80 per cent of Advertiser readers "feel less safe" from crime since the pandemic

Surveyed on Twitter following the rise in crime figures to what South Yorkshire Police called pre-pandemic levels, 78 per cent said they felt less safe now, with 2.1 per cent feeling safer and 19.8 per cent about the same.

The government recently said the recruitment of thousands of officers was due to bring overall police numbers to a record high.

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We asked our Twitter followers: “Do police officer numbers reaching their highest ever level make you feel confident crime is being tackled effectively in South Yorkshire?”

The results were 6.2 per cent “yes” and 93.8 per cent “no”.