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AFRAID TO WALK ALONE AT NIGHT

percent of adults who say they would be afraid to walk alone at night within a mile of their home · 1965–2025 · neither direction is "better" · Gallup, Crime
31%
2025 (latest)
34%
1965
48%
high · 1982
29%
low · 2020
−3.0 pts
since 1965
50 YearsSince 200010 Years5 Years1 Year
32%33%34%35%Jan 2024Apr 2024Jul 2024Oct 2024Jan 2025
┊ dashed lines mark 1979 Oil shock & inflation peak · 1987 Black Monday crash · 1991 Gulf War recession · 2001 Dot-com bust & 9/11 · 2008 Global financial crisis · 2020 COVID-19 pandemic
Method & caveats. What people believe: Gallup poll asking whether the respondent would be afraid to walk alone at night within a mile of their home. Value is percent saying yes. Last dated poll in each calendar year; older observations are not all October. What people believe, not measured crime incidence. The cached trend page does not establish a dated mode transition for these specific items. Breaks: none known that is dated: irregular polling years and dates, and survey mode and question-order effects may affect comparisons; Gallup's table does not date its phone-to-web transition.
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Data
YearAfraid to walk alone at nightChange
202531%−4.0 pts
202435%−5.0 pts
202340%+3.0 pts
202137%+8.0 pts
202029%−8.0 pts
201937%+4.0 pts
201833%+3.0 pts
201730%−5.0 pts
201635%+0.0 pts
201535%−2.0 pts
201437%+3.0 pts
201334%−4.0 pts
201138%+1.0 pts
201037%+3.0 pts
200934%−3.0 pts
200837%+0.0 pts
200737%+0.0 pts
200637%−1.0 pts
200538%+6.0 pts
200432%−4.0 pts
200336%+1.0 pts
200235%+5.0 pts
200130%−4.0 pts
200034%−4.0 pts
199738%−1.0 pts
199639%+0.0 pts
199439%−4.0 pts
199343%−1.0 pts
199244%+4.0 pts
199040%−3.0 pts
198943%−2.0 pts
198345%−3.0 pts
198248%+3.0 pts
198145%+3.0 pts
197942%−3.0 pts
197745%+0.0 pts
197545%+3.0 pts
197242%+7.0 pts
196835%+4.0 pts
196731%−3.0 pts
196534%
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