Crime is falling in cities across America—so why does the public conversation sound like the opposite? Crime analyst Jeff Asher, co-founder of AH Datalytics and host of The Jeff-alytics Podcast, joins us to unpack how crime data is being misused, misread, and weaponized.
Social media, misinformation, and rising partisanship have turned crime statistics into political ammunition. When leaders deny data that challenges their views and exploit single violent incidents for political gain, we lose the ability to understand what actually drives crime—and to fund solutions that work.
In this episode:
• Can UCR and NIBRS data be compared year over year?
• Should we trust police department crime data?
• Why real estate “safety” rankings mislead
• How local media gets crime data wrong
• How politicians exploit crime data
• What worries Jeff most about how America uses crime data
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