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Safe in that particular aspect of crime. In other aspects it was in more danger than it had ever been before. Aspects like "sliding into fascism" springs to mind for some reason.
... crime "fell in 2024 across every category and population group" [and] "was down in all seven categories of crime across all 10 population groups"
... both violent crime and property crime are at their lowest level since the 1960s
... [But] media coverage of crime is not proportionate to actual crime trends. Local news is predominantly filled with crime coverage, and “local stations manipulate crime and violence as a marketing strategy,” according to a report by the Sentencing Project. Studies have estimated that local news coverage “devote[s] one-third to one-fourth of their airtime to crime stories.” Local news also “concentrate[s] on uncommon but sensational incidents of violence.”
... Politicians often utilize crime as a talking point, leading the media to cover crime more frequently. A 2022 analysis by Bloomberg found that, after New York City Mayor Eric Adams, who made crime a major point of his campaign, was elected, coverage of crime in New York City increased dramatically.
By bolding "every category", are you implying that sliding into fascism was one of the categories they tracked?