[Zigurd]

Murder is down in line with the rest of crime. What that tells you is that even crime that's hard to fail to report follows the general trend.

[cavisne]

Down from a massive peak in 2020/2021 when cities tried the "lets not enforce crime" approach. Still elevated from pre 2020 levels.

[throw-the-towel]

Not trying to dispute your conclusions, but I'd be wary of using the peak Covid years as a reference.