While the national trend is downward, the trend in San Francisco is upward, which likely colors the perceptions on this messageboard: https://sfgov.org/scoreca

While the national trend is downward, the trend in San Francisco is upward, which likely colors the perceptions on this messageboard: https://sfgov.org/scorecards//public-safety/violent-crime-rate-and-property-crime-rate https://sfgov.org/scorecards//public-safety/violent-crime-ra... The upward trend is apparent in linear statistics despite a large drop during the COVID-19 pandemic. That said, I do find it hard to believe that people being angry about crime could conceivably coincide with a decrease in the probability an individual crime is reported. Among other cities I checked, Portland also shows an increase, while NYC, Seattle, LA, Chicago, Miami, Atlanta and Boston show declines.