Cops are more concerned with being woke than solving crimes, say four in ten voters

FOUR in ten voters think police are more concerned with being woke than solving crimes.

And 69 per cent reckon officers have given up trying to catch burglars and shoplifters.

The findings, in a poll by think tank More In Common, lay bare the scale of anger at police.

Some 52 per cent think anti-social behaviour is not being treated seriously enough. Just five per cent think it is taken too seriously.

More in Common polled 4,500 voters. Spokesman Luke Tryl said: “When it comes to anti-social behaviour, vandalism and graffiti the public think the police have just stopped trying.”

“If the Government is serious about levelling up then it urgently needs to refocus the police attention away from trendy initiatives and squarely on tackling the blight of low level crime in our communities.”

The findings were echoed by angry Brits in a series of focus groups with the think-tank.

Majid from Stoke-on-Trent, said thugs smashed his car up – but when he rang cops he was fobbed off with a bunch of “excuses”.

He fumed: “ When I rang police, they said they’d come after three hours, then didn’t. They said “Oh, we are short staffed. We can’t do anything.”

Tracey, from the Rother Valley, said: “The councils can’t keep the glass off the floor in playgrounds now.”

Both Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak have vowed to get tough on crime if they become PM.

Ms Truss has vowed to bring in police league tables and force cops to take burglaries more seriously.

Mr Sunak has promised to toughen up prison sentences for repeat offenders.