ARE RATES OF VIOLENT STREET CRIME IN NSW INCREASING?
According to the NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research’s NSW Recorded Crime Statistics Annual Report 2008, rates of violent crime excluding robbery reported in NSW have increased from 70 incidents per 100,000 population around 1994 to around 140 incidents per 100,000 population in 2008 (with peaks around January, doubtless the New Years Eve period). These do not include rates of robbery, which change the picture a bit – and do include domestic violence, so it’s not clear how much of this is ‘street crime’.
