It's hard for you to comprehend, give me a reason why they cannot be believed.
Would you believe them if they said crime had gone up, of course you would.
Just because others agree with you it doesn't mean that you're correct does it, it's not exactly representative of anything without figures to back it up. What about the vast majority of members who haven't contributed to this thread?
There isn't a simple yes/no answer to this, it's all about opinions .
When you switch the news on or buy a newspaper they always focus their attention on bad things, I don't recall it being any better 20 years ago. I'm not denying that crime type percentages haven't changed.