Aside from weather, more Americans get news about local crime than any other local news topic we asked about in our survey. Roughly three-quarters of U.S. adults (77%) say they often or sometimes get ...

Americans who get local news about crime are most likely to say this coverage makes them concerned or angry about what is happening.

Americans were polled after Trump deployed the National Guard to the nation’s capital and has opened the door to to using similar tactics in other cities.