Measuring the total number of violent break-ins Is actually a bit hard. That's why we (our DOJ) and e.g. the U.K. mirror direct police reports (which have und

Measuring the total number of violent break-ins Is actually a bit hard. That's why we (our DOJ) and e.g. the U.K. mirror direct police reports (which have under-reporting by citizens and outright falsification by authorities) with surveys, and those of course have their own problems. But, yeah, easier than climate. I'm not aware of any politically significant faction on the left claiming that violent crimes are not increasing I think by this you mean you think the significant factions of the left claim violent crimes are increasing? When violent crime has been decreasing for quite some time.... My favorite point to make here is that our post-WWII history may track demographics better than anything else, the thesis behind this being the more young men in your population, the more crimes. Let me add a favorite statistic here: since I've been watching this closely, the number of people and guns in the US have increased by roughly 50%, and the absolute number of fatal gun accidents has dropped by 25%.