> Unless the survey was biased towards people living in areas of high crime, I am not sure how to draw the conclusion you drew.

You don't need any such bias to understand there's a difference between all crime & violent crime and that comparing the two measures of entirely different things is not valid.

> The last sentence seems to be a dog whistle for something else.

I was referring to this story about how about one third of all shoplifting in NYC was done by 327 people: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/15/nyregion/shoplifting-arre...

Please retract your incorrect accusations.