Eg. Police might excessively arrest in particular communities as a form of overbearing bullying .. and the arrest and conviction rates in these areas climb.
There is much written about this, your take in your comment above seems naive at best.
The world is rarely as first order simple as you appear to believe it to be.
Of interest (although admittedly not all that compelling as it's a small rich unicorn area)
The only causal link between less police leading to less crime: is fewer police reports. People give up reporting crime if police is nowhere to be found.
Look at san frasicko: people wont even bother registering crime if their car window broke or cat stolen.
On paper crime rate is lower, in reality it is different.
Alternatively, crime happens where police are.
Eg. Police might excessively arrest in particular communities as a form of overbearing bullying .. and the arrest and conviction rates in these areas climb.
There is much written about this, your take in your comment above seems naive at best.
The world is rarely as first order simple as you appear to believe it to be.
Of interest (although admittedly not all that compelling as it's a small rich unicorn area)
Crime Rate Goes Down After Half A Cop Shop Quits
https://www.techdirt.com/2023/07/17/if-the-crime-rate-goes-d...