Crime is going up in cities all over the country, including those in red states that never had a sniff of "Defund the Police". I'm unconvinced that it's a direct contributor.
Increases in Arizona, Texas, Louisiana, Minnesota, and Kentucky would indicate to me a lack of correlation for various partisan policies driving this.
The filter bubble self-awareness is palpable.
The poster you're responding to is correct. St. Louis, KC, Indianapolis, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Milwaukee, and Nashville are wild places. I feel much safer in Portland than in any of those cities. Especially the ones toward to top of that list. Lots of cities in bright red states are cesspools compared to Portland.
Here in the UK, "stop and search" was massively reduced because it was seen as racist. The result has been a marked increase in knife and drug related crimes.
Of course it is the poor and minorities who suffer from these progressive policies.
If someone puts a gun to your head and says they will kill you and you protect yourself. Well you will be made an example.
Mistaking a taser for a gun and killing someone is very risky.
Kneeling on someone's neck while they are handcuffed is risky.
Normal policing is not.