That’s a fair point and one I agree with. Police across the country have either pulled back or been pulled back such that proactive policing has been dramatical

That’s a fair point and one I agree with. Police across the country have either pulled back or been pulled back such that proactive policing has been dramatically reduced, which has been driving up crime, but it also means police aren’t looking for crimes like they used to do, which would also contribute to an “underreporting” effect. And homicides and other not-so-easily-overlooked crimes are way, way up so it would be surprising if the forces operating on homicides (“I can get away with murder”, basically) weren’t also operating on other crimes.