crime. This is a slight decrease from the previous year, when 17 percent of respondents felt that crime was a serious problem in their area.

By the summer of 1998, the Vermont Department of Corrections (DOC) had completed three years of operational experience with "restorative justice," a concept that involves compensating victims and establishing community-based reparative boards that determine how offenders can make amends for their crimes. The purpose of this project was to update the benchmark findings from an earlier survey of Vermont residents in 1994, to assess public attitudes about the reforms and changes that had been instituted by the Vermont DOC, and to explore the possibility of expansion of responsibilities of the reparative community boards. This project involved a telephone survey of a new sample of 601 adult residents of Vermont. The interviewing was conducted on March 15-21, 1999. Respondents were asked a series of trend questions to update the 1994 findings. Respondents were also asked questions about two other programs: the diversion program, in which selected first offenders who fulfilled the terms of a community-based sanction could have their records expunged, and the furlough program, in which offenders making the transition from prison to the community were supervised for an interim period. The survey also explored whether Vermonters would like to see the responsibilities of the reparative boards expanded to include community notification and other types of cases. Residents assessed whether crime in general, violent crime, and illegal drug use had increased compared to five years prior, whether more prisons should be built, whether Vermont's jails and prisons were overcrowded, and whether violent offenders were being released before completing their sentences because of overcrowding. They commented on how often offenders in four scenarios should go to prison and how often they believed that these offenders in fact did go to prison. Respondents rated the performance of various segments of the Vermont criminal justice system and, given 15 offense scenarios, were asked whether the offender should spend time in jail or in community service and rehabilitation. In addition, respondents were asked whether anyone in their household had been a victim of a crime within the last three years and, if so, whether it was a violent crime. Demographic data include sex, employment, education, race/ethnicity, and age category of the respondent, and the county and region where the resident lived.

Presents the most recent crime statistics from the British Crime Survey and police recorded crime.

Source agency: Home Office

Designation: National Statistics

Language: English

Alternative title: Quarterly crime stats

The purpose of this survey was to provide legislators, public officials, and Texas residents with a reliable source of information about citizens' opinions and attitudes concerning crime and criminal justice related-topics. The data collection consists of two distinctly different files, National Data (Part 2) and Texas Data (Part 1), which can be linked or used separately for analysis. The survey questions concern neighborhood atmosphere and presentation of crime in the media, worries regarding possible attacks--both robbery and physical attacks, confidence in and opinions of police and their effectiveness, problems dealing with courts, and attitudes regarding prisoners and prisons, drug laws and drug problems, and juvenile gangs. Other questions focused on attitudes concerning the death penalty, guns, and the availability of firearms. The National Data file contains additional information expanding on the respondent's sources of crime news and gang-related questions. Demographic information on respondents includes sex, age, race, income, education, and religion.

In December 2023, 36 percent of respondents said they thought violence would increase in 2023 compared to the previous year. On the other hand, 35 percent said that violence in the country had remained the same as the previous year.

The statistic shows the public perception on the drop of gun crimes in recent years in the United States. 45 percent of the respondents felt the number of gun crimes had gone up in recent years, rather than gone down.

This statistic shows the main perceived cause of crime in Northern Ireland in 2015/2016. A third of respondents felt that the main cause was drugs, and a further 18 percent felt that the main reason was a lack of discipline from parents.

Presents the most recent crime statistics from the British Crime Survey and police recorded crime.

Responsibility for the compilation and publication of crime statistics for England and Wales will transfer from the Home Office to the Office for National Statistics (ONS) on 1 April 2012, as announced by the Home Secretary in July 2011. The ONS will publish for the first time on 19 April 2012. If you have any queries regarding the transfer please contact the ONS on crimestatistics@ONS.gsi.gov.uk

Source agency: Home Office

Designation: National Statistics

Language: English

Alternative title: Crime Quarterly

This repository contains data and R script files for the analysis reported in Larsen, Martin Vinæs and Olsen, Asmus Leth: Reducing Bias in Citizens’ Perception of Crime Rates: Evidence From a Field Experiment on Burglary Prevalence. The authors would like to thank TrygFonden for funding with the project "Raising Awareness without Raising Fears'' (ID=119942).

This special topic poll is part of a continuing series of monthly surveys that solicit public opinion on the presidency and on a range of other political and social issues. In this poll, respondents were questioned regarding their perceptions of crime and the criminal justice system. Questions assessed the respondents' fear of crime, perceptions of the seriousness of crime in the United States, evaluation of the judicial and penal systems, assessment of police performance, and confidence in the ability of the police to prevent crime. The poll also asked for respondents' opinions about President Ronald Reagan's policies, the state of the economy, and government spending. Demographic information was collected, including the respondent's sex, age, education level, race, and income level.

Data on the public's perception of the police, taken from the Mayors Office for Policing and Crime's (MOPAC) Public Attitude Survey (PAS). Responses from the following questions are available for download:

Feels well informed about local police activities over the last 12 months

Agree the police listen to the concerns of local people

Agree the police can be relied upon to be there when needed

Agree the police treat everyone fairly regardless of who they are

Agree the police are dealing with the things that matter to this community

Knows how to contact their local ward officer Police do a good job in the local area

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This chart illustrates results from an online survey conducted in Great Britain in October 2016 on whether the crime rates in Britain will be higher or lower than they would have been inside the EU, sorted by Brexit vote. Brexiteers were more likely to believe in a decline of crime rates outside of the EU. By contrast, the majority of those who voted 'Remain' thought it will not make a difference to the development of crime rates whether the UK is part of the EU or not.

This study focuses on the important issues facing the residents of the state of Utah including crime and the justice system. Variables include types of crimes, victims of crime, fear within the neighborhood, rating of police and courts, availability of lawyers, correctional facilities, and rehabilitation of criminals.

Proportion of the population who believe their local police are doing a good job or an average or poor job at supplying information to the public on ways to prevent crime, by sex, population aged 15 and over.

Reports on additional analysis of crime data not included in the main 'Crime in England and Wales' publication. This bulletin presents findings from additional analysis based on the 2010/11 BCS on people’s contact and engagement with the police, their views of how authorities in the local area are dealing with anti-social behaviour, their awareness and perceptions of Community Payback and their perceptions of crime.

Source agency: Home Office

Designation: National Statistics

Language: English

Alternative title: Crime Supplementary Volume 1

The British Crime Survey (BCS) has included a number of questions about people’s attitudes towards the police since its inception in 1982. These questions cover a range of topics from the general - an overall rating of local police – to very specific areas of how police are working with others.