MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Almost 50% of Germans feels less safe in their country today than five years ago, a new survey conducted by the INSA Institute revealed on Monday.
According to the survey, 45% of respondents said their sense of security has decreased, but only 15% feel safer than they did five years ago. Nothing has changed in the sense of security over the past five years for 38% of Germans, and 2% refrained from answering.
Up to 52% of German residents do not feel safe at train stations, INSA said.
The survey was conducted from August 15-16 with a total of 1,003 respondents. The margin of error is not provided.
Media has reported that more than 80% of German residents would support a ban on carrying knives in public places after a spike in knife attacks.
