Overview
- Just under half now label crime very or extremely serious, with 32% saying very serious and 17% extremely serious, both down sharply from last year.
- Concern peaked at 63% in 2023, while this year marks the lowest share calling crime very serious since 2018, with the all-time low at 42% in 2004.
- The FBI reports an estimated 359.1 violent crimes per 100,000 people in 2024, down 5.4% from 2023 and 8.5% from 2020.
- Estimated murder fell about 15.8% year over year, robbery 9.7%, property crime 9%, and rape 5.2%, according to federal data.
- The poll was released as President Trump deployed National Guard troops to cities including Washington, D.C., and Memphis, with legal disputes ongoing over deployments to Chicago and Portland.