High Crime Rate Is Just Perception?

Sad and disappointed to hear our top cop saying that the high crime rate in this country is just perception, and the figures do not reflect so.

I'm staying in a residents' paid guarded community, in order to have a better sense of security and safety for my family and myself. Prior to us paying, organizing and taking charge of our own safety, I hardly feel secure even in my house. At night, I scared of burglar and thief. Day time I'm scared of the parang wielding robbers, or break in, or the petty metal thief. This all change after we take charge and pay for our own safety.

In Klang Valley and other part of Malaysia as a whole, thousand of residential areas are paying for their own safety. Who's the one that's responsible for bringing down the crime rate (if the figures are true)? The cops? Or we ourselves who pay and take charge of our own safety?

We cannot denied that the cops had done a good job in certain aspect of crime fighting especially nacrotic related crime (which is hardly relevant to me). But as far as crimes related to personal safety, they still have lots of room to imporve.