There's no denying that S.F. has abnormally high property crime rates. But has the city really seen a spike in shoplifting during the pandemic? According to police department data, no. In fact, shoplifting incidents are lower than they were pre-pandemichttps://www.sfchronicle.com/crime/article/Is-shoplifting-rising-in-San-Francisco-Here-s-16272907.php …
We have decades of documentation of how terrible people are at estimating crime rates, and it always skews high. There's no reason to think lockdown would ameliorate these perceptions vs. heighten themhttps://fivethirtyeight.com/features/many-americans-are-convinced-crime-is-rising-in-the-u-s-theyre-wrong/ …
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People under stress make mistakes & misremember things, so the prudent thing would be to investigate & see if some real increase is contained within people estimates.
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