nowtayneicangetinto t1_j6p70dt wrote on January 31, 2023 at 10:32 PM

Reply to comment by ColdJay64 in Carjackers were no match for a brave SEPTA driver and his 15-ton bus by TreeMac12

It used to be uncommon years ago, now it happens pretty frequently. The police admitted to it a few months ago during a local meeting at Friends of St Laurentius

ColdJay64 t1_j6pdw91 wrote on January 31, 2023 at 11:17 PM

How much have they increased? Has the increase been commensurate with the rise in these incidents across the city/country, or at a higher rate? In the 30 largest cities in the US, the average increase between 2019 and 2022 was 59%.

nowtayneicangetinto t1_j6pieuh wrote on January 31, 2023 at 11:48 PM

Don't you feel like that response is normalizing carjackings? Crime is something that hits home even if it's consistently rising across the country, it hurts all the same. The point I'm making is that carjackings were not common 10 years ago in fishtown. If one happened it was a big deal. Now there are carjackings constantly. Even with crime up across the country, car jackings are exponentially more common in the city than burbs that are minutes outside of the city.