China ranked third in the latest global poll on people's perceptions of their personal security by a pollster from the United States, indicating its residents have a high sense of security.

 

在美国民调机构一项对于个人安全感的最新全球民调中，中国名列第三，显示出中国民众具有较高的安全感。

 

The 2020 Global Law and Order report, released on Tuesday by the Washington-based organization Gallup, covered 144 countries and areas. The poll was conducted throughout 2019 and involved nearly 175,000 people aged¹ 15 and older who were interviewed face-to-face or by telephone.

 

China's overall law and order index is 94. Singapore and Turkmenistan topped the poll with scores of 97.

 

Participants were asked four questions: Do you have confidence in the local police force? Do you feel safe walking alone at night in the city where you live? Within the last 12 months, have you had money or property stolen from you or another household member? Have you been assaulted or mugged?

 

The report showed that 90 percent of the respondents from China said they feel secure when walking alone at night, which is 21 percentage points higher than the average response. China ranked fifth in the index of countries where people feel safest walking alone, after Singapore, Turkmenistan, Norway and the United Arab Emirates.

 

The US ranks 36th with an 85, slightly higher than the world average of 82.

 

In the US, where the future of policing is being re-examined in many communities after the killings² of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and others at the hands of police, 79 percent of Americans in 2019 said they are confident in their local police. Gallup's annual US Confidence in Institutions survey, conducted after Floyd's death, showed a decline in Americans' confidence in the police.

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