> objectively one of the most violent cities in the country
The news article (and many comments in this thread) says the exact opposite:
> San Francisco is home to much in the way of visible public misery, unnerving street behavior and overt drug-use. Its property crime rate has long been high, and the police clearance rate for property crimes has long been minimal. But the city’s violent crime rate is at a near-historic low and is lower than that in most mid-to-large-sized cities.
Property crime is sky-high, sure. Violent crime is a totally different category. It is important not to mix them up.
2021 homicide rate across comparable cities:
St Louis 66.5
Detroit 47.9
Phila 34.8
Milwaukee 33.9
...
Austin 8.2
SF 6.9
...
NY 5.5
We can talk about other types of violent crime (maybe the other ones are higher, I haven't looked into them recently) but let's at least stick to the well-defined categories and since you said it's "objectively one of the most violent" then we should be able to back that up with stats in each category: https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2011/crime-in-the-u.s.-...
The news article (and many comments in this thread) says the exact opposite:
> San Francisco is home to much in the way of visible public misery, unnerving street behavior and overt drug-use. Its property crime rate has long been high, and the police clearance rate for property crimes has long been minimal. But the city’s violent crime rate is at a near-historic low and is lower than that in most mid-to-large-sized cities.
Property crime is sky-high, sure. Violent crime is a totally different category. It is important not to mix them up.
2021 homicide rate across comparable cities:
St Louis 66.5 Detroit 47.9 Phila 34.8 Milwaukee 33.9 ... Austin 8.2 SF 6.9 ... NY 5.5
https://abc7news.com/amp/san-francisco-crime-rate-bob-lee-sf...
We can talk about other types of violent crime (maybe the other ones are higher, I haven't looked into them recently) but let's at least stick to the well-defined categories and since you said it's "objectively one of the most violent" then we should be able to back that up with stats in each category: https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2011/crime-in-the-u.s.-...