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Questions - Police and Crime - January 4-5, 2021

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National Survey of 1,000 American Adults

Conducted January 4-5, 2020
By Rasmussen Reports

 

1* There is a growing movement to defund police departments nationwide and channel that money into more social services. Do you favor or oppose reducing the police budget in the community where you live?

 

2* Violent crime increased last year in many American cities. Is the amount of crime in your community higher, lower or about the same?

 

3* Under the presidency of Joe Biden, do you expect crime nationwide to increase, decrease or stay about the same?

 

NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence