Crime has fallen in pretty well every Western developed nation over the same period irrespective of criminal justice or policing policies.
So far this year, crime has fallen 11% and shootings are down 30% (though the murder rate looks likely to match last year's high).
Violent crime has fallen steadily even as mass shootings have increased.
Drink-related crime has fallen across the force area over the last four years, while police and Birmingham City Council are targeting a further 10% drop by 2016.
The other answer to why fear of crime has fallen may simply be that people have bigger things to worry about, such as unemployment and high fuel prices.
ECONOMIST: Fear of crime is falling just when crime itself is not
In no year since 1992, when the British Crime Survey first included the question, has a majority of people believed that crime has fallen or even remained the same.
Mr Vaz's comments come as the Sunday Times reports that the government has released new figures suggesting crime has fallen by 10% in 19 out of 43 police forces in England and Wales, despite budget cuts.
For the first time in 20 years, the crime index has fallen 2 years in a row.
Ipsos Mori, the polling agency, says that concern about local crime has steadily fallen while there has been also been growing confidence in the police.
America's crime rate has fallen in recent years, and though it has now started to rise again, no politician in America thinks that arguing for more lenient treatment of criminals will bring in votes.
The crime rate in schools has fallen from 155 for every 1, 000 students in 1993 to 102 per 1, 000 in 1997.
Knife crime in the West Midlands has fallen by a quarter, according to new police figures.
If new police statistics are to be believed, the crime rate for the 21 most serious categories has fallen by nearly a fifth in the past 15 years.
Yet, if the official statistics are to be believed, the crime rate for the 21 most serious offences has actually fallen by 17%.
It is personal experience that matters most in assessing crime at the local level, where fear of it has fallen most.
ECONOMIST: Fear of crime is falling just when crime itself is not
Mr Munn has recently extended it to other areas and there, he says, crime levels have fallen by 7.5% compared with a 4.8% reduction in Hamilton generally.
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