I find this to the be bogus bullshit. Richmond is, in no way, safer than the rural suburbs. My particular county had 5 homicides last year, while Richmond had 40. Now, which one is safer? Chicago, 500 homicides last year. Is that safer? This sounds to me like propaganda to get people to want to move back to the city so the elites can move out here.

Nothing new here.

Major cities often safest places in the U.S..