Crime is Down....Sort of

A couple people sent us this graphic from the HeyJackass.com site:

So crime is down....if you only count certain categories:

• homicides are down - hooray! But as we've said before, these things are cyclical. Show us the numbers on a five year or ten year trend....then we'll talk;
• shootings are down - well, that kind of follows. Less dead probably means less people got shot;
• burglaries are down slightly, reasons may vary;
• robberies are up from the Groot years, but down from the Rahm years;
• car jackings are down from the Groot years, but up from the Rahm years; 

Stolen cars (which is actually a crime) is where the effects of "Don't Pursue/Chase" can really be seen. If you reward bad behavior (and not chasing is a "reward" - the reward of zero consequences) then you're going to get more of it, which you see in a doubling of thefts fro the Rahm years and nearly doubee-and-one-half from the Groot years.

The sheer disparity in stolen vehicle numbers means if you leave that entire category out of the equation, then by golly, crime IS down.

But not really. It's just a numbers game.