Crime is happening at a brazen level," he said. "Crime statistically might be down, but property crime is not. And that's what makes people the angriest - to hear the crime is down, things are getting better. Yes, they might be on the numbers side, but people don't feel it because they're seeing it on a daily basis.
These are the types of crimes that we might be reminded of on a regular basis, for example, that merchandise is being locked up," said Magnus Lofstrom, policy director of criminal justice and a senior fellow at the Public Policy Institute of California. "There are these smash-and-grab videos that oftentimes go viral and that, again, might give people a perception of the problem.
Property crime is down 35% compared with the same time period last year, which was close to pre-pandemic levels in 2019, according to SFPD data.
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