“They also got such a null response from the police that they rarely even bother reporting crimes anymore, because nothing happens,” Elon Musk wrote last year. Joseph Pisani, Alexa Corse, and Micah Maidenberg, "Elon Musk Says He Will Move X and SpaceX Headquarters Out...
Crime
At the Washington Times: Liberals’ statistics on falling violent crime rates don’t match reality
Dr. John Lott has a new piece at the Washington Times. . “It’s no accident that violent crime is near a record 50-year low,” President Biden claims. And if you believe recent fact-checkers at places, like Politifact, rate Biden’s statement as “true.” On ABC’s This...
Violent Crime in New York City in 2023 up 29.5% over rate in 2019
Comparing the violent crime rates in New York City from before the pandemic to 202320192023Percent ChangeMurder31839123.0%Rape1,7601,465-16.8%Robbery13,36316,93426.7%Felony...
Canadian police advise people to leave their car FOBs at their front door so thieves can steal cars
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7nh_k1wbcyk York Regional Police Constable Marco Ricciardi: “To prevent the possibility of being attacked in your home, leave your FOBs at your front door. Because they’re breaking into your home to steal your car. They don’t want...
Violent Crime Rates by Race
In 2022, the murder rate among blacks is 653% higher than the murder rate for whites. The murder rate for Hispanics is 65% higher than for whites. Nor are those numbers that much of an outlier. From 1990 through 2022, the black murder rate average 569% higher than...
In New York City, 327 people responsible for more than 6,000 shoplifting arrests, about one-third of all shoplifting arrests
Yet another example of how a relatively small number of criminals account for a large percentage of crimes. For professional shoplifters, one might imagine that they are arrested at a lower rate per offense than others who are not as experienced. Nearly a third of all...
Number of police in the Asheville Police Department is down 42% since May 2020, 200% surge in break-ins amid a violent crime spike
This isn't too surprising to anyone who have been following our work. . . . Violent crime in Asheville increased 31% per 100,000 people between 2016 and 2020 – nearly double the national average and 18-percentage points higher than North Carolina's 13% increase...
Only 22% of violent crimes are reported to the police
It is pretty simple to compare the number of crimes reported to police (here and here) to the estimated number of violent crimes recorded in the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS). Over the five years from 2015 to 2019, the NCVS indicates that there were...
How bad is crime in Los Angeles?: Crime is causing the USPS to suspend mail delivery in a neighborhood where the median family home is worth between $750,000 and $1 million
Granted this is just one neighborhood and the police know the identity of the main culprit, but if he is committing crimes against postal workers, why can't he be arrested and taken off the street? The United States Postal Service has suspended its services for one...
Except for Biden’s Supporters, Democrats, and Liberals, Likely American Voters Overwhelmingly Believe that Crime Getting Worse
Rasmussen Reports has a new survey of 1,000 Likely Voters (April 4-5, 2022) about whether crime is getting worse and how Biden is handling crime. Yet another survey on crime shows that the primary supporters of Democrat policies are the elites. All groups except...
Biden White House: “Soft-on-crime” Psaki laughs: “What does that even mean?”
https://rumble.com/embed/vr6psp/?pub=vzmga As violent crime continues to surge across America, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki mocks Americans discussing the “consequences” of Democrats'“soft-on-crime” policies. Psaki laughs: “What does that even...
Do you wonder why Chicago has a high murder rate?: Chicago gunfight caught on camera shows gang members shoot into house, with police as witnesses, but prosecutors still released gang members
If you don't prosecute the few gang members police catch, guess what? You get more violent crime. More than 70 shell casings were found at the crime scene. Five men linked to a deadly gang-related shootout Friday in Austin were released from custody after prosecutors...