Crime Is Down. Here's Why It Doesn't Feel That Way : neoliberal

Humans are terrible at risk assessment and want to prevent terrible random events far more than terrible events within an already established risk parameter. eg This car design is more fuel efficient and handles better, but it managed to get into a situation where it exploded so let's go back to the old one where you're more likely to lose control and hit a tree.

So it doesn't feel safer in part because crime is happening in places it didn't before and/or at rates not seen before, and the perpetrators aren't getting punished. Numbers may be down, but it's more public and isn't being published. Add in that 'feeling safe' has become a mantra for a certain kind of foid and neofoid, and all the stat in the world won't make someone feel safer because it's just a vibe.