80% of public believe national crime 'serious' - Garda survey

Almost four in five members of the public believe national crime is either ‘serious’ or ‘very serious’, according to a survey commissioned by An Garda Síochána.

An Garda Síochána’s Public Attitudes Survey for the third quarter of 2019 has revealed that 79% of respondents considered national crime to be either ‘very serious’ or ‘serious’ – an increase of 8 percentage points from the same quarter of last year.