Social trust

 The UK public are among the most trusting globally, with internationally high levels of trust in people of different nationalities, people they meet for the first time, and people they know personally.

Of the nations included, the UK ranks second for trust in foreigners, with such trust now at a record high following a rise over recent decades. 

The UK public also rank third for trust in people they meet for the first time, and joint top for trust in people they know personally. 

And more generally, the proportion of Britons who feel that “most people can be trusted” is now at its highest level since trends began, having rebounded since the late 1990s, with the UK also ranking among the highest internationally for this sense of trust.  

Learn more and explore the data using the interactive charts below.