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Portland had 96 homicides in 2022. San Francisco had 55 and Seattle had ~50. Both of those cities are much larger than Portland. But ignoring homicides traffic
by n8cpdx 4y ago
Portland had 96 homicides in 2022. San Francisco had 55 and Seattle had ~50. Both of those cities are much larger than Portland.
But ignoring homicides traffic violence is at a 70 year high after the traffic policing team was cut to support homicide investigation and patrol. https://www.koin.com/news/portland/portland-sees-rise-in-pedestrian-deaths-after-ppb-traffic-team-cuts/ https://www.koin.com/news/portland/portland-sees-rise-in-ped...
- djinnandtonic 4y agoIts more useful to compare the violent crime rate per capita, not strictly homicides: https://www.areavibes.com/compare-results/?place1=Portland%2C%20OR&place2=Seattle%2C%20WA#cri https://www.areavibes.com/compare-results/?place1=Portland%2... By which measure Portland is safer than both of your examples, even after this supposed apocalyptic crime wave caused by defunding the Police