Violent crime in San Francisco continues to climb in 2023, led by steadily increasing robberies and after homicides jumped during each of the first three months of the year, city police statistics show.Â
Homicides were up by 83%, with 11 in 2023 compared to six last year through March 31, the most recent full-month data available.
Through the first three weeks of April, the killings have begun leveling off, with 14 total through April 23 compared to 15 last year. In February, homicides had climbed 33%, after they jumped 67% in January.Â
Overall, violent crime is up 4%, and robberies, a bellwether indicator of public safety, rose by 11% in January, 18% in February and 15% in March. Through the April 23 window, they are up by 11.4% overall.
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“City Hall officials…are trying to paint too-rosy a picture of San Francisco by cherry-picking the data as if only homicides matter, and yet we here know the truth and feel the sentiment on a daily basis,” said Richie Greenberg, an activist and commentator who spearheaded the recall effort against former District Attorney Chesa Boudin.
In a news briefing earlier this month following the arrest of Bay Area tech entrepreneur Nima Momeni, 38, in the stabbing murder of Cash App founder Bob Lee, 43, San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins sought to reassure the public about safety in the city. She came into office after voters ousted the far-left Boudin.
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“It’s not just a lack of feeling safe from being killed, it’s being injured, our property taken at gunpoint, our cars being broken in to anywhere in town, our stores and pharmacies looted and tourists targeted,” Greenberg told Fox News Digital.
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