Does Anyone Believe the Latest Crime Figures?

Down here on our little allotment in South Gloucestershire in the good old Dis-United Kingdom we tend to take a sceptical view of official pronouncements.
The latest crime figures are no exception.
'I cannot believe that many people outside the Government actually believe these figures!' Nosher exclaimed 'they claim that all categories of crime show falling rates of offending. To expect the man in the street to believe that requires us to ignore what we see going on around us every day of the week!'
It was lunchtime, and we were sitting, as usual, on our deckchairs on the little patch of grass outside Nosher's shed, enjoying the warm weather, although the overcast sky was not to our liking. At this time of year our plants need all the sun they can get.
'And what do you see around you every day of the week?' I inquired.
'For a start, the vast majority of motorists break the speed limit at every opportunity - the only thing that appears to slow them down is the presence of a speed camera' Nosher explained 'then there's the littering, rubbish is strewn everywhere; then there's the vandalism and general destructiveness evident in our society.'
'Are you saying that a great deal of crime goes unreported?'
'Exactly' Nosher replied 'and the British Crime Survey is grossly unrepresentative, since they knock on doors to get their sample, and in any case do not claim to record the experiences of the under-16 age group.'
'So you're saying that both Home Office figures and the British Crime Survey are inaccurate?'
'Yep - and I believe that most people think the same way' Nosher said.
I can't help feeling that he has a point.
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