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That's what happens when cities stop reporting crime statistics

Murder is down in line with the rest of crime. What that tells you is that even crime that's hard to fail to report follows the general trend.

Down from a massive peak in 2020/2021 when cities tried the "lets not enforce crime" approach. Still elevated from pre 2020 levels.

Not trying to dispute your conclusions, but I'd be wary of using the peak Covid years as a reference.