claim: "crime is down in arizona."
author: al hunt
evidence_1: jul 21, 2014 ... but when the data are parsed down further, the picture becomes much ... "crime  in arizona reports," arizona department of public safety.
evidence_2: oct 5, 2015 ... crime in maricopa county continues to fall by a greater margin than the nation as  a whole, while the city of tucson is maintaining its status as ...
evidence_3: apr 20, 2016 ... az fact checker looks at whether crime fell by 78 percent after passage of  senate bill 1070, and whether there is a direct correlation between ...
evidence_4: jun 17, 2010 ... violent crimes are down in the state's three largest cities many supporters of  arizona's harsh new anti-immigrant law, sb 1070, continue to ...
evidence_5: oct 16, 2017 ... here are 5 things crimes in arizona that would probably surprise ... if you have a  saguaro cactus on your property, cutting it down is a crime.