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Originally Posted by rrskylar

Says who?

The stats compare this year to last, New Year's Day to April 15:

Homicides, 9 this year, 6 last.

Shootings, up 82 percent. A whopping 31 this year, 17 last.

Commercial robberies, up 53 percent to 150 this year, 98 last.

Muggings, 336 this year, 261 last, an increase of 29 percent.

Commercial break-ins, 355 compared to 245 in '16. (A 45% increase.)

Residential break-ins, only up 8 percent. 500 compared to 465.

Motor vehicle theft, you know, the "success" story that's regularly trotted out by police and pundits alike, up 34 percent year over year. 484 this year, 362 last.

And the good news? Reported sexual assaults down from 36 to 28. And attempted car theft down 15%.

I'm guessing you used April to try to make the numbers look worse, since by now, they have come to be very comparable to last year. There has been 1 more murder so far this year than there was to this point last year - an insignificant change statistically. Overall crime reported on crime stat is up 12% from last year - but not all crimes are reported on crime stat, and the general trend has been a decrease in crime over the decades.