Most say they are interested in several types of local crime coverage, but far fewer say it’s easy to find Philadelphia Police Commissioner Kevin Bethel speaks to reporters after a shooting in Clara Muhammad Square in Philadelphia on April 10, 2024. (Ryan Collerd/AFP via Getty Images) The Pew-Knight Initiative supports new research on how Americans absorb civic information, form beliefs and identities, and engage in their communities. Pew Research Center is a nonpartisan, nonadvocacy fact tank that informs the public about the issues, attitudes and trends shaping the world. Knight Foundation is a social investor committed to supporting informed and…
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Aside from weather, more Americans get news about local crime than any other local news topic we asked about in our survey. Roughly three-quarters of U.S. adults (77%) say they often or sometimes get news and information about local crime, including 34% who say they often do. Far fewer report rarely (17%) or never (5%) getting news about local crime. Although majorities of adults in all age groups get local crime news at least sometimes, older Americans are more likely to say they do this than younger people. This pattern by age aligns with broader local news consumption habits. For…
To better understand the news about local crime that Americans see, we asked people what types of crime they get news about. About a third or more of Americans say they see or hear local news about property crime (37%), drug-related crime (33%) and violent crime (32%) weekly or more often. Only 11% say they see local news about white-collar crime (such as corporate fraud or political corruption) at least weekly. According to statistics from the FBI, property crime in the United States is much more common than violent crime. In 2022, the FBI reported a total of 1,954.4 property…
Although local crime news is one of Americans’ most-followed local news topics, only a third of U.S. adults who get this type of news say they are extremely or very satisfied with its quality. This is similar to the level of satisfaction among those who get news about local schools or arts and culture, and slightly higher than the share who are satisfied with the news they get about the local economy (26%) and local politics (25%). Larger shares of Americans who get news about local weather, traffic and sports are highly satisfied in these areas. Among Americans who get…
To better understand the ways that Americans respond to local crime news, we asked how often respondents feel certain emotions after seeing or hearing this type of news. Americans who get news about crime in their community are most likely to say this coverage at least sometimes makes them feel concerned (79%) or angry (71%) about what is happening. Around three-in-ten Americans (29%) say they often feel concerned when getting this type of news. People are less likely to say they at least sometimes feel motivated to change things in their community (52%), confident that things will improve (48%) or…
Christians are the largest migrant group, but Jews are most likely to have migrated (Mirsad Sarajlic/Getty Images) For this report, we gathered data on existing “stocks” of international migrants – all adults and children who now live outside their birth country, no matter when they left. (This report does not estimate migration “flows” – how many people move across borders in any single year.) Our goal was to describe the religious composition of international migrants – how many are Buddhist, Christian, Hindu, Jewish and Muslim – and how many have no religion, including atheists and agnostics. We did not analyze…
The United Nations counts international migrants as people of any age who live outside their country (or in some cases, territory) of birth – regardless of their motives for migrating, their length of residence or their legal status. In addition to naturalized citizens and permanent residents, the UN’s international migrant numbers include asylum-seekers and refugees, as well as people without official residence documents. The UN also includes some people who live in a country temporarily – like some students and guest workers – but it does not include short-term visitors like tourists, nor does it typically include military forces deployed…
The United Nations counts international migrants as people of any age who live outside their country (or in some cases, territory) of birth – regardless of their motives for migrating, their length of residence or their legal status. In addition to naturalized citizens and permanent residents, the UN’s international migrant numbers include asylum-seekers and refugees, as well as people without official residence documents. The UN also includes some people who live in a country temporarily – like some students and guest workers – but it does not include short-term visitors like tourists, nor does it typically include military forces deployed…
The United Nations counts international migrants as people of any age who live outside their country (or in some cases, territory) of birth – regardless of their motives for migrating, their length of residence or their legal status. In addition to naturalized citizens and permanent residents, the UN’s international migrant numbers include asylum-seekers and refugees, as well as people without official residence documents. The UN also includes some people who live in a country temporarily – like some students and guest workers – but it does not include short-term visitors like tourists, nor does it typically include military forces deployed…
The United Nations counts international migrants as people of any age who live outside their country (or in some cases, territory) of birth – regardless of their motives for migrating, their length of residence or their legal status. In addition to naturalized citizens and permanent residents, the UN’s international migrant numbers include asylum-seekers and refugees, as well as people without official residence documents. The UN also includes some people who live in a country temporarily – like some students and guest workers – but it does not include short-term visitors like tourists, nor does it typically include military forces deployed…