This doesn’t answer your question, but is related: At least in West Coast cities, I am skeptical about the data. A lot of people have stopped reporting burglari

This doesn’t answer your question, but is related: At least in West Coast cities, I am skeptical about the data. A lot of people have stopped reporting burglaries because nothing is done about them. If you don’t need a police report - like if your loss isn’t worth the insurance deductible and increased future premiums - there isn’t a point to reporting. Police are often understaffed or have been instructed to deprioritize investigating these crimes. And even when a suspect is apprehended, city prosecutors focused on “restorative justice” often prefer to release them. Jaded victims have grown tired of reporting property crimes with no consequences. This is changing now perhaps, with an increasing focus on public safety, but it’s hard for me and many I know to trust the crime data from the last 10 years. There’s also different trends for different areas or types of crime. For example there’s a trend of “burglary tourists” - illegal immigrants or legal visa holding tourists that often target certain groups like South Asians, perceiving them to be an easy and wealthy target. I suspect there are such groups for whom even the data would show sharp increases. Example article: https://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/security-measures-urged-amid-series-of-home-break-ins-targeting-south-asian-community/3109819/ https://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/security-measures-urged...