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Political hysteria aside, CA property crime rates are at their lowest levels since 1960.
by bufferout 5y ago
Political hysteria aside, CA property crime rates are at their lowest levels since 1960.
- barry-cotter 5y agoRecorded property crimes are at their lowest since 1960. In San Francisco shops have boarded up their windows to stop smash and grabs[1] and shoplifting has become blatant and all pervasive[2]. People don't report crime if they know it won't be prsosecuted > Crime data is only as good as what gets reported A former property manager of a Walgreens store tweeted the Chronicle article didn’t take into account that police crime data is only as good as the crimes that get reported — and his Walgreens had “stopped reporting” retail theft “since there was no point” with “multiple shoplifting incidents every single day. See [2] [1]https://www.newsweek.com/san-francisco-stores-board-amid-wave-smash-grab-lootings-1655004#:~:text=Several%20San%20Francisco%2Darea%20stores,the%20city%20and%20across%20California.&text=Last%20month%2C%20the%20Louis%20Vuitton,to%20steal%20dozens%20of%20items https://www.newsweek.com/san-francisco-stores-board-amid-wav.... [2]https://engardio.com/blog/shoplifting-walgreens https://engardio.com/blog/shoplifting-walgreens
- synergy20 5y agomaybe most people are at home these days? plus you can shoplift in public at daytime for $950, why bothering to break in anyone's property while adults are at home ready to shoot back?