A majority of voters said crime in their community has been about the same over the last twelve months, a new Hill-HarrisX poll finds.
Sixty percent of registered voters in the June 24-25 survey said crime in their community has stayed about the same in the past year.
By contrast, 23 percent said crime is up in their area and 17 percent said it is better.
The majority of voters by locale said crime has remained the same in the last year, including 68 percent of urban voters, 62 percent of suburban voters and 51 percent of rural voters.
Forty-one percent of voters in urban areas said crime in their area has gotten better in the last year while 8 percent said it’s gotten worse.
Thirty percent of suburban voters and 27 percent of rural voters said crime has gotten worse in their area.
Eight percent of suburban voters and 5 percent of rural voters said crime has gotten better in their communities in the last year.
The survey comes following President Biden’s announcement of a plan to address the spike in crime in larger cities. Biden also highlighted ways in which money from the American Rescue plan can be repurposed to reduce violence.
The Hill-HarrisX poll was conducted online among 940 registered voters. It has a margin of error of 3.2 percentage points.
—Gabriela Schulte
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