key findings:

• Nearly seven in ten (68 per cent) believe the police have given up on trying to solve crimes like shoplifting and burglaries altogether
• Tackling crime will be key to determining who wins the Red Wall at the next general election. The biggest swing segment (Loyal Nationals, a good proxy for 'Red Wall' voters) are both the most likely to have changed their vote between Conservative and Labour, and the most likely to say crime is important
• 81 per cent of the public think that the police need to be held more accountable for bad behaviour
• The public are almost twice as likely to agree than disagree that the police are more concerned about being woke than solving crimes
• Trust in the police has eroded. Almost half say they don't trust police officers, and only one in ten says they trust them 'a great deal'. However, people also say they think more police should be on the street, and that this is key to reducing crime
• Confidence in the criminal justice system to prosecute those who are guilty is low. Seven in ten who have experienced crime say it wasn’t solved
• Four in five Britons think there should be better mental health services to relieve pressure on the police. A further 60 per cent believe that many mental health issues are being mistaken for crimes