BOSTON— While city leaders continue to tout Boston as the safest major city in America, the streets told a different story on Wednesday.

According to a Boston Police daily report, six people were violently assaulted, three were robbed, and four more lost their cars to thieves. The incidents spanned neighborhoods and categories — from break-ins to aggravated assaults — all logged within a single 24-hour period.

There were also three residential burglaries, three car break-ins, and a long list of petty thefts and larcenies. In total, the department recorded 37 serious incidents for the day — a number that, while labeled “routine” by officials, paints a bleak picture for many residents.

Packages continue to disappear, unlocked cars vanish overnight, and fights escalate into ER visits. For a city of just under 700,000 people, Boston is beginning to show symptoms of something deeper: a place where the decline feels slow, constant, and just believable enough to go unchallenged.

City Hall may insist the trend lines are headed in the right direction. But for people getting robbed, broken into, or jumped, the numbers don’t matter much. What matters is the creeping sense that Boston isn’t what it used to be — and no one in power seems to notice.