Here's a good explanation of why perceived crime increased at the same time as total crime decreased in SF with COVID. TLDR: the number of crimes decreased, but

Here's a good explanation of why perceived crime increased at the same time as total crime decreased in SF with COVID. TLDR: the number of crimes decreased, but the total number of people out-and-about decreased even more. The result is if you went out-and-about you were more likely to experience a crime. https://sfstandard.com/perspectives/perspective-why-your-chances-of-being-a-crime-victim-in-s-f-may-be-up-even-when-crime-is-down/ https://sfstandard.com/perspectives/perspective-why-your-cha...