“Defund the police” is a slogan that supports divesting funds from police departments and reallocating them to non-policing forms of public safety and community support, such as social services, youth services, housing, education, healthcare and other community resources.
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Response rates from 1.4k Cities of London and Westminster voters.
27% Yes |
73% No |
24% Yes |
61% No |
2% Yes, replace police with unarmed community based responders for non-violent calls |
12% No, increase funding and training for police departments in higher crime rate communities |
0% Yes, and abolish the police |
Trend of support over time for each answer from 1.4k Cities of London and Westminster voters.
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Trend of how important this issue is for 1.4k Cities of London and Westminster voters.
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Unique answers from Cities of London and Westminster voters whose views went beyond the provided options.
@9P4R4ZR 10mos10MO
Yes, wherever possible; but, increase funding and training for police departments in higher crime rate communities.
@9PF66DZ10mos10MO
No, funding for police departments and for social and community based programs should both be increased
@8PBXF7B4yrs4Y
Funding should be increased for both
@9MDM22F11mos11MO
Social and community based programs should have their budget increased, but that shouldn’t come from the police.
@8SMYX6Q4yrs4Y
@9F58ZK42yrs2Y
I think we should fund social- and community-based programmes, but also fund the police appropriately. There must be a happy medium. It's horses for courses!
@9DKQS9H2yrs2Y
No. The funding for social and community programs should be increased in any case
@B444TX21wk1W
No, but local police departments should work in partnership with well-funded social and community-based programmes to address the root causes of crime. This isn’t about defunding — it’s about smarter, more balanced investment.
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