Three-Quarters Worry About Urban Crime

Power Line's Paul Mirengoff links to an article in The Hill which reports findings of a new Harvard CAPS/Harris poll looking at public attitudes regarding crime.

Seventy-seven percent of respondents say they are concerned that crime is rising in the nation’s cities, while 46 percent of respondents said they were concerned about rising crime in their own communities.

They see an increase of violence and crime and are concerned that prosecutors are not prosecuting the crimes.

A New York Times analysis published earlier this month showed that overall crime down is done 5.3 percent in 25 large U.S. cities in relation to last year. Violent crime was down 2 percent, according to the findings.

However, murder in the same 25 cities is up 16.1 percent compared to 2019, according to the Times.

Crime was down because everybody, including criminals, stayed home for Covid-19 for a couple of months. Murder may have been up for the same reason, paradoxically.

The political implications of concern about crime and urban violence are clear if you understand which party people associate with "law and order." Hint: It's not the Democrats. Antifa may cost Biden the election.