Only 28% of voters say they feel safer than they did a year ago, while 40% say they feel less safe. Those numbers include 8% who feel Much Safer and 20% who feel Much Less Safe. Meanwhile, 27% feel their safety is about the same as a year ago.

Overall, that's a bit more pessimistic than in March, when 29% said they felt safer and 34% said they felt less safe.

In a similar vein, the number of voters who say they feel safe alone at night in their own neighborhood has fallen 7 points to 58%. This is the lowest number we've seen since we first asked this in February 2025. Meanwhile, the number saying they feel unsafe rose 4 points to 32%.

In addition, a third of registered voters (32%) say that crime has increased in their area in the last year. That's up 3 points from March. Just 14% say that crime has decreased (down 3 points), and 42% say that crime hasn't changed over the last year.

Roughly 4-in-10 voters (39%) say that violent crime or serious property crimes have occurred close to where they live in the last year. That is unchanged from March.

This data is from a Napolitan News Service survey of 1,000 Registered Voters conducted online by Scott Rasmussen, October 19-20, 2026. RMG Research, Inc., conducted the field work for the survey. It has a margin of error of +/- 3.1.