A shopper waits to enter a Mexican bakery at the corner of East Colfax Avenue at Dallas Street, Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2024, in the east Denver suburb of Aurora, Colo.

AURORA, Colo. (AP) -- The city of Aurora is roughly the size of pre-evacuation Tampa, Florida. With 400,000 people spread over 164 square miles, it has swank subdivisions, working-class neighborhoods and the high-end resort where Donald Trump will hold a rally Friday to highlight a city turned into "a war zone" by immigrants, in the words of his campaign.

The reality is much different from the one Trump has been portraying to his rally attendees. As with many other American cities, Aurora's crime rate is actually declining.