host: joining us this morning is jeff asher a crime analyst and consultant and cofounder of ah analytics. i want to read a headline from your website, crime in 2023, murder plummeted, property crime fell nationally. this is a contrast to three and four americans who believed crime rose this year. here is from nbc news, a look at homicides in major cities. in new york city 11% down. 13% down and chicago, down 11% in houston and the list goes on. in phoenix, philadelphia 21% and dallas also down 12%. why is it that americans feel that crime rose but the numbers show a different story? guest: that's an excellent question. it's a complicated question. it's not so easy to point to one factor. the starting factor is that we don't have good crime data, timely crime data that would allow people to understand what the answer is. it is an answerable question, comment either went up or down. in the same way you can tell who won the world series or the super bowl. you can't really do that with crime. when we ask people whether the trends they rely on anecdotes because they lack solid data and when t

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morning is jeff asher a crime analyst and consultant and cofounder of ah analytics.ant to read a headline from your website, crime in 2023, murder plummeted, property crime fell nationally. this is a contrast to three and four americans who believed crime rose this year. here is from nbc news, a look at homicides in major cities. in new york city 11% down. 13% down and chicago, down 11% in houston and the list goes on. in phoenix, philadelphia 21% and dallas also down 12%. why is it that americans feel that crime rose but the numbers show a different story? guest: that's an excellent question. it's a complicated question. it's not so easy to point to one factor. the starting factor is that we don't have good crime data, timely crime data that would allow people to understand what the answer is. it is an answerable question, comment either went up or down. in the same way you can tell who won the world series or the super bowl. you can't really do that with crime. when we ask people whether the trends they rely on anecdotes because they lack solid data and when they r

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