Violent crime is down.

clipped from news.sky.com Man Guilty Of Doorstep 'Execution' A "wannabe gangster" has been jailed for life for the murder of a pregnant neighbour in a cold-blooded execution following a parking row. The prosecution said Miss Hart was murdered by the petty criminal and drug dealer in revenge for her boyfriend, David Siveter, writing down his car registration earlier that day.

With the papers filled with murders and mugging, can anyone take the Home Secretary's words as gospel?
Thirty years for the murder of a lass not much into womanhood is a joke.