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    [OC] Property Crime by US State 1979 and 2020 (per 100,000)

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    1. Wheatloafer on

      Surely 2020 would be an outlier year. There wasn’t much of anything happening during most of that year, so I’d suspect it would have record lows for crime, vehicle collisions, etc. 

    2. Thomsonation on

      Think using 2020 when everybody was forced indoors is a good comparison, and even with that being the case the numbers seem to be high considering. Oh wait the blm riots!

    3. effyochicken on

      Note – this is comparing the absolute peak year for crime rates to 2020. By 2000 California’s rate had dropped under 3,000. I’d wager a year 2000 chart on the right would look almost identical – nearly all blue.

    7. Szriko on

      Clearly fake, we all know crime is the highest it’s ever been thanks to… Uh… woke, and DEI.

    12. Weird-Lie-9037 on

      But according to republicans crime rates are at an all time high!! Just goes to show you that you can lie to lazy stupid people because they’d rather believe the lie than spend one minute looking for the truth

    13. Tiny-Sugar-8317 on

      Crime statistics for anything other than murder are pretty much useless because the overwhelming majority of crimes that actually occur never get reported and the overwhelming majority of crimes that do get reported are never solved. Changes in the data over time can often say more about whether crimes are being reported and solved than the actual rate they’re occurring.

    14. Funicularly on

      What’s with Delaware? It stands out amongst its neighbors on both maps. It’s the only light blue in a sea of dark blue on the second map.

      Also, good to see Michigan going from a darker shade of orange to the darkest shade of blue.

    15. CommunismDoesntWork on

      Tough on crime policies clearly work.They cull the bad people from society and over time the average gets better.

    16. Hot_Succotash_3844 on

      Wonder if ’79 numbers are based on 1970 census. “High” rate states likely had much higher population in 79 than 1970, so could be misleading.

    19. thesuprememacaroni on

      lol people on Ring don’t think so.

      Pre 2000 you can leave your front door unlocked.

    21. GuitarGeezer on

      Shows you that the legalization of bribery in campaign spending resulted in lies being constantly repeated that fooled Americans into believing they have far worse crime than they actually do.

    25. XROOR on

      Some states mandate what types of property crimes they report based on perceived value of item/damage.

      Was in a returns line at Walmart and guy in front of me, got his car broken into and all the stereo equipment stolen and the deciding factor for the County Sheriff was $1000 value of the stolen items. Guy then got flustered and *told* the county to send someone out to collect fingerprints…this part garnered a chuckle

    26. otterdisaster on

      By 1979 we’d eaten all of the superior tasting lead paint chips, and then they they started un-leading the gasoline. It was a one-two punch for crime.

    31. thebyus1 on

      So when you make people work for poverty wages, they turn to crime. Fascinating. Thanks Reagan. Trickle down is working wonderfully.

    32. _CMDR_ on

      We are one of the most propagandized countries on earth because many people think crime is at an all time high.

    34. TheFeshy on

      Sometimes I wonder if this is because people have just given up on reporting some property crimes. If a bike is stolen, my city’s police department urges you to report it because *gathering accurate crime statistics is vital to police funding distribution.* You aren’t getting your bike back; no one will ever look. But if crime goes up police get more money. So I just didn’t bother.

      If it’s a burglary, it had better be a *lot* of stuff stolen, because I sure can’t risk losing my property insurance or having them raise rates. And I just don’t have a lot of valuable stuff.

    35. Apbuhne on

      So many reasons for the 70s being higher but one great accomplishment (despite our current economic system declining) is the abolition of lead-based everything.

    36. kenobrien73 on

      So the hellscape that the fear mongers talk about is from the good ole days of ’79. Got it.

    37. KevBurnsJr on

      Do you need two different color spectrums here in the legend (red vs orange)? I know its not relevant because the first three colors are the same and the last three aren’t used on the right map but don’t you think using the same spectrum for the same data in two charts side by side would be more meaningful?