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Originally Posted by Doctorfever
Stats can be manipulated quite easily to achieve the desired outcome.
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I know you're trying to be clever, but there is some truth to this. Especially as a heading like "violent crime" is going to be very dependent on reporting. Reporting trends change over time.
Other stats are not so easily manipulated. For example shootings and stabbings. You either got shot by a bullet or you didn't, and with the exception of people involved in crime or some domestic incidents, almost all of those incidents will get reported.
Interestingly enough, while knife and gun crimes are up in Calgary, actual homicides are not:
https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1...pid=3510007101
This could fit in with the narrative of random non-targeted stabbings though. A lot of the random knife crimes seem to involve a quick stabbing and then the perpetrator fleeing.