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Re:Train burglaries in LA by jl6 on Friday January 14, 2022 @04:14AM (#29932251)
> Why crime us going up?

It’s not. The long term trend in property crime in the US is down.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crime_in_the_United_States

Re:Train burglaries in LA by nomel on Friday January 14, 2022 @09:42AM (#29934993)
Much has been decriminalized in California, so I question if these types of statistics can be accurate.
Re:Train burglaries in LA by jl6 on Friday January 14, 2022 @02:08PM (#29938809)
Theft has been decriminalized in California?
Re:Train burglaries in LA by CamperBob2 on Friday January 14, 2022 @04:30AM (#29932359)
Difficulty: people may not even bother reporting minor property crimes anymore, because the police (and, more important, the prosecutors) DGAF.
Re:Train burglaries in LA by smcl on Friday January 14, 2022 @05:17AM (#29932679)
You might not realise it but you've recreated a famous bit from the news satire "Brass Eye" - a news presenter shows some crime statistics and follows it up with the words "So much for recorded crimes, but crimes we know nothing about are going up as well" and displays this graphic:

https://twitter.com/dannyjeremiah/status/472109093260648450

Re:Train burglaries in LA by ggreer on Friday January 14, 2022 @03:00PM (#29939548)
That article hasn't been updated for the massive increase in crime from the past two years.