Almost all New Yorkers, 92 percent, say crime is a “serious problem” in the state, including 63 percent who say it is a “very serious problem,” a new Siena College poll found.
Almost all New Yorkers, 92 percent, say crime is a “serious problem” in the state, including 63 percent who say it is a “very serious problem,” a new Siena College pollThat percentage is up slightly since Siena College polled on the issue in February, with 91 percent who said crime is a serious problem, including 61 percent who said it is very serious. A majority of the 806 New York voters polled said they view crime in their own community as a “serious problem.
“Crime continues to be an overriding issue for New Yorkers. At least 90 percent of voters from every party, region and race say crime is a serious problem in the state, with at least 57 percent saying it’s a very serious problem, including 79 percent of Black voters who say it’s a very serious problem,”Moreover, six out of ten New Yorkers say they are worried they could be the victim of a crime, and 26 percent are very concerned. In February, those percentages were 57 percent and 22 percent.
“New Yorkers said crime was a problem in February and they continue to see it a major problem in June. A majority of voters of every region, party, race, and gender say they are concerned they could be victims of crime,” Greenberg said.the first week of June found that New York City voters are even worse for wear, 70 percent saying “they feel less safe now than before the pandemic began.
A New York City Police Department vehicle parked outside a complex the Queens borough of New York, on August 22, 2019. “Each of the seven major index crime categories saw increases, driven by a 42.1 percent increase in grand larceny ; a 28.3 percent rise in burglary ; and a 26.2 percent increase in robbery ,” according to the NYPD.
There was also 9.8. percent increase in murders, a 37.7 percent increase in rapes, and a 12.9 percent increase in felony assaults.
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