Many Americans Are Convinced Crime Is Rising In The U.S. They’re Wrong. But their fear makes everyone less safe.https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/many-americans-are-convinced-crime-is-rising-in-the-u-s-theyre-wrong/ …
I live in an almost zero-crime suburb, and people here are SCARED TO DEATH of every little thing. A car drives slowly down the street and suddenly people are posting on Nextdoor about a suspicious vehicle. The less crime there is, the more these timid people are afraid of it.