Americans worry most about becoming victims of this crime
Americans worry they will fall victim to hacked credit card information more often than other property and violent crimes, according to a Gallup poll released on Monday.
The poll asked respondents to state how often they worry about several listed crimes. At the top of the list: Sixty-nine percent said they frequently or occasionally worry about having information about credit cards used at stores stolen by computer hackers. A press release is here.
Next on the list: 62 percent frequently or occasionally worry their computer or smartphone will be hacked and the information stolen by unauthorized persons. Less than half frequently or occasionally worry about other crimes on the list, including their home getting burglarized while away (45 percent), their car being stolen or broken into (42 percent), getting mugged (31 percent), being a terrorism victim (28 percent), being sexually assaulted (18 percent), being murdered (18 percent), and being assaulted or killed by a co-worker or employee (7 percent).
Gallup also presented respondents with a list of nine crimes and asked which ones they or a household member had experienced. The most frequent crime experienced was having information from a credit card stolen from a store by computer hackers; 27 percent said they or a household member had fallen victim to this crime.
More than 1,000 people responded to the poll.
