I mean, “don’t leave stuff in your car” is a pretty basic tenant of parking on the street in any big city… but yeah, it’s kinda as described and has been for at least a decade or more.
I lived in San Francisco from 1997 to 2017. I have friends that have lived there since the early 1980's. Car break ins have always been a problem. Couple of years ago a guy was found murdered in Bayview. Cops said the guy had been breaking into a couple of cars a day for years. They'd arrest him. He'd spend weeks or months in jail. Get out and go right back to it. Eventually broke into the wrong car.
Pro Life Tip: Get tinted windows.
Other than that general feeling. I think there is an uptick in nuance crimes due to the pandemic[1] and the housing crisis. But physically SF is safer than 20 years ago and hella safer than 40 years ago. Back in the 80's if a women didn't carry her purse like a Joe Montana carrying a football someone would try to grab it.
[1] Pandemic has caused criminals to target residential neighborhoods.
1) tinted front windows are illegal in CA, with very few exceptions
2) burglars break in on speculation, even if nothing is visible. That's why Teslas are constantly broken into via the right side rear passenger window -- immediate trunk access.
Gibbon1|3 years ago
Pro Life Tip: Get tinted windows.
Other than that general feeling. I think there is an uptick in nuance crimes due to the pandemic[1] and the housing crisis. But physically SF is safer than 20 years ago and hella safer than 40 years ago. Back in the 80's if a women didn't carry her purse like a Joe Montana carrying a football someone would try to grab it.
[1] Pandemic has caused criminals to target residential neighborhoods.
masonic|3 years ago
1) tinted front windows are illegal in CA, with very few exceptions
2) burglars break in on speculation, even if nothing is visible. That's why Teslas are constantly broken into via the right side rear passenger window -- immediate trunk access.