Or maybe things aren't as bad as y'all want to make it out to be. Same stats I showed further up make it clear that "the good ole days" of Austin in the 80s were actually really terrible. Murder rates drastically higher but, hey, Austin was great back then, right? Homicide rates when I was at UT averaged higher than today... and I had my car stolen. My car has not been stolen lately so my anecdotal data with a data point of me says its better.
Want to see disingenous? Here's a 2021 APD document showing that Austin crime is on the rise. Let me recommend you look at page 3. Hmmm... that's interesting... why does APD only show the red line starting in 2000 and not going further back (despite showing the bar chart)? Oh... wait... the table will give us the details. Ah, no, they conveniently forgot to Ctrl+V on the last two columns from 1981 to 1999. That's odd. I'm sure they overlooked the data by accident.
Source: chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://www.austintexas.gov/sites/default/files/files/Murder%20Trend%20in%20Austin%2009202021.pdf
The part APD left out. Yes, there was a downward trend (as was the case in the rest of the country) but they don't want you to see per capita numbers when they say "mOSt MUrdErS!?!?! EVEEERRrrEErRRRRRR!!!!"