Crimes Americans worry about most 2022

In 2022, 75 percent of survey respondents worried about their personal, credit card or financial information being stolen by computer hacking, making it the crime that Americans worried about most. A further 73 percent of respondents worried either frequently or occasionally about being the victim of identity theft.

Crimes Americans worry about most in 2022

Characteristic	Share of respondents
Having your personal, credit card or financial information stolen by computer hackers	75%
Being the victim of identity theft	73%
Having your car stolen or broken into	47%
Having a school-aged child physically harmed attending school	47%
Your home being burglarized when you are not there	45%
Getting mugged	40%
Being attacked while driving your car	36%
Your home being burglarized when you are there	34%
Being a victim of a hate crime	30%
Getting murdered	29%
Being sexually assaulted	29%
Being the victim of terrorism	27%
Being assaulted/killed by a co-worker/employee where you work	9%

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Release date

October 2022

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Region

United States

Survey time period

October 3 to 20, 2022

Number of respondents

1,009 respondents

Age group

18 years and older

Method of interview

Telephone interview

Supplementary notes

This question was phrased by the source as follows: "How often do you, yourself, worry about the following things -- frequently, occasionally, rarely or never? How about..." Answers marked "Frequently" and "Occasionally."

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