I am not disputing that, the comment I replied to assumed that offenses were not evenly distributed because two of the examples in the set of petty crimes was n

I am not disputing that, the comment I replied to assumed that offenses were not evenly distributed because two of the examples in the set of petty crimes was not evenly distributed offenses by demographic. Note that this is commission of offense as opposed to say police activity around offense, which is a different thing, as you note with your jaywalking example.