President Donald Trump said Monday he’s putting Washington D.C.’s police department under federal control and deploying the National Guard to patrol the streets. He was met with predictable criticism.

Democratic Mayor Muriel Bowser claimed that violent crime hit its lowest level in more than three decades last year. But how sure is she of those numbers?

Just two weeks ago, Police Commander Michael Pulliam was suspended for allegedly altering crime statistics to make it appear violent crime has fallen dramatically.

The Washington D.C. police union is accusing the entire department of deliberately falsifying crime data. “When our members respond to the scene of a felony offense where there is a victim reporting that a felony occurred, inevitably there will be a lieutenant or a captain that will show up on that scene and direct those members to take a report for a lesser offense,” Fraternal Order of Police Chairman Gregg Pemberton says.

He calls the district’s crime reports “preposterous.” And even the official numbers show Washington has the third-highest gun homicide rate among U.S. cities with populations over 500,000.

And Washington D.C. residents certainly feel under siege from crime. A May poll by the Washington Post found that half of those surveyed in the capital said crime was either an “extremely serious” or “very serious” problem. Many people no longer report some crimes because they believe police will do nothing or they are intimidated by their criminal neighbors.

That’s some quote. How safe can a city be when its residents live in fear of discussing crime in their neighborhood?