"Until police get off their asses and start enforcing these crimes - and there are many of them - then I can't buy into the whole "crime is low" vibe"

I don't buy the "crime is low" BS either. I recently talked to a friend of a family member who retired from the STL police about 10 years ago. He told me that a lot of what is going on with lower crime stats is a lot of number fiddling. For example, if 40 cars on a street get broken into, instead of reporting 40 incidents of theft the cops will group all 40 break ins in to one incident. Therefore instead of 40 thefts to report, there is only one......and Voila! The crime rate has decreased dramatically!