Despite doom loop narratives that persist, a new national survey of police chiefs is showing some heartening news in America's biggest cities, including Oakland and San Francisco.
Despite doom loop narratives that persist, a new national survey of police chiefs is showing some heartening news in America's biggest cities.Major metropolitan areas, including Oakland and San Francisco , are experiencing an overall 7% drop in violent crime this year.
Anything that's happening in a major city like San Francisco, it's been incredible."In the Bay Area, only San Jose, showed a rise in two of the four violent crime categories: homicide and aggravated assault. In Oakland, the number of reported homicides went from 52 in 2023 to 47 this year, the lowest level since the COVID pandemic – a decrease of nearly 10 percent.Oakland’s homicide rate per 100,000 people is still far higher than the national rate — 10.77 in the city compared to 0.
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