Comment by taylorbuley

This does not address the safety of SF relative to other areas, adjusted for population and other pertinent factors. SF is wildly safer than the zeitgeist seems to suggest. San Francisco's overall crime rate has been decreasing, not increasing. Sure, we can have a discussion about reporting rates and adjust for those. As far as I've read, homelessness, a separate but interdependent issue, does not necessarily correlate with crime with any r^2 worth mentioning.