Recorded 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 bec

Recorded 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