More than 70% of Americans believe that violent crime in U.S. cities is “unacceptably high,” but nearly half of Democrats say that violent crime “isn’t that much of a problem,” according to a poll conducted earlier this month by NPR and Ipsos.
The poll’s findings show yet another example of the Left’s disconnect from broader society as many Democrats brush off concerns about crime rates in American cities. While 71% of Americans agreed that “the level of crime and violence in American cities is unacceptably high,” including 93% of Republicans and 68% of independents, only 54% of Democrats said the same. Forty-five percent of Democrats, meanwhile, said that crime and violence in U.S. cities isn’t a big problem, according to the NPR/Ipsos poll.
The plurality (49%) of Democrats polled believe that crime has increased in the United States in the past year while only 18% of Democrats said that crime has decreased. Those findings are similar to what Republicans said, but many Democrats believe there is less of a crime problem when asked about major cities in their state.
Just 31% of Democrats said that crime has increased in major cities in their state since last year compared to 47% of Republicans who said the same. The NPR/Ipsos poll interviewed 323 Republicans, 289 Democrats, and 298 independents.
Democratic lawmakers have strongly opposed the Trump administration’s tactics for rooting out violent crime in American cities. Since President Donald Trump deployed National Guard troops and federal agents to crack down on crime in Washington, D.C., Democrats at the federal, state, and local levels have condemned the administration’s efforts.
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White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt pointed to the NPR/Ipsos poll on Monday, blasting Democrats for their “out of touch” stance on addressing violent crime.
“While President Trump is doing everything in his power to restore law and order in America – Democrats are doubling down on their failed soft-on-crime approach,” Leavitt wrote. “Democrats are completely out of touch with the concerns of the American people.”
While President Trump is doing everything in his power to restore law and order in America – Democrats are doubling down on their failed soft-on-crime approach.
Democrats are completely out of touch with the concerns of the American people. pic.twitter.com/iNpw8NPXjL
— Karoline Leavitt (@PressSec) September 29, 2025
Trump moved to send in the National Guard to Memphis, which is the most violent city in the United States, according to the most recent FBI crime data. The president also vowed to send National Guard troops to Chicago and Portland. In the weeks following Trump’s law enforcement surge and National Guard deployment in D.C., the Metropolitan Police Department reported a decrease in violent crime and property crime, with crime decreasing in all seven of the capital’s police districts, CNN reported.
The White House said that thousands of arrests had been made in the first month of Trump’s D.C. crime crackdown, including arrests of illegal immigrants and gang members. Still, 74% of Democrats strongly oppose deploying the National Guard to a major city in their state to address violent crime, while only 3% of Democrats said they would strongly support such efforts.
Earlier this month, Trump called out Democrats for allowing violent crime to get out of control in some cities.
“Almost every city that’s in trouble is run by Democrats,” Trump told “Fox & Friends” on September 12. “Cashless bail is a disaster.”
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