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by throwaway292939 1155 days ago
Say it is an assault.

Some guy / lady yelled at you for 10 seconds aggressively. Are you now going to call the cops / file a police report?

I think a majority of people would just move on with their day. So yes, to your point, this wouldn't show up in any statistics.

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Yeah, that's exactly my point. Even if the worst violent crimes are down (murder etc.), if general incivility has gone way, way up, that usually doesn't show up in crime statistics.