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Look at shootings and homicides, which are reported more consistency than low-level crimes (people have given up reporting many of these). 2020 was up 50%. An
by nostromo 5y ago
Look at shootings and homicides, which are reported more consistency than low-level crimes (people have given up reporting many of these).
2020 was up 50%. And 2021 is outpacing 2020.
- manuelabeledo 5y ago> And 2021 is outpacing 2020. There were less homicides in 2021 than in 2020. In total, there were less crimes in 2021 than in 2018, with a 2.2% population increase.
- nostromo 5y agoGun violence spiked in 2020, and continued to increase in 2021. https://www.gunviolencearchive.org/past-tolls https://www.gunviolencearchive.org/past-tolls "Homicide" is a fungible term, one that is gamed by city officials and prosecutors that want to show lower violence levels in their city. Gun violence totals are much harder to game. And those continue to rise in the US.
- manuelabeledo 5y agoWhere's Seattle in here? Also, it seems that, according to data, 2020 and 2021 have seen significantly less incidents than years 2015 to 2018. I don't think I get your point, though. This seems to point more towards gun control, than increasing police budgets.