as a repeat point

that is my point though. the trend is down and has been for some time. despite this, tabloids have been arguing the reverse far before these lates stats came out. and even then, despite the police themselves saying the overall trend is down, what do they do? apply a meaningless or contextless figure and blow it all out of proportion.

for (hypothetical) example: 'there have been a staggering 300 deaths by knife crime in 2007, leading to an epidemic of knife crime".
--pointless, there could have been 400 the previous year. and of course, this is what was happening all the time.

now of course, it is 'murders up 3% on the previous year"... no mention that the previous year was an all time low. and that the previous 8 years showed significant drops.

it is irresponsible journalism.

now, you seem to drift into the idea of 'how people feel', and yes, many people mistakenly believe that crime is getting worse, even 'out of control'. it is blatantly not. but the problem is, that thanks to tabloid misinformation, people think it is, and call on the government to further restriuct our freedoms and turn this country into a police state.

not good.

and of course, it has been proven time and time again that the more police you hire, and the more laws you make, the more crime there is to be reported. if you are obsessed with crime, you will continually find more of it.

so ultimately, none of this will make anyone feel any better. we will continue to lose our freedoms over nothing.

thus, we are better off dealing with the truth, rather than creating fear, then catering to those fears.

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