David shares how thieves recently tried to smash and grab his luggage from his car while he was still inside it. He then explores property crime trends, whether they are increasing or decreasing, and why.
Topic covers include:
How thieves have stolen luggage from the same gas station multiple times per dayWhat have property crime rates been in the U.S. over the past few decades and since the end of the pandemicWhat are reasons property crime rises and fallsWhat is inventory shrink and how is it impacting retailersWhat can we do to reduce the risk of being a crime victim
Show Notes
Chevron Oakland Hegenberger Rd—Yelp
Myths and Realities: Understanding Recent Trends in Violent Crime by Ames Grawert and Noah Kim—Brennan Center for Justice
Reported property crime rate in the United States from 1990 to 2021—Statista
Pandemic, Social Unrest, and Crime in U.S. Cities: Year-End 2022 Update—Council on Criminal Justice
CATALYTIC CONVERTER THEFTS NATIONWIDE SURGE ACCORDING TO NEW REPORT—Cision PR Newswire
What the data says (and doesn’t say) about crime in the United States by John Gramlich—Pew Research Center
Oakland’s crime rates are surging. Here’s how they compare with S.F. and other Bay Area cities by Susie Neilson—San Francisco Chronicle
OAKLAND NAACP CALLS ON POLITICIANS TO CRACK DOWN ON CRIMINALS—California Policy Center
Money under the mattress: economic crisis and crime by Eleni Kyrkopoulou, Alexandros Louka, and Kristin Fabbe—SSRN
What Caused the Crime Decline? by Lauren-Brooke Eisen—Brennan Center for Justice
What’s Behind All This ‘Shrink’? by Jordyn Holman—The New York Times
Retail Theft Costs US Merchants Like Walmart and Target $100 Billion a Year—PYMNTS
Retailers battle nearly $100 billion in shrink by Jason Straczewski—National Retail Federation
2022 Retail Security Survey—National Retail Federation
US Retail Workers Are Fed Up and Quitting at Record Rates by Devin Leonard and Diana Bravo—Bloomberg
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