The year 2001 saw the lowest ratings since our research began of how safe it was to live in Poland: only 18% of Polish people thought they were living in a safe country, while 81% were of the opposite opinion. Since then there has been a long-term upward trend, discernable to this day. Since the beginning of the century the percentage of respondents who consider Poland to be a safe place to live has increased virtually five-fold, with a record value of 89% this year. Although it is not a uniform trend, with values dropping in 2012–2015, yet from a long-term perspective there has been a radical change in how safe Poland is seen to be. Currently, the sense of living in a safe country is close to universal.