> in terms of the proportion of violent crimes perpetrated by people known to their victims
The factoid you're trying to cite is specifically about murder. Most homicides are indeed committed by someone the victim knew.
SF's homicide rate isn't out of proportion with other big cities. It's crime rate is, however, and the overwhelming majority of crime being committed there right now happens to be from homeless transients. The types that break into your car to sell whatever they can get a hold of for more drugs.
Crime is severely under-reported in SF. The police are powerless to do anything to a transient - they will not pay a fine or appear in court anyway after all. So the system negatively feeds into itself - false crime statistics, which gives the politicians cover to claim crime is down. Just go there yourself... you can see it so very readily.
The cleanliness is another related issue.
SF needs to get itself back in order. It's driving people away.
This is what I'm talking about: this is a thread about a violent crime, and you're talking about quality of life. This has nothing to do with the tragedy at hand, and conflating the two only serves to demonize society's most needy.
If you find that SF's quality of life doesn't suit you, then don't live there. I don't.
We know. There has been a mass exodus from the area for various reasons - among which is the crime and cleanliness issue. How many HNer's have moved away and are never coming back?
SF is facing a looming income issue since so many high earners have left the area. This will contribute to it's decline even further.
Safety and cleanliness are not what I would dismiss as quality of life issues. Those are basic needs.
The factoid you're trying to cite is specifically about murder. Most homicides are indeed committed by someone the victim knew.
SF's homicide rate isn't out of proportion with other big cities. It's crime rate is, however, and the overwhelming majority of crime being committed there right now happens to be from homeless transients. The types that break into your car to sell whatever they can get a hold of for more drugs.
Crime is severely under-reported in SF. The police are powerless to do anything to a transient - they will not pay a fine or appear in court anyway after all. So the system negatively feeds into itself - false crime statistics, which gives the politicians cover to claim crime is down. Just go there yourself... you can see it so very readily.
The cleanliness is another related issue.
SF needs to get itself back in order. It's driving people away.