A selection of our recent appearances in the UK media.
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30 January 2023
The public places little trust in police to solve crimes and think anti-social behaviour in the UK is out of control, according to a new report. The More in Common think tank carried out surveys which showed 68 per cent of the public believe the police have given up on trying to solve crimes like shoplifting and burglaries altogether.
Almost half surveyed said they don’t trust police officers, despite the survey being carried out before the crimes of serial rapist PC David Carrick were revealed to the public.
CapX
30 January 2023
‘I used to play in the park at night. If you went to play in the park at night now, you wouldn’t come back, would you?’ That was the damning verdict of Paul from The Wirral when we asked about local community spaces. He wasn’t alone. Laura from Sheffield told us she wouldn’t dare take the kids to the ‘little park round the corner because it’s covered in glass and graffiti’.
That anti-social behaviour is making so many local parks – the public spaces that are supposed to sit at the heart of our communities – into no-go areas, is just one of the damning findings from More in Common’s year-long study into attitudes to crime and policing.
TalkTV
30 January 2023
More in Common UK Director Luke Tryl featured on TalkTV to discuss the findings of our latest report
Times Radio
30 January 2023
UK Director Luke Tryl joins John Pienaar to discuss More in Common's latest report on crime
Daily Mail
30 January 2023
More than four in ten of us believe police are more interested in 'wokeness' than catching criminals, a survey suggests. The public are under the impression that – barring murders and traffic offences – officers do not treat crimes seriously enough, the poll found.
Voters blame woke policing and the cost of living squeeze for driving up crime, according to the study from consultancy Public First and think-tank More in Common.
The Times
29 January 2023
More than 40 per cent of voters believe crime is rising because the police are more interested in being woke than catching criminals, a poll suggests. People also blame the rising cost of living for driving up crime, according to a study by the think tank More in Common and the consultancy Public First.
With the exception of murder and traffic offences, most do not believe the police treat crimes seriously enough. In polls for the study, 57 per cent said that the police did not respond sufficiently seriously to sexual assault and 55 per cent said the same for burglary.