For quantitative data, I think we should be looking at store closures. How many stores closed in a city in a given time period? Is it more or less than other c

For quantitative data, I think we should be looking at store closures. How many stores closed in a city in a given time period? Is it more or less than other comparable cities? You have to normalize this data by population. I think individual thefts are just that - anecdata, which sways one way or another too far in any given time period. But something like stores/pharmacies, where systematic theft can occur would be a better indicator