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by n8cpdx 1267 days ago
Portland had 96 homicides in 2022. San Francisco had 55 and Seattle had ~50. Both of those cities are much larger than Portland.

But ignoring homicides traffic violence is at a 70 year high after the traffic policing team was cut to support homicide investigation and patrol. https://www.koin.com/news/portland/portland-sees-rise-in-ped...

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Its more useful to compare the violent crime rate per capita, not strictly homicides: https://www.areavibes.com/compare-results/?place1=Portland%2...

By which measure Portland is safer than both of your examples, even after this supposed apocalyptic crime wave caused by defunding the Police