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> _2600+_ comments on it, most of them hysterical about SF crime [of course, completely divorced from actual stats, i.e. SF has fewer homicides per capita than almost every other American city, including current faves Austin and Miami]

On this list of homicides per capita [1], San Francisco ranks far higher than Austin in incidents per capita of "Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter": 2.57 per 100,000 people in Austin, vs. 6.35 per 100,000 in SF.

It also ranks higher than New York, Portland, San Diego, San Jose, and Seattle.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_cities_b...




That's also from 2019. It's possible the OP looked at more recent information? Without knowing their source we won't know.


2021 numbers show Austin having a higher murder rate with 7.7 per 100k. SF was 6.9.

https://www.kxan.com/investigations/homicides-on-the-rise-ho...




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