Because I live here and talk to people. I've been the victim of property crime that I have not reported because I know nothing will come of it. Bike theft and b

Because I live here and talk to people. I've been the victim of property crime that I have not reported because I know nothing will come of it. Bike theft and breaking into garages is extremely common, and it's well known that reporting it is a waste of time. I've also witnessed more serious crime like smash & grabs and brazen shoplifting, though they are more rare. What isn't rare is seeing people living in tents chopping up bikes and injecting themselves with needles in plain sight. Your article also mentions the same thing: > Many property crimes in the city go unreported, making it difficult to gauge the level of decline. > San Francisco's increase in burglaries, however, did outpace the rest of the country. People in SF complaining about crime aren't talking about homicides (thank goodness). But as mentioned in your article, burglary is way up. Most likely property crime is also way up. This is what people are complaining about. So saying "crime is actually down" doesn't seem to make a lot of sense.