Trust

• Levels of trust in advice and information from Portsmouth City Council have remained mostly unchanged since the last wave of research
• Higher proportions of residents trust the Fire and Rescue compared to W4
• Residents have continued to lose confidence in central government since W3

How trustworthy do you feel the advice and information from the following sources is?’*

*The question wording for Waves 1-3 was ‘How trustworthy do you feel the advice and information on COVID-19 from the following sources is?’

This chart shows that:
Of wave 3 residents, 74% felt the advice and information from Portsmouth City Council was very/quite trustworthy, 18% felt it was neither trustworthy nor untrustworthy, and 7% felt it was very/quite untrustworthy
Of wave 4 residents, 69% feel the advice and information from Portsmouth City Council is very/quite trustworthy, 23% feel it is neither trustworthy nor untrustworthy, and 9% feel it is very/quite untrustworthy
Of wave 5 residents, 68% feel the advice and information from Portsmouth City Council is very/quite trustworthy, 20% feel it is neither trustworthy nor untrustworthy, and 11% feel it is very/quite untrustworthy

This chart shows that:
Of wave 3 residents, 54% felt the advice and information from the Police was very/quite trustworthy, 31% felt it was neither trustworthy nor untrustworthy, and 16% felt it was very/quite untrustworthy
Of wave 4 residents, 62% feel the advice and information from the Police is very/quite trustworthy, 24% feel it is neither trustworthy nor untrustworthy, and 13% feel it is very/quite untrustworthy
Of wave 5 residents, 58% feel the advice and information from the Police is very/quite trustworthy, 23% feel it is neither trustworthy nor untrustworthy, and 19% feel it is very/quite untrustworthy

This chart shows that:
Of wave 3 residents, 59% felt the advice and information from Fire and Rescue was very/quite trustworthy, 37% felt it was neither trustworthy nor untrustworthy, and 4% felt it was very/quite untrustworthy
Of wave 4 residents, 84% feel the advice and information from Fire and Rescue is very/quite trustworthy, 13% feel it is neither trustworthy nor untrustworthy, and 3% feel it is very/quite untrustworthy
Of wave 5 residents, 88% feel the advice and information from Fire and Rescue is very/quite trustworthy, 10% feel it is neither trustworthy nor untrustworthy, and 2% feel it is very/quite untrustworthy

This chart shows that:
Of wave 3 residents, 85% felt the advice and information from the NHS was very/quite trustworthy, 8% felt it was neither trustworthy nor untrustworthy, and 7% felt it was very/quite untrustworthy
Of wave 4 residents, 76% feel the advice and information from the NHS is very/quite trustworthy, 15% feel it is neither trustworthy nor untrustworthy, and 10% feel it is very/quite untrustworthy
Of wave 5 residents, 71% feel the advice and information from the NHS is very/quite trustworthy, 19% feel it is neither trustworthy nor untrustworthy, and 10% feel it is very/quite untrustworthy

This chart shows that:
Of wave 3 residents, 39% felt the advice and information from central government was very/quite trustworthy, 18% felt it was neither trustworthy nor untrustworthy, and 43% felt it was very/quite untrustworthy
Of wave 4 residents, 25% feel the advice and information from central government is very/quite trustworthy, 24% feel it is neither trustworthy nor untrustworthy, and 51% feel it is very/quite untrustworthy
Of wave 5 residents, 19% feel the advice and information from central government is very/quite trustworthy, 22% feel it is neither trustworthy nor untrustworthy, and 59% feel it is very/quite untrustworthy

This chart shows that:
Of wave 3 residents, 27% felt the advice and information from local newspapers or news websites was very/quite trustworthy, 32% felt it was neither trustworthy nor untrustworthy, and 41% felt it was very/quite untrustworthy
Of wave 4 residents, 22% feel the advice and information from local newspapers or news websites is very/quite trustworthy, 37% feel it is neither trustworthy nor untrustworthy, and 41% feel it is very/quite untrustworthy
Of wave 5 residents, 23% feel the advice and information from local newspapers or news websites is very/quite trustworthy, 32% feel it is neither trustworthy nor untrustworthy, and 45% feel it is very/quite untrustworthy

This chart shows that:
Of wave 3 residents, 27% felt the advice and information from national newspapers or news websites was very/quite trustworthy, 25% felt it was neither trustworthy nor untrustworthy, and 48% felt it was very/quite untrustworthy
Of wave 4 residents, 21% feel the advice and information from national newspapers or news websites is very/quite trustworthy, 33% feel it is neither trustworthy nor untrustworthy, and 46% feel it is very/quite untrustworthy
Of wave 5 residents, 19% feel the advice and information from national newspapers or news websites is very/quite trustworthy, 28% feel it is neither trustworthy nor untrustworthy, and 53% feel it is very/quite untrustworthy

This chart shows that:
Of wave 3 residents, 39% felt the advice and information from news on the television was very/quite trustworthy, 22% felt it was neither trustworthy nor untrustworthy, and 39% felt it was very/quite untrustworthy
Of wave 4 residents, 39% feel the advice and information from news on the television is very/quite trustworthy, 31% feel it is neither trustworthy nor untrustworthy, and 31% feel it is very/quite untrustworthy
Of wave 5 residents, 37% feel the advice and information from news on the television is very/quite trustworthy, 28% feel it is neither trustworthy nor untrustworthy, and 34% feel it is very/quite untrustworthy

This chart shows that:
Of wave 4 residents, 47% feel the advice and information from Hive Portsmouth is very/quite trustworthy, 48% feel it is neither trustworthy nor untrustworthy, and 5% feel it is very/quite untrustworthy
Of wave 5 residents, 41% feel the advice and information from Hive Portsmouth is very/quite trustworthy, 57% feel it is neither trustworthy nor untrustworthy, and 2% feel it is very/quite untrustworthy