It was kind of crazy how many times people on San Diego (of all places!) NextDoor would talk about how they "caught" a "hispanic male" looking in cars, or some other offense. This in a place where people with an appearance common to folks from Mexico and central America (note that "hispanic" isn't an appearance, but whatever) make up a huge percentage of the general population.

It is kind of crazy how often you can witness a person (of any color) walking down an alley in early AM hours in San Diego while looking in car windows with a light and checking door handles. I would give an unknown person one address number as not something to report, giving them the benefit of the doubt that maybe they live there. But then seeing them continue on to the next apartment carport, then the next, then the next...

I'm sure there are racist idiots posting false stories or such, but that issue you described IS very common. Talk to your region's SDPD Community Liaison about the types of crimes and their occurrence numbers. SDPD will usually be able to give you a good comment on the amount of calls about a certain crime vs the actual number of times they make an arrest for a certain crime.