I get what these articles are trying to imply but I'm not seeing hard figures. Is it really worse in these locations and is it really worse than the old days?

I get what these articles are trying to imply but I'm not seeing hard figures. Is it really worse in these locations and is it really worse than the old days? Poor rich kids and the poor youth of today is a meme that's decades old, I need hard figures that this time it's different.