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2022 Resident Survey Report of Responses <br />•Public safety services (fire and police) were given the highest ratings. <br />•Crime and safety was the issue most frequently cited by respondents when they named <br />what they felt was the single most critical issue facing New Brighton. <br />•Residents expressed concern about crime, but overall feelings of safety remained high. <br />•When asked if they thought overall crime in the city had increased, decreased, or stayed about the <br />same, over half of respondents said crime had increased, a much larger proportion than in <br />previous surveys. <br />•Interestingly, though, overall feelings of safety and self-reported crime victimization rates were <br />similar in 2022 compared to 2017. Between 8% and 9% of respondents have reported that they or <br />someone in their household were the victim of a crime in the last 12 months since 2013. <br />•Overall feeling of safety was rated as excellent or good by 82% of respondents in 2022, which was <br />similar to ratings in 2013, 2015, and 2017. <br />•Feelings of safety from violent crime decreased in 2022 a bit from 2015, but was relatively stable <br />compared to 2017. However, the proportion of respondents saying they feel very or somewhat <br />safe property crimes decreased 11 points in 2022 from 2017, and may be correlated with the <br />perception that crime has increased over the last three years..