An Garda Síochána Public Attitudes Survey 2022

Abstract

This report presents the findings from the 2022 Garda Public Attitudes Survey, in which 7,699 adults (aged 18 years and older), and 389 young people (aged 16 and 17 years), were surveyed on topics related to crime, policing and An Garda Síochána. Following a break in series in 2020, due to the Covid pandemic, 2022 saw the return for the second year of face-to-face interviewing. Fieldwork was conducted by Behaviour and Attitudes between August and December of that year. While results are comparable to 2021, and to the years pre-Covid, no results are presented for 2020 during which an online survey was conducted.