General Article Half of ethnic minority Britons lack confidence in police to deal with local crime

Topic Selected: Crime and Justice Book Volume: 437

A further two in five say crime in their local area has increased over the last few years.

By Tanya Abraham

New YouGov research shows that there is currently little faith among ethnic minority Britons in the police to deal with local crime, with half saying they don’t have much (31%) or any confidence (19%). Around two in five have either a lot (5%) or a fair (33%) level of confidence.

Half (53%) of Asian respondents of Indian, Pakistani or Bangladeshi heritage possess little to no faith in t...

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