Just less than half of Americans say crime is a very or extremely serious problem, a decline from last year, according to a Gallup poll.

The poll, released Tuesday, found that 32 percent of respondents said they think crime is a “very” serious issue in the U.S., a decrease of 15 points from last year. Meanwhile, 17 percent of respondents said they think crime is an “extremely” serious issue, 7 points lower than 2024.

The share of respondents who thought crime was a very or extremely serious problem peaked in 2023, when 63 percent of those polled said they held that view. The share has hit 60 percent on three other occasions: 2000, 2010 and 2016.

This year's survey marks the lowest share of respondents who said they think crime is a very serious issue since 2018, when 48 percent of those polled said so. The all-time low came in 2004, when 42 percent of respondents to the survey said crime was a very or serious........

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