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I support constitutional carry in Ohio, but I would be less certain that a decrease in reported crime can't accompany an increase in crime.
Ever since the riots of the summer of 2020, the posture of police and people in larger cities has shifted in a direction that may involve less reporting. Cleveland and Columbus have always had large populations that don't regard police with warmth and trust, but after the riots there has been a sense amongst some LEOs that what they do doesn't have the same level of political support it once did.
I would intuit that carry as a right should depress violent crime, but I'd maintain reservations about crime reports as a metric.
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