[seadan83]

The comment with citation you are responding to shows a clear down line. The year over year trend is pretty strong and goes back a couple decades now.

Perhaps you are thinking of violent crime which did go up in 2020. That is also down in 2021 from 2020 (and I was really surprised that there has been such a strong downward trend since 1990, I would not have guessed that the violent crime rate of today is almost half of 1990!)

https://www.statista.com/statistics/191219/reported-violent-...

[wahnfrieden]

The commenters here who attempt to bring balance to the discussion by pointing out how scary SF is and the like are more afraid of visible homelessness than actual violence