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San Francisco Crime Drops But Public Perceptions Slow To Change
"We have the lowest crime rate in 2023 than we had in 10 years, not including in 2020 when we shut the city down," Breed said.
February 26, 2024
SAN FRANCISCO — San Francisco Mayor London Breed said, despite perception, crime in San Francisco is going down and newly released numbers reveal that is the case.
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"We have the lowest crime rate in 2023 than we had in 10 years, not including in 2020 when we shut the city down," Breed said.
According to SFPD publicly available data released by the mayor's office, when comparing January 2024 to January 2023, property crime is down 32 percent and violent crime is down 11 percent.
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