In the blue cities, the narrative is more important than the truth. The left is waging war on truth.
EArly in BeijingBiden’s term all law enforcement depts were told that the standards on crime were different (e.g., rape is no longer rape, etc.) and reporting the stats was voluntary.
So, a city/police dept suffering from horrible crimes could cook the data — to ensure elections.
Any peculiar stats are due to that.
It all depends on when you measure from. The Crime Prevention Act passed in 1994 caused an explosion in prison population and crime absolutely plummeted. It continued to plummet until 2015 when the Obama Armin began emptying the prisons. Since then it has gone up slightly or down slightly from year to year but has mostly gone sideways.
Trump’s DOJ found evidence Dems are skewing crime stats ahead of the midterm elections