CBS News/New York Times New York City Survey Monthly Poll #5, October 2010

This poll, fielded October 26-28, 2010, is a part of a continuing series of monthly surveys that solicits public opinion on a range of political and social issues. Respondents were asked whether they approved of the way Michael Bloomberg was handling his job as mayor, whether they thought New York City was safer from crime than it was a year ago, and how they would rate the job the police in New York City were doing. Respondents were also asked whether they or anyone in their family had been the victim of a crime in New York City in the past year or any time since 2002, whether they reported this crime or not, and whether the police accepted the report or they were discouraged by the police from filing a report. Demographic information includes sex, age, race, marital status, education level, household income, type of residential area (e.g., urban or rural), political party affiliation, political philosophy, and voter registration status.