# Crime has never been this bad

Example. A common sentiment about crime, written out as one post.
Assertions like these merit a more careful check.

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Crime is out of control. It is the worst it has ever been in this
country, and anyone who says otherwise is not paying attention.

More than a million violent crimes were reported last year. A
million.

In my city, murders went from 30 to 40 in a single year. That is a
33 percent jump, and what is happening here is happening everywhere.

My neighborhood app shows a new break-in or car theft every single
day. A few years ago I never saw any of that. And the official
numbers can't be trusted anyway, because most crime never gets
reported.

The only answer is more police on every street, whatever it costs.