crime rate disputed

Though the authorities claim that the crime rates in the country have gone down many are not convinced and.I too am not all that convinced.The authorities should go to the street and find out what people think instead of just relying on statistics.They should get down from their ivory towers and go drive around instead of being chauffeured around in bullet-proof cars.Yes it is true the statistics on criminals going around shooting people have dropped but  not hoodlums and snatch thieves going around relieving memnbrs of the publiv with parangs