Violent crime plummets 36% in downtown Seattle, lowest since 2017 (mynorthwest.com)

I've a hard time understanding how this ended up on HN frontage. Maybe someone could enlighten me ?

This is an attempt to get ahead of Republicans deploying National Guard on Seattle? Or is that a city they like?

Republicans don’t use statistics or numbers. If the vibe is off they’ll get violent.

Of course crime is down, the city burned to ashes in 2020.

Does the Seattle police department report uniform crime statistics to the FBI?

Eh… that’s abrupt. What changed so suddenly? Or are the numbers faked?

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Reports of violent crime are 36% down from the recent COVID-19 era peak, but are still above 2018 rates.