Citing Crime, In-N-Out announces closure of Oakland location

[Johnny2X2X]

9. Oh sure

There are always areas where crime is going down, or crime is going up. But in the Bay area, property crime is going down, even though they're seeing a slight uptick in violent crime which is bucking the national trend.

As far as this store location's neighborhood, who knows, but we do know that corporations have been using the false excuse of crime to close stores in recent years. And we do know that the media covers crime in a way that misportrays it as out of control.

And when I say crime is way down long term, I really mean it. I don't mean down from 450 to 440 over time, but down by more than half. The vilolent crime rate in the US was 758 per 100,000 people yearly in 1991, it was at 340 per 100,000 people in 2023, the lowest in the US since the early 1960s. And proprty crime too, was at 5140 property crimes per 100,000 people yearly in 1991 and in 2023 fell to about 1850 property crimes per 100,000 people, the lowest number recorded since 1961. That's a 65% drop in property crimes.

And another thing people should realize too, is that technology has skewed these numbers in modern time, they're probably exaggerrated now. It's easier to report crimes today than it was 20 and 30 years ago. You can report property crimes without even having to talk to the police now, you can report them online.