Do You Really Believe That Crime Is Falling?

Drug use has never been higher.
There is huge youth unemployment.
There are ever fewer 'bobbies on the beat'.
Sentences are derisory.
4 stabbings a week in South Yorks.
Murders and shooting incidents reported more frequently than I have ever seen in my life in Sheffield area.
Those imprisoned to short and medium terms are out almost before the key has turned in the door.
Community sentences are in disrepute and orders are being breached to the point of contempt.
Massive amounts are owed in unpaid fines.
The nation's moral base is in freefall.
This is the same as examination result inflation.
We are being conned.
This is the opposite side of that coin - we are being lied to when we are told that the increases are 'mere perception'.