The entire point is 2020 was a known anomaly (because of the tiny globe changing pandemic) Hence why their quote is about downward trends in 2021 > The San Fr

The entire point is 2020 was a known anomaly (because of the tiny globe changing pandemic) Hence why their quote is about downward trends in 2021 > The San Francisco Police Department is actually seeing a dip in crime in 2021, part of a larger overall downward trend. Property crimes are down nearly 8 percent so far in 2021, and larceny theft — the category of crime that includes shoplifting — is down 14.4 percent. It's too early to start screaming doom and gloom about crime taking over