Public opinion on police task priorities in Great Britain | Statista

This statistic represents public opinion on how the police in Great Britain should prioritize their tasks as of 2014. Situations involving child victims were most commonly chosen by respondents. Stolen cars and vandalism would be prioritized only by a small proportion.

Which of the following tasks do you think the police should prioritize as the most important?

Characteristic	Share of respondents
A call reporting that a child has been abused	38%
A call reporting a child missing from a care home	31%
A call reporting a domestic disturbance	6%
A call reporting a burglary	6%
A call reporting drug dealing at a neighbouring address	3%
A call reporting groups of youths congregating and being rowdy	2%
A call reporting that a car has been stolen	1%
A call reporting school children vandalising a bus shelter	1%
A call reporting an offence of cheque fraud	1%
Don't know/none of these	10%

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Release date

April 2014

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Region

United Kingdom (Great Britain)

Survey time period

March 28 to 30, 2014

Number of respondents

2,008 respondents

Age group

18 years and older

Method of interview

Online interview

Supplementary notes

Figures do not sum to 100 due to the effects of rounding.

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