So many things....why didn't you cite Chicago with some of the most restrictive gun laws in the country. Should be one safe city don't you think?I guess you didn't access the link to the 100 most dangerous cities in the U.S. CHICAGO DOESN'T MAKE THE LIST!! Stay out of certain areas of Chicago and you are VERY safe.
I lived in San Fran for a few months about 15 years ago. As for crime, most people don't even report the low level crime in that town because if it is not reported, it didn't happen. I watched a couple of drug deals go down in broad daylight was advised that if they act like they don't see me then I don't see them. San Fran is not as safe as they would have you believe. Especially if you're female and illegals are around.
I'd like you to come up with a theory why Oakland is so violent and San Fran is so peaceful (as you say).
Most people give credit for the reduction in crime in New York Ciy in the 90s to Guilani and aggressive policing not the gun laws. Originally Posted by JD Barleycorn
Certainly there is crime in SF. I have been there many times and there are areas in which I will not go after dark. I am NOT the one writing the articles or reporting the statistics. Some percentage of crime goes unreported in every city, large and small.
Why a higher crime rate in Oakland? Again, I am not the one who compiled the data but facts show that Oakland has much lower per capita income and much higher percentage of people living below the poverty line and a much lower average education level than San Francisco. To me, these factors are much more relevant to crime than gun control laws.
As to exact reasons why crime rises in some years and falls in other years -- no one has the answer. If you want to believe it has to do with aggressive policing, read the text in blue below.
Source: http://nypost.com/2015/06/09/bratton...-bad-old-days/
"In 2011, the NYPD reported about 685,000 reasonable-suspicion stops. That year, rapes, robberies, assaults, burglaries and grand larcenies all increased, for an overall rise in index crime of 1.5 percent. Last year, stops had been cut to about 47,400 — or by more than 90 percent — and murder, rape, robbery, assault, burglary and grand larceny were all down, for an overall decline in index crime of 4.1 percent."