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Re:In 1980s Los Angeles, a bank was robbed every hour (2019) by gfxgirl on Wednesday December 23, 2020 @07:50AM (#25517024)
Reply All Podcast, ep 127/128 seemed to claim it's actually not that much better in NYC now. Instead they claim the way of reporting crimes has changed to make the numbers look better than they actually are

https://gimletmedia.com/shows/reply-all/o2hx34

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Re:In 1980s Los Angeles, a bank was robbed every hour (2019) by asveikau on Wednesday December 23, 2020 @11:30AM (#25519288)
I listened to that a few years ago. I don't believe it makes exactly the claim as your summary.

In discussions about New York there is a popular myth that policing caused the crime rate drop, and I think that is what the podcast was challenging. Not necessarily that there wasn't a drop at all. There was across the entire country. Not for the reasons some police departments would like to believe.

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