Not to diminish this tragedy but I believe murders are close to an all-time low in the city.
https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/crime-homicides-...
https://sfist.com/2023/01/03/sf-sees-exact-same-number-of-ho...
Because that’s the difference between 2019s all time low year at this point… and so far in 2023.
Oh and ‘21 & ‘22 by now? Difference of 2.
Absolute numbers don’t sound as scary as percentages tho do they? Might ruin your narrative.
2019 = 41
2020 = 48
2021 = 56
2022 = 56
If you can't discuss the facts in a civil manner I am not going to discuss the issue with you any further.
And also if we're willing to accept this pretty high bar...
For comparison the UK, not exactly the safest country in Europe, had 12x the homicides for 80x the population, which puts SF at 6 times more homicides per population.
Now since large number of families moved out from SF, and there are more no big local gangs (since there are no families) you have about 40% more random homicides. And these random ones are the worse and the most scary ones.
They're also talking about people who engage in business that is not state sanctioned and therefore have to settle disputes with their own violence instead of getting a court to threaten state violence on their behalf. One part time drug dealer rounding up a couple buddies and putting a bullet in a guy who ripped him off will show up as and makes up a huge chunk of what's considered "gang violence" in these stats.
When comparing cities it's useful to differentiate between random crime and crime where the parties to know each other.
https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/mill-valley-man-kille...
SF average homicide rate: 7.1/100k [1]
Rome average homicide rate: 0.5/100k [2]
[1] https://abc7news.com/feature/san-francisco-bay-area-safety-t...
[2] (in Italian) https://www.agi.it/fact-checking/omicidio_sacchi_sicurezza_r...