NEW SOUTH WALES RECORDED CRIME STATISTICS...This report presents data on crime reported to, or detected by, the NSW Police Force from January 1995 to September 2018, with a focus on

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NEW SOUTH WALES

September 2018Quarterly Update

RECORDED CRIME STATISTICS

NSW

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTSThe production of this report was greatly assisted by officers within the NSW Police Force. Special thanks aredue to officers in Business and Technology Services and in Corporate Information, Executive Support Group.The following officers of the NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research contributed significantly to theproduction of this report. Thanks to Darren Kwok for processing the data contained in the report, Derek Goh forpreparing the report and Jessie Holmes for reviews and presentation improvements.

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INTRODUCTION

June 2018

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This report presents data on crime reported to, or detected by, the NSW Police Force from January 1995 toSeptember 2018, with a focus on the statistical trends for the 24 months ending September 2018. The datawere extracted from the Computerised Operational Policing System (COPS) of the NSW Police Force inNovember 2018.

The report includes an overview of trends in the most recent two-year period for major offence categories,firstly for NSW and then across NSW regions broken down to the Local Government Area (LGA) level. At theState level, for the latest 24-month period, no major offence category has been trending upwards. Seven of the 17 major offence categories were trending downwards: break and enter dwelling (down 2.9%), break andenter non-dwelling (down 4.1%), motor vehicle theft (down 3.2%), steal from motor vehicle (down 2.8%), stealfrom dwelling (down 3.5%), steal from person (down 8.4%) and malicious damage to property (down 3.6%).

The NSW graphs for rates of violent and property offences are on page 7 of the report. For violent offences using the 12-month moving average (light grey line) we can see a downward path from 2004, which has stablised over the last 5 years. However, the trend tests shown in Table 1.1 indicate that several NSW Statistical Areas are still experiencing significant downward trends in violent crime. The property offences graph using the 6-month moving average (light grey line) indicates a strong downward path from 2000 to 2010, after which there are further declines but at a slower rate. Table 1.1 showing trend tests on the levels of property offences indicates a significant decrease over the last five years.

Dr Don Weatherburn

4 NSW Recorded Crime Statistics, September Quarter 2018

CONTENTSACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 2

INTRODUCTION 3

SECTION 1: . . . 7

Figure 1.1 NSW long-term trend in violent crime . . . 9

Figure 1.2 NSW long-term trend in property crime . . . 9

Table 1.1. . . 10

Table 1.2. . . 11

Table 1.3. . . 12

SECTION 2: . . . 15

Table 2.1. . . 16

Table 2.2. . . 17

Table 2.3. . . 18

Table 2.419

Figure 2.1A . . . 20

Figure 2.1B . . . 20

SECTION 3:. . . 21

Table 3.1A . . . 22

Table 3.1B . . . 22

Table 3.1C. . . 23

Table 3.1D . . . 23

Table 3.2A . . . 24

Table 3.2B . . . 24

Table 3.2C. . . 25

Table 3.2D . . . 25

OVERVIEW OF TRENDS IN VIOLENT AND PROPERTY CRIME

Trends in violent and property offences, over the 60 months to September 2018,NSW Local Government Areas (LGAs)

Trends in violent and property offences, over the 60 months to September 2018,NSW Statistical Areas (SAs) and NSW

Trends in violent and property offences, over the 60 months to September 2018,NSW Statistical Areas (SAs) and NSW

Number and trends in recorded criminal incidents for 62 offences, over the 24 months to September 2018, NSW

Trends in recorded criminal incidents for major offences, over the 60 months to September 2018, NSW

OVERVIEW OF TRENDS IN RECORDED CRIME, BY OFFENCE TYPE

Periodic trends in recorded criminal incidents for major offences over the 60 months to September 2018, NSW

Number and outcome of 24-month trend for major offences, NSW Local Government Areas (LGAs), all reports 2009 to September 2018

Number of NSW LGAs with significant upward trends for major offences in the 24-month periods to September 2017 and September 2018

Number of NSW LGAs with significant downward trends for major offences in the 24-month periods to September 2017 and September 2018

TRENDS, RATE COMPARISONS AND RECORDED CRIMINAL INCIDENTS FOR MAJOR OFFENCES, NSW REGIONS AND LGAS

Number of recorded criminal incidents for major offences, over the 12 months to September 2017, NSW SAs

Ratio to NSW rate of recorded criminal incidents per 100,000 population for major offences, over the 12 months to September 2018, Greater Sydney SAs

Number of recorded criminal incidents for major offences, over the 12 months to September 2018, Greater Sydney SAs

Trends in recorded criminal incidents for major offences, over the 24 months to September 2018, NSW SAs

Trends in recorded criminal incidents for major offences, over the 24 months to September 2018, Greater Sydney SAs

Ratio to NSW rate of recorded criminal incidents per 100,000 population for major offences, over the 12 months to September 2018, NSW SAs

Number of recorded criminal incidents for major offences, over the 12 months to September 2018, NSW SAs

Number of recorded criminal incidents for major offences, over the 12 months to September 2017, Greater Sydney SAs


SECTION 3:

Table 3.3A . . . 26

Table 3.3B. . . 28

Table 3.3C . . . 30

Table 3.3D. . . 32

SECTION 4: . . . 35

Figure 4.136

Table 4.1. . . 37

Table 4.238

SECTION 5: . . . 39

Table 5.1. . . 40

Table 5.241

Figure 5.1. . . 42

APPENDICES 43

APPENDIX 1: TRENDS IN RECORDED CRIMINAL INCIDENTS IN NSW . . . 44

APPENDIX 2: DEFINITIONS AND EXPLANATORY NOTES . . . 45

APPENDIX 3: BOCSAR OFFENCES MAPPED TO POLICE INCIDENT CATEGORY . . . 48APPENDIX 4: NSW & GREATER SYDNEY STATISTICAL AREA MAPS . . . 55APPENDIX 5: LGAS IN GREATER SYDNEY STATISTICAL AREAS . . . 57APPENDIX 5: LGAS IN NSW REGIONAL STATISTICAL AREAS . . . 58

Number, percentage and trend in alleged offenders proceeded against to court by NSW Police for major offences over the 24 months to September 2018, NSW

Trends in referral methods for alleged offenders proceeded against to court over the 24 months to September 2018, NSW

CLEARED CRIMINAL INCIDENTS AND WHETHER LEGAL PROCEEDINGS COMMENCED FOR SELECTED OFFENCES

Number of recorded criminal incidents for selected offences by whether legal proceedings commenced in 30 days of reporting over the 24 months to August 2018, NSW

Percentage of recorded criminal incidents for selected offences where legal proceedings commenced within 30 and 90 days, over the 12 months to June 2018, NSW

Number of recorded criminal incidents for selected offences by whether legal proceedings commenced in 90 days of reporting over the 24 months to June 2018, NSW

Number of recorded criminal incidents for major offences, over the 12 months to September 2018, NSW LGAs

TRENDS, RATE COMPARISONS AND RECORDED CRIMINAL INCIDENTS FOR MAJOR OFFENCES, NSW REGIONS AND LGAS continued

METHODS OF PROCEEDINGS AGAINST ALLEGED OFFENDERS

Number, percentage and trend in alleged offenders proceeded against by NSW Police by method of legal proceedings over the 24 months to September 2018, NSW

Number of recorded criminal incidents for major offences, over the 12 months to September 2017, NSW LGAs

Ratio to NSW rate of recorded criminal incidents per 100,000 population for major offences, over the 12 months to September 2018, NSW LGAs

Trends in recorded criminal incidents for major offences, over the 24 months to September 2018, NSW LGAs

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SECTION 1:

OVERVIEW OF TRENDSIN VIOLENT AND PROPERTY CRIME

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Section 1: Overview of trends in violent and property crime 9

FIGURE 1.1: NSW LONG-TERM TREND IN VIOLENT OFFENCES*

FIGURE 1.2: NSW LONG-TERM TREND IN PROPERTY OFFENCES**

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Violent offences include: murder, attempted murder, manslaughter, assault - domestic violence related, assault - non-domestic violence related, assault police, robbery without a weapon, robbery with a firearm, robbery with a weapon not a firearm, sexual assault and indecent assault / act of indecency / other sexual offences. Property offences include: break and enter dwelling, break and enter non-dwelling, motor vehicle theft, steal from motor vehicle, steal from retail store, steal from dwelling, steal from person, stock theft, other theft and fraud.

For further explanation of violent offences and property offences , see page 42, Note [7].

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TABLE 1.1: TRENDS^ IN RECORDED CRIMINAL INCIDENTS, VIOLENT AND PROPERTY OFFENCES

OVER THE 60 MONTHS TO SEPTEMBER 2018, NSW STATISTICAL AREAS (SAs) AND NSW

NSW Statistical Area

Ratio #

to NSW rate

Ratio #

to NSW rate

Greater Sydney Stable Stable 0.9 -2.3% -3.5% 0.9

Capital Region Stable Stable 0.9 Stable Stable 0.8

Central West Stable -2.5% 1.3 -5.7% -6.3% 1.0

Coffs Harbour - Grafton Stable Stable 1.5 25.7% Stable 1.3

Far West and Orana Stable Stable 2.5 -4.2% -1.9% 1.9

Hunter Valley excluding Newcastle Stable Stable 1.2 Stable Stable 1.2

Illawarra Stable -3.2% 0.8 Stable -2.7% 0.9

Mid North Coast Stable Stable 1.2 Stable Stable 1.2

Murray Stable Stable 1.2 Stable Stable 1.1

New England and North West Stable -1.8% 1.6 -2.1% Stable 1.5

Newcastle and Lake Macquarie Stable Stable 1.1 Stable 3.2% 1.4

Richmond - Tweed Stable -1.4% 1.1 Stable -1.7% 1.0

Riverina Stable Stable 1.4 -4.9% Stable 1.3

Southern Highlands and Shoalhaven Stable Stable 0.9 Stable -6.6% 0.8

NSW Stable Stable 1.0 Stable -2.2% 1.0

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For further explanation of violent offences and property offences, see page 42, Note [7].

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For further explanation of trend results, see page 42, Notes [5] and [6].

Violent offences include: murder, assault - domestic violence related, assault - non-domestic violence related, assault police, robbery without a weapon, robbery with a firearm, robbery with a weapon not a firearm, sexual assault and indecent assault / act of indecency / other sexual offences.

Property offences include: break and enter dwelling, break and enter non-dwelling, motor vehicle theft, steal from motor vehicle, steal from retail store,steal from dwelling, steal from person, stock theft, other theft and fraud.

For further explanation of rate calculation populations and the ratio to NSW rate, see page 42, Footnote 2 and Note [8].

Violent Offences* Property Offences**

Annual percentage change over

the last 24 months

Average annual percentage change

overthe last 60 months


the last 24 months




TABLE 1.2: TRENDS^ IN RECORDED CRIMINAL INCIDENTS, VIOLENT AND PROPERTY OFFENCES

OVER THE 60 MONTHS TO SEPTEMBER 2018, GREATER SYDNEY STATISTICAL AREAS (SAs)

Greater Sydney Statistical Area

Ratio #

to NSW rate

Ratio #

to NSW rate

Baulkham Hills and Hawkesbury Stable Stable 0.4 Stable -2.9% 0.5

Blacktown Stable Stable 1.3 10.8% 3.2% 1.4

Central Coast Stable 4.1% 1.2 -6.4% Stable 0.9

City and Inner South Stable Stable 1.9 Stable -6.1% 2.1

Eastern Suburbs -4.7% Stable 0.7 -9.1% -6.1% 0.8

Inner South West -4.1% Stable 0.7 -5.9% -7.9% 0.7

Inner West -4.4% Stable 0.5 -10.5% -6.0% 0.8

North Sydney and Hornsby Stable Stable 0.4 Stable -2.2% 0.6

Northern Beaches Stable -2.9% 0.5 Stable Stable 0.6

Outer South West Stable -1.4% 1.0 -2.8% -2.2% 0.8

Outer West and Blue Mountains Stable Stable 1.2 Stable Stable 1.1

Parramatta Stable Stable 0.9 Stable -3.6% 1.0

Ryde Stable 3.8% 0.4 Stable Stable 0.7

South West Stable Stable 0.9 -11.7% -4.8% 0.8

Sutherland -6.8% Stable 0.6 Stable -5.7% 0.5

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For further explanation of violent offences and property offences, see page 42, Note [7].

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For further explanation of trend results, see page 42, Notes [5] and [6].

Violent offences include: murder, assault - domestic violence related, assault - non-domestic violence related, assault police, robbery without aweapon, robbery with a firearm, robbery with a weapon not a firearm, sexual assault and indecent assault / act of indecency / other sexualoffences.

Property offences include: break and enter dwelling, break and enter non-dwelling, motor vehicle theft, steal from motor vehicle, steal from retail store, steal from dwelling, steal from person, stock theft, other theft and fraud.

For further explanation of rate calculation populations and the ratio to NSW rate, see page 42, Footnote 2 and Note [8].

Violent Offences* Property Offences**


the last 24 months




the last 24 months




TABLE 1.3: TRENDS^ IN RECORDED CRIMINAL INCIDENTS, VIOLENT AND PROPERTY OFFENCES, OVER THE 60 MONTHS TO SEPTEMBER 2018, NSW LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREAS (LGAs)

NSW LGAsRatio # to NSW rate

Ratio # to NSW rate

Albury ns ns 1.4 ns ns 1.5Armidale Regional ns ns 1.6 ns ns 1.8Ballina ns ns 0.9 ns 5.6 1.0Balranald . . . ns ns . Bathurst Regional ns ns 1.4 ns -2.9 1.2Bayside ns 4.9 0.8 ns -6.9 0.8Bega Valley ns ns 0.8 -10.3 ns 0.6Bellingen ns ns 0.8 29.8 ns 0.7Berrigan ns ns 0.7 ns ns 0.5Blacktown ns ns 1.3 10.5 3.1 1.4Bland ns ns 0.7 ns ns 0.6Blayney ns ns 1.0 ns ns 0.6Blue Mountains ns ns 0.7 14.4 ns 0.6Bogan ns -7.7 . ns -3.9 . Bourke ns -7.6 . -34.3 ns . Brewarrina ns -13.2 . -32.1 ns . Broken Hill ns ns 2.2 ns 3.0 1.5Burwood -17.7 ns 0.6 ns -8.9 1.2Byron ns ns 1.4 -17.0 -6.1 1.2Cabonne ns -4.9 0.6 ns ns 0.5Camden ns 10.3 0.8 ns 2.4 0.6Campbelltown ns -2.9 1.3 ns -2.2 1.0Canada Bay ns ns 0.3 -18.5 -6.2 0.6Canterbury-Bankstown -5.4 -3.2 0.7 -9.9 -7.9 0.7Carrathool ns ns . ns 13.9 . Central Coast ns 4.1 1.2 -6.4 ns 0.9Central Darling ns ns . ns ns . Cessnock ns ns 1.3 ns ns 1.5Clarence Valley ns ns 1.1 ns ns 1.2Cobar ns ns 2.1 -37.6 -19.5 0.9Coffs Harbour ns ns 1.8 35.1 ns 1.4Coolamon ns . 0.6 ns ns 0.5Coonamble ns ns 2.9 ns ns 2.9Cootamundra-Gundagai ns ns 1.1 ns ns 1.0Cowra ns -7.8 1.3 ns ns 1.2Cumberland ns -2.2 0.9 ns -3.2 1.0Dubbo Regional ns ns 2.2 ns ns 2.1Dungog ns ns 0.7 ns ns 0.4Edward River ns ns 1.2 ns ns 0.9Eurobodalla ns ns 1.2 ns ns 1.0Fairfield ns ns 0.8 ns -6.4 0.7Federation ns ns 0.8 ns -8.0 0.8Forbes ns ns 1.5 ns ns 1.4Georges River ns ns 0.6 ns -6.2 0.6Gilgandra ns ns 1.6 ns -8.2 1.5Glen Innes Severn ns ns 1.9 -46.3 ns 0.8Goulburn Mulwaree ns ns 1.1 ns 10.4 1.0Greater Hume Shire ns ns 0.5 ns ns 0.6Griffith ns -2.9 1.5 ns -5.5 1.4Gunnedah -15.7 ns 1.4 24.9 -6.8 1.3Gwydir ns ns 0.9 ns ns 0.7Hawkesbury ns -2.2 1.0 ns -6.7 0.7Hay ns ns . ns ns . Hilltops ns ns 1.4 ns ns 0.9Hornsby ns ns 0.3 ns ns 0.5Hunters Hill ns ns 0.6 ns ns 0.6Inner West ns -2.9 0.7 ns -5.4 0.9Inverell ns ns 1.7 ns 14.7 1.6Junee ns -9.5 0.8 ns ns 0.6Kempsey ns ns 1.8 ns ns 1.8Kiama ns -6.2 0.4 ns ns 0.6Ku-ring-gai ns ns 0.2 ns ns 0.4Kyogle ns ns 1.4 -22.3 ns 0.5Lachlan ns ns 2.0 ns -17.0 1.0Lake Macquarie ns ns 1.0 ns ns 1.1

Violent Offences* Property Offences*Annual percentage

change overthe last 24 months

Average annual percentage change over

the last 60 months


the last 24 months


the last 60 months


TABLE 1.3: TRENDS^ IN RECORDED CRIMINAL INCIDENTS, VIOLENT AND PROPERTY OFFENCES, OVER THE 60 MONTHS TO SEPTEMBER 2018, NSW LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREAS (LGAs)

NSW LGAsRatio # to NSW rate

Ratio # to NSW rate

Violent Offences* Property Offences*Annual percentage



the last 60 months


the last 24 months


the last 60 monthsLane Cove ns ns 0.3 ns ns 0.6Leeton ns ns 1.7 ns 10.1 1.3Lismore ns ns 1.4 ns ns 1.1Lithgow ns ns 1.2 -14.5 -13.8 0.9Liverpool -3.7 -3.0 0.9 -14.7 -4.5 1.0Liverpool Plains ns ns 1.1 ns ns 0.8Lockhart ns . 0.7 ns ns 0.8Lord Howe Island . . . . . . Maitland ns 6.6 1.3 ns 6.7 1.3Mid-Coast ns ns 1.2 ns ns 1.3Mid-Western Regional ns -2.8 1.2 ns -7.4 0.7Moree Plains -15.5 -6.8 3.1 ns ns 3.6Mosman -27.1 ns 0.3 ns -4.9 0.5Murray River ns ns 0.6 ns ns 0.8Murrumbidgee ns ns 1.3 ns ns 0.6Muswellbrook ns ns 1.5 ns -5.5 1.3Nambucca ns ns 1.7 49.1 9.1 1.7Narrabri ns ns 1.5 ns -7.8 1.0Narrandera ns ns 1.4 -55.7 ns 1.0Narromine ns ns 2.4 ns ns 1.9Newcastle -8.3 ns 1.3 ns 5.3 1.9North Sydney -22.2 ns 0.5 ns -6.3 0.8Northern Beaches ns -2.9 0.5 ns ns 0.6Oberon ns ns 1.0 ns ns 0.7Orange ns -3.8 1.6 ns -8.4 1.5Parkes ns ns 1.7 ns -4.1 1.0Parramatta ns ns 0.8 ns -2.9 1.1Penrith ns ns 1.3 ns 1.7 1.3Port Macquarie-Hastings ns -2.9 0.9 ns ns 0.8Port Stephens ns ns 1.1 ns -3.9 0.9Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional ns ns 0.7 28.7 ns 1.0Randwick ns ns 0.8 ns -2.8 0.8Richmond Valley ns ns 1.5 ns -6.4 0.9Ryde ns 4.3 0.5 ns -3.2 0.7Shellharbour -8.9 -4.2 0.7 -8.9 -4.5 0.8Shoalhaven ns ns 1.1 ns -6.3 0.9Singleton ns 2.2 1.0 ns -6.1 1.0Snowy Monaro Regional ns ns 0.8 15.3 ns 0.6Snowy Valleys ns ns 1.1 ns 16.7 1.2Strathfield ns ns 0.8 -17.7 -8.1 1.0Sutherland Shire -6.7 ns 0.5 ns -5.7 0.5Sydney ns ns 2.4 ns -6.4 2.6Tamworth Regional ns ns 1.5 ns 4.4 1.5Temora ns ns 0.8 ns ns 0.6Tenterfield ns ns 1.2 ns ns 0.9The Hills Shire ns ns 0.3 ns ns 0.6Tweed ns -5.1 0.8 15.9 ns 0.8Unincorporated Far West . . . . . . Upper Hunter Shire ns ns 0.7 ns ns 0.8Upper Lachlan Shire ns ns 0.4 ns ns 0.5Uralla ns ns 0.8 ns ns 0.5Wagga Wagga ns ns 1.6 ns ns 1.6Walcha ns ns 1.6 ns ns 0.5Walgett ns -3.2 4.3 ns ns 2.0Warren ns ns . ns ns . Warrumbungle Shire ns ns 1.3 ns ns 0.8Waverley -13.6 ns 0.8 -13.1 -6.7 1.1Weddin ns . 0.6 ns ns 0.5Wentworth ns ns 2.3 ns ns 1.1Willoughby ns 3.5 0.4 ns ns 1.0Wingecarribee -21.1 -6.0 0.5 -20.2 -7.8 0.5Wollondilly ns ns 0.6 -13.4 ns 0.4Wollongong ns -2.8 0.9 ns -2.3 1.0Woollahra ns ns 0.5 -12.5 -11.1 0.6Yass Valley ns ns 0.5 ns ns 0.4NSW ns ns 1.0 ns -2.2 1.0

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For further explanation of trend results, see page 42, Notes [5] and [6].For further explanation of violent offences and property offences, see page 42, Note [7].For further explanation of rate calculation populations and the ratio to NSW rate, see page 42, Footnote 2 and Note [8].Sydney LGA can be considered a special case since the population used to calculate the rate is much lower than the population using the area for work and entertainment. This will be reflected in higher incident rates.

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SECTION 2:

OVERVIEW OF TRENDS

BY OFFENCE TYPEIN RECORDED CRIME

NSW

Section 2: Overview of trends in recorded crime, by offence type 16

TABLE 2.1: TRENDS^ IN RECORDED CRIMINAL INCIDENTS FOR MAJOR OFFENCES

OVER THE 60 MONTHS TO SEPTEMBER 2018, NSW

Offence category

Murder * Stable Down by 12.1%

Domestic violence related assault Stable Stable

Non-domestic violence related assault Stable Stable

Sexual assault Stable Up by 3.5%

Indecent assault, act of indecency and other sexual offences Stable Up by 3.7%

Robbery without a weapon Stable Down by 8.0%

Robbery with a firearm Stable Down by 13.4%

Robbery with a weapon not a firearm Stable Down by 8.7%

Break and enter dwelling Down by 2.9% Down by 5.5%

Break and enter non-dwelling Down by 4.1% Down by 5.4%

Motor vehicle theft Down by 3.2% Down by 3.1%

Steal from motor vehicle Down by 2.8% Down by 2.8%

Steal from retail store Stable Up by 4.6%

Steal from dwelling Down by 3.5% Down by 3.2%

Steal from person Down by 8.4% Down by 9.2%

Fraud Stable Stable

Malicious damage to property Down by 3.6% Down by 3.8%

^ For further explanation of trend results, see page 42, Notes [5] and [6].

* For murder, the trend test is applied to the monthly number of recorded victims rather than criminal incidents.

Trend result and annual percentage change over

the last 24 months

Trend result and average annual percentage



TABLE 2.2: PERIODIC TRENDS^ IN RECORDED CRIMINAL INCIDENTS FOR MAJOR OFFENCES,

OVER THE 60 MONTHS TO SEPTEMBER 2018, NSW

Trend result and annual percentage change

Offence categoryOct 2012 - Sep 2014

Oct 2013 - Sep 2015

Oct 2014 - Sep 2016

Oct 2015 - Sep 2017

Oct 2017 - Sep 2018

Murder * Stable -21.2% Stable Stable Stable

Domestic violence related assault Stable Stable Stable -3.1% Stable

Non-domestic violence related assault -7.4% -3.1% Stable Stable Stable

Sexual assault Stable Stable Stable 13.9% Stable

Indecent assault, act of indecency and other sexual offences

Stable Stable Stable Stable Stable

Robbery without a weapon -20.1% -19.5% -17.0% Stable Stable

Robbery with a firearm Stable -24.7% -26.5% Stable Stable

Robbery with a weapon not a firearm Stable -18.9% -20.7% Stable Stable

Break and enter dwelling -8.5% -5.2% -6.1% -7.7% -2.9%

Break and enter non-dwelling -16.1% Stable -8.6% -5.6% -4.1%

Motor vehicle theft -12.2% Stable -10.8% Stable -3.2%

Steal from motor vehicle -7.5% Stable Stable Stable -2.8%

Steal from retail store -8.6% 5.8% 6.9% 5.1% Stable

Steal from dwelling Stable Stable Stable -5.6% -3.5%

Steal from person -15.6% -6.8% -10.8% -10.9% -8.4%

Fraud Stable Stable Stable -6.7% Stable

Malicious damage to property -12.2% -6.8% -2.2% -2.6% -3.6%

^ For further explanation of trend results, see page 42, Notes [5] and [6].

* For murder, the trend test is applied to the monthly number of recorded victims rather than criminal incidents.


Number of recorded criminal incidents

Trend^ over the last24 months

over the 12 months to September 2017

over the 12 months to September 2018

Trend test result

Percentagechange

Homicide Murder* 66 59 Stable Attempted murder 17 21 . Murder accessory, conspiracy 4 1 . Manslaughter* 8 9 .

Assault Domestic violence related assault 28,419 29,124 Stable Non-domestic violence related assault 32,115 32,092 Stable Assault Police 2,306 2,403 Stable

Sexual offences Sexual assault 5,838 5,814 Stable Indecent assault, act of indecency and other sexual offences 7,421 7,707 Stable

Abduction and kidnapping 222 186 Stable Robbery Robbery without a weapon 1,442 1,478 Stable

Robbery with a firearm 145 164 Stable Robbery with a weapon not a firearm 843 876 Stable

Blackmail and extortion 90 117 Stable Intimidation, stalking and harassment 30,311 31,517 Stable Other offences against the person 828 608 Stable Theft Break and enter dwelling 27,965 27,158 Down -2.9%

Break and enter non-dwelling 10,756 10,319 Down -4.1%Receiving or handling stolen goods 7,531 7,794 Stable Motor vehicle theft 13,311 12,885 Down -3.2%Steal from motor vehicle 39,076 37,965 Down -2.8%Steal from retail store 24,360 24,535 Stable Steal from dwelling 20,069 19,360 Down -3.5%Steal from person 4,648 4,259 Down -8.4%Stock theft 482 440 Stable Fraud 48,613 51,046 Stable Other theft 27,577 27,222 Down -1.3%

Arson 5,983 5,668 Stable Malicious damage to property 61,511 59,269 Down -3.6%Drug offences Possession and/or use of cocaine 1,747 2,334 Up 33.6%

Possession and/or use of narcotics 951 1,022 Stable Possession and/or use of cannabis 18,184 17,492 Stable Possession and/or use of amphetamines 6,657 7,003 Stable Possession and/or use of ecstasy 2,786 2,820 Stable Possession and/or use of other drugs 4,208 4,787 Up 13.8%Dealing, trafficking in cocaine 657 788 Stable Dealing, trafficking in narcotics 394 240 Down -39.1%Dealing, trafficking in cannabis 910 842 Stable Dealing, trafficking in amphetamines 2,001 1,826 Stable Dealing, trafficking in ecstasy 756 681 Stable Dealing, trafficking in other drugs 324 429 Stable Cultivating cannabis 1,076 1,175 Stable Manufacture drug 60 70 Stable Importing drugs 85 66 Stable Other drug offences 5,173 5,542 Up 7.1%

Prohibited and regulated weapons offences 12,422 13,886 Up 11.8%Disorderly conduct Trespass 9,920 9,960 Stable

Offensive conduct 5,255 4,832 Down -8.0%Offensive language 3,409 2,844 Down -16.6%Criminal intent 2,244 2,267 Stable

Betting and gaming offences 72 103 Stable Liquor offences 10,943 11,596 Stable Pornography offences 587 627 Stable Prostitution offences 79 29 Down -63.3%Against justice procedures Escape custody 165 172 Stable

Breach Apprehended Violence Order 14,827 15,606 Stable Breach bail conditions 42,373 41,967 Stable Fail to appear 645 523 Down -18.9%Resist or hinder officer 6,215 6,269 Stable Other offences against justice procedures 574 564 Stable

Transport regulatory offences 129,850 120,164 Down -7.5%Other offences 15,164 15,202 Stable

TABLE 2.3: NUMBER AND TRENDS^ IN RECORDED CRIMINAL INCIDENTS FOR 62 OFFENCES OVER THE 24 MONTHS TO SEPTEMBER 2018, NSW

^ For further explanation of trend results, see page 42, Notes [5] and [6].* For murder and manslaughter incidents, the trend test is applied to the monthly number of recorded victims rather than criminal incidents.

Offence Category


TABLE 2.4: NUMBER AND OUTCOME^ OF 24-MONTH TREND TESTS FOR MAJOR OFFENCES,NSW LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREAS (LGAs), ALL REPORTS 2010 TO SEPTEMBER 2018

YearFinal month for24-month trend test

Number of LGAs

Number of trend tests

Stable trends (%)

Downward trends (%)

Upward trends (%)

2010 March 130 1,255 82.0 11.9 6.1

June 130 1,254 83.0 12.4 4.6

September 130 1,264 81.4 14.0 4.6

December 130 1,260 86.4 9.0 4.5

2011 March 130 1,250 86.0 8.2 5.8

June 130 1,244 86.4 8.8 4.7

September 130 1,251 84.9 11.5 3.6

December 130 1,241 86.0 9.1 4.9

2012 March 130 1,250 86.2 5.7 8.2

June 130 1,236 86.8 7.3 5.9

September 130 1,240 85.9 9.5 4.6

December 130 1,246 85.6 7.9 6.6

2013 March 130 1,238 85.2 6.9 7.8

June 130 1,232 84.9 8.6 6.5

September 130 1,240 83.5 11.0 5.6

December 130 1,236 84.4 11.1 4.5

2014 March 130 1,228 84.0 9.9 6.1

June 130 1,228 82.6 13.7 3.7

September 130 1,227 80.0 17.2 2.9

December 130 1,227 85.7 10.0 4.2

2015 March 130 1,224 86.2 9.0 4.8

June 130 1,229 86.7 9.6 3.7

September 130 1,221 86.2 10.9 2.9

December 130 1,224 87.6 8.2 4.2

2016 March 130 1,225 85.7 6.3 8.0

June 130 1,220 83.9 9.3 6.8

September 130 1,221 83.2 11.6 5.2

December 130 1,219 87.2 7.2 5.6

2017 March 130 1,225 88.0 5.6 6.4

June 130 1,216 88.6 5.9 5.5

September 130 1,224 84.7 11.2 4.1

December 130 1,223 86.8 9.2 4.12018 March 130 1,223 87.4 7.1 5.5

June 130 1,218 86.3 8.5 5.2

September 130 1,219 85.8 11.0 3.2

^ This table summarises the aggregate outcomes of statistical tests for significant upward or downward trends in the number of recorded criminal incidents inmajor offence categories over a 24-month period across all NSW LGAs with a population of 3,000 or more. The trend test used is Kendall’s rank-order correlationtest. A trend test was not performed if there were fewer than 20 incidents in either of the two years for the period in question, hence no trend tests for murder were calculated for this table. These tests were carried out on 17 major offence categories .


FIGURE 2.1A: NUMBER OF NSW LGAs WITH SIGNIFICANT UPWARD TRENDS^, MAJOR OFFENCES, OCT 15 TO SEP 17 and OCT 16 TO SEP 18

FIGURE 2.1B: NUMBER OF NSW LGAs WITH SIGNIFICANT DOWNWARD TRENDS^, MAJOR OFFENCES, OCT 15 TO SEP 17 and OCT 16 TO SEP 18

^ For further explanation of trend results, see page 42, Notes [5] and 6.

0 2 4 6 8 10 12

Robbery with a firearm

Steal from person

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Non-domestic violence related assault

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Motor vehicle theft

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Number of LGAs

Oct 16 to Sep 18

Oct 15 to Sep 17

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SECTION 3:

RECORDED CRIMINAL INCIDENTS

NSW REGIONS AND LGASFOR MAJOR OFFENCES

TRENDS, RATE COMPARISONS AND

Section 3: Trends, rate comparisons and recorded criminal incidents by regions and LGAs 22

TABLE 3.1A: TRENDS^ IN RECORDED CRIMINAL INCIDENTS FOR MAJOR OFFENCESOVER THE 24 MONTHS TO SEPTEMBER 2018, NSW SAs

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Greater Sydney ns ns -1.1 ns ns ns ns ns -4.7 -4.6 -6.5 ns ns -2.9 -7.2 ns -3.5Capital Region . ns ns ns ns . . . ns ns ns ns ns ns ns ns -7.9Central West . ns ns ns ns . . . -17.2 -12.4 ns ns ns -11.4 ns 18.0 -7.1Coffs Harbour - Grafton . ns ns ns ns . . . ns ns ns 32.2 43.7 ns ns 60.7 nsFar West and Orana . 20.1 ns -27.7 ns . . . -9.7 ns -13.5 -2.1 ns ns ns ns nsHunter Valley excluding Newcastle . ns -6.3 ns ns ns . ns ns ns -14.8 -29.8 15.9 ns ns ns -4.6Illawarra . ns ns ns ns ns . ns ns ns ns -1.4 -6.4 -9.6 ns ns nsMid North Coast . ns ns ns ns 69.2 . ns ns ns ns 24.2 ns ns ns 40.9 -8.7Murray . ns ns ns ns . . . ns ns ns ns ns -16.0 ns ns nsNew England and North West . ns -4.6 ns ns ns . ns ns -31.1 ns ns ns -16.4 ns ns -6.6Newcastle and Lake Macquarie . ns ns ns ns ns . ns ns ns ns ns ns -6.8 -19.4 11.4 nsRichmond - Tweed . ns -5.8 ns ns ns . ns ns ns ns ns ns ns ns ns nsRiverina . ns ns ns 40.9 . . . -12.1 ns ns -10.0 ns -11.5 ns ns nsSouthern Highlands and Shoalhaven . ns ns ns ns . . . -16.4 ns ns ns ns -20.5 . ns -5.9NSW ns ns ns ns ns ns ns ns -2.9 -4.1 -3.2 -2.8 ns -3.5 -8.4 ns -3.6

^ For further explanation of trend results, see page 42, Notes [5] and [6].* The trend test for Greater Sydney and NSW on the offence of murder is for the number of victims, not incidents.

TABLE 3.1B: RATIO TO NSW RATE^ OF RECORDED CRIMINAL INCIDENTS PER 100,000 POPULATIONFOR MAJOR OFFENCES OVER THE 12 MONTHS TO SEPTEMBER 2018, NSW SAs

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Greater Sydney 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.8 1.2 1.1 1.0 0.8 0.7 0.8 0.9 1.0 0.8 1.2 1.1 0.8

Capital Region 1.2 0.9 0.9 1.1 1.2 0.3 0.6 0.4 0.9 1.0 0.9 0.9 0.8 1.0 0.2 0.5 1.0Central West 1.2 1.4 1.3 1.6 1.5 0.5 0.2 0.5 1.4 1.6 1.0 1.1 0.8 1.3 0.5 0.8 1.5Coffs Harbour - Grafton 0.0 1.5 1.4 1.7 1.5 1.1 1.0 1.1 1.5 2.0 1.3 1.1 1.0 1.5 0.8 1.1 1.2Far West and Orana 1.1 3.2 2.1 2.0 2.2 0.7 0.8 2.2 3.4 3.6 1.9 2.2 1.4 2.2 1.0 0.9 2.7Hunter Valley excluding Newcastle 0.5 1.4 0.9 1.5 1.2 0.6 1.0 0.7 1.3 1.8 1.6 1.0 1.0 1.5 0.5 0.9 1.3Illawarra 0.9 0.8 0.8 1.0 0.8 0.7 1.7 1.3 0.9 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.1 0.9 0.5 0.6 1.0Mid North Coast 1.8 1.3 1.1 1.5 1.4 1.1 0.9 1.0 1.6 2.5 1.2 1.0 0.9 1.7 0.7 0.8 1.3Murray 4.5 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 0.8 1.2 0.8 1.4 1.7 1.2 1.4 1.0 1.4 0.5 0.6 1.4New England and North West 0.7 1.7 1.6 1.7 1.5 1.0 0.0 1.2 2.5 2.0 1.5 1.7 1.5 1.9 0.6 0.7 2.0Newcastle and Lake Macquarie 1.1 1.0 1.2 1.4 1.3 0.7 1.0 1.7 1.3 1.4 1.8 1.9 1.3 1.3 1.0 1.3 1.4Richmond - Tweed 1.1 1.0 1.1 1.3 1.3 0.6 0.6 0.8 1.0 1.3 1.2 1.1 0.7 1.2 0.8 0.7 1.1Riverina 0.8 1.5 1.2 1.5 1.5 0.5 0.0 1.2 2.1 2.0 1.4 1.4 1.1 1.5 0.7 0.7 1.6Southern Highlands and Shoalhaven 1.7 0.8 0.9 1.1 1.2 0.5 0.6 0.4 0.8 0.9 0.7 0.7 1.0 0.7 0.3 0.6 1.0NSW 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0

^ For further explanation of rate calculation populations and the ratio to NSW rate , see page 42, Footnote 2 and Note [8].* The rate calculations on the offence of murder is for the number of victims, not incidents.




TABLE 3.1C: NUMBER OF RECORDED CRIMINAL INCIDENTS FOR MAJOR OFFENCES, OVER THE 12 MONTHS TO SEPTEMBER 2018, NSW SAs

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Greater Sydney 34 16,308 17,858 2,940 4,120 1,123 118 563 13,545 4,379 6,943 20,987 15,485 10,174 3,321 36,344 31,031Capital Region 2 733 837 185 267 14 3 10 724 313 337 972 589 564 22 808 1,737Central West 2 1,078 1,104 246 309 21 1 11 1,041 439 357 1,123 541 695 61 1,145 2,403Coffs Harbour - Grafton 0 778 818 173 214 28 3 18 722 365 312 776 434 537 58 977 1,314Far West and Orana 1 1,392 1,014 172 259 15 2 29 1,381 562 377 1,238 505 648 65 690 2,451Hunter Valley excluding Newcastle 1 1,457 1,050 298 327 30 6 21 1,275 635 714 1,334 887 1,010 81 1,553 2,599Illawarra 2 903 1,034 222 249 42 11 43 948 399 569 1,776 1,079 697 76 1,298 2,276Mid North Coast 3 1,029 1,001 241 311 44 4 25 1,226 727 440 1,103 629 933 81 1,158 2,079Murray 4 512 566 109 140 17 3 10 576 273 230 808 385 410 35 482 1,232New England and North West 1 1,194 1,208 232 285 37 0 25 1,637 500 456 1,576 860 863 60 901 2,816Newcastle and Lake Macquarie 3 1,433 1,808 391 465 49 8 71 1,655 688 1,088 3,376 1,565 1,239 203 3,180 4,037Richmond - Tweed 2 916 1,131 240 312 27 3 21 830 425 496 1,273 552 721 112 1,141 2,055Riverina 1 932 796 186 231 16 0 21 1,184 432 379 1,077 533 598 58 727 2,005Southern Highlands and Shoalhaven 2 454 537 128 178 13 2 7 414 179 186 545 491 271 26 628 1,149NSW 59 29,124 32,092 5,814 7,707 1,478 164 876 27,158 10,319 12,885 37,965 24,535 19,360 4,259 51,046 59,269

* For murder the count given is for the number of victims, not incidents.

TABLE 3.1D: NUMBER OF RECORDED CRIMINAL INCIDENTS FOR MAJOR OFFENCES, OVER THE 12 MONTHS TO SEPTEMBER 2017, NSW SAs

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Greater Sydney 41 16,154 18,049 2,976 4,043 1,111 95 580 14,208 4,588 7,425 22,094 15,873 10,482 3,577 35,561 32,159Capital Region 1 676 821 219 222 13 1 5 582 308 248 943 457 464 27 790 1,885Central West 3 1,062 1,113 267 329 19 4 18 1,258 501 409 1,174 570 784 72 970 2,587Coffs Harbour - Grafton 0 704 742 154 207 17 1 18 551 310 242 587 302 537 63 608 1,383Far West and Orana 0 1,159 997 238 236 20 4 9 1,529 534 436 1,265 574 666 82 639 2,313Hunter Valley excluding Newcastle 1 1,312 1,120 270 331 23 9 25 1,314 588 838 1,900 765 1,008 91 1,369 2,724Illawarra 1 897 1,061 193 225 53 6 35 987 416 536 1,802 1,153 771 104 1,197 2,442Mid North Coast 1 942 984 237 267 26 2 24 973 702 424 888 575 826 89 822 2,278Murray 2 493 531 120 168 13 3 6 561 324 232 789 339 488 25 551 1,271New England and North West 5 1,214 1,266 240 272 35 5 30 1,645 726 458 1,368 716 1,032 75 975 3,015Newcastle and Lake Macquarie 2 1,559 1,764 360 493 55 11 43 1,673 698 1,076 3,371 1,591 1,330 252 2,854 4,214Richmond - Tweed 4 879 1,201 224 272 29 3 20 842 404 456 1,163 532 664 124 1,100 1,977Riverina 3 870 873 146 164 16 1 18 1,347 444 339 1,197 629 676 50 641 1,941Southern Highlands and Shoalhaven 0 492 526 133 166 8 0 12 495 212 191 533 284 341 17 525 1,221NSW 66 28,419 32,115 5,838 7,421 1,442 145 843 27,965 10,756 13,311 39,076 24,360 20,069 4,648 48,613 61,511





TABLE 3.2A: TRENDS^ IN RECORDED CRIMINAL INCIDENTS FOR MAJOR OFFENCESOVER THE 24 MONTHS TO SEPTEMBER 2018, GREATER SYDNEY SAs

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Baulkham Hills and Hawkesbury . ns -18.4 ns ns . . . ns ns ns ns ns ns -27.3 ns -13.9Blacktown . ns ns ns ns ns . ns ns ns ns ns ns ns ns 21.8 nsCentral Coast . ns ns ns ns ns . ns -17.7 ns -14.4 -21.9 ns -7.9 ns ns -7.5City and Inner South . ns ns ns ns ns . ns ns ns ns ns ns ns ns ns nsEastern Suburbs . -8.1 ns ns ns ns . . -26.1 -32.4 ns ns ns -16.5 -20.2 ns nsInner South West . ns ns ns ns ns . ns ns ns -8.9 ns -9.2 ns ns ns nsInner West . -2.7 -11.7 ns ns ns . ns -20.4 ns ns -30.8 ns ns ns ns -13.3North Sydney and Hornsby . ns -19.4 ns ns ns . . ns -18.6 ns ns 12.4 ns ns 12.5 nsNorthern Beaches . ns -12.2 ns ns ns . . ns ns ns ns ns ns ns ns nsOuter South West . ns ns ns ns ns . ns ns ns ns ns ns ns ns ns -6.1Outer West and Blue Mountains . ns ns ns ns ns . ns ns ns ns ns ns ns ns ns nsParramatta . ns ns ns ns ns ns ns ns ns ns ns ns ns ns ns -9.3Ryde . ns ns ns ns . . . ns ns ns ns ns ns ns ns nsSouth West . ns ns ns ns ns . ns ns ns ns -19.3 ns ns ns -17.3 nsSutherland . ns ns ns ns . . . ns ns ns ns ns ns -38.4 ns -10.5

^ For further explanation of trend results , see page 42, Notes [5] and [6].

TABLE 3.2B: RATIO TO NSW RATE^ OF RECORDED CRIMINAL INCIDENTS PER 100,000 POPULATIONFOR MAJOR OFFENCES OVER THE 12 MONTHS TO SEPTEMBER 2018, GREATER SYDNEY SAs

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Blacktown 1.1 1.6 1.2 1.1 1.1 2.2 1.6 1.8 1.3 0.9 1.4 1.7 1.2 1.2 1.3 1.6 1.3Central Coast 0.4 1.4 1.1 1.2 1.2 0.7 1.1 0.9 0.9 0.9 1.1 0.9 0.8 0.9 0.8 1.0 1.2City and Inner South 1.6 1.1 2.7 1.3 1.8 3.6 2.4 2.3 0.9 1.4 1.0 1.0 3.0 1.6 6.9 2.5 1.4Eastern Suburbs 0.9 0.5 0.9 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.3 0.3 0.6 0.3 0.7 0.6 1.0 0.9 1.2 1.0 0.7Inner South West 2.0 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.5 1.1 1.1 1.0 0.6 0.4 0.8 0.7 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.9 0.7Inner West 0.0 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6 1.0 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.8 1.0 1.2 0.6North Sydney and Hornsby 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.6 0.5 0.1 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.3 0.5 0.9 0.6 0.6 0.8 0.5Northern Beaches 0.0 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.5 0.7 0.6Outer South West 0.5 1.3 0.8 1.2 1.0 0.7 1.8 1.5 0.8 0.6 0.9 0.9 1.1 0.8 0.5 0.8 1.0Outer West and Blue Mountains 0.8 1.4 1.0 1.3 1.2 1.2 0.6 1.1 1.1 0.9 1.2 1.1 1.1 1.1 0.9 1.2 1.2Parramatta 1.1 1.0 0.9 0.7 0.7 1.7 2.1 1.3 1.0 0.7 1.0 1.2 0.8 0.8 1.4 1.2 0.7Ryde 2.1 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.3 1.2 0.4 0.8 0.6 0.4 0.5 0.8 0.6 0.6 0.9 0.5South West 0.9 1.0 0.7 0.7 0.8 1.4 1.5 1.4 0.7 0.5 1.0 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.8 1.0 0.8Sutherland 0.0 0.5 0.6 0.4 0.5 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.4 0.3 0.5 0.5 0.8 0.5 0.4 0.6 0.7

^ For further explanation of rate calculation populations and the ratio to NSW rate , see page 42, Footnote 2 and Note [8].

* The rate calculations on the offence of murder is for the number of victims, not incidents.




TABLE 3.2C: NUMBER OF RECORDED CRIMINAL INCIDENTS FOR MAJOR OFFENCES, OVER THE 12 MONTHS TO SEPTEMBER 2018, GREATER SYDNEY SAs

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TABLE 3.2D: NUMBER OF RECORDED CRIMINAL INCIDENTS FOR MAJOR OFFENCES, OVER THE 12 MONTHS TO SEPTEMBER 2017, GREATER SYDNEY SAs

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TABLE 3.3A: TRENDS^ IN RECORDED CRIMINAL INCIDENTS FOR MAJOR OFFENCESOVER THE 24 MONTHS TO SEPTEMBER 2018, NSW LGAs

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Albury . ns ns ns ns . . . ns -33.3 ns ns 25.8 ns . ns nsArmidale Regional . ns ns ns ns . . . ns -55.9 ns ns ns ns . ns nsBallina . ns ns ns ns . . . ns ns ns ns ns 44.7 . ns nsBalranald . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . nsBathurst Regional . ns ns ns ns . . . ns -50.6 ns ns ns ns ns ns -16.6Bayside . ns ns ns ns ns . . ns ns ns ns ns -10.8 ns ns nsBega Valley . ns ns ns ns . . . ns ns . -44.2 ns ns . ns -18.5Bellingen . ns ns . . . . . ns ns . ns . ns . 143.5 nsBerrigan . . . . . . . . . . . ns . . . ns nsBlacktown . ns ns ns ns ns . ns ns ns ns ns ns ns ns 22.0 nsBland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ns nsBlayney . . ns . . . . . ns . . ns . . . . -38.3Blue Mountains . ns ns ns ns . . . ns ns ns 47.0 52.4 ns . 15.7 24.6Bogan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . nsBourke . ns ns . . . . . -43.8 . . ns ns ns . ns nsBrewarrina . ns -41.9 . . . . . -51.8 . . ns . . . . nsBroken Hill . ns ns . ns . . . ns ns -60.9 ns ns ns . ns -14.2Burwood . -30.7 -32.4 . ns . . . -20.9 ns ns -36.4 ns ns ns ns nsByron . ns ns ns ns . . . -47.7 ns ns ns ns ns ns -24.0 nsCabonne . ns . . . . . . ns ns . . . ns . ns nsCamden . ns ns ns ns . . . ns ns ns ns 33.9 ns . -13.2 nsCampbelltown . ns ns ns ns ns . ns ns ns ns ns ns ns ns ns nsCanada Bay . ns ns ns ns . . . ns ns ns -47.0 ns -25.7 ns ns nsCanterbury-Bankstown . -13.7 ns ns ns ns . ns ns ns -14.5 -19.5 ns -10.2 ns ns -2.9Carrathool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . nsCentral Coast . ns ns ns ns ns . ns -17.7 ns -14.4 -21.9 ns -7.9 ns ns -7.5Central Darling . ns ns . . . . . ns ns . ns . . . . nsCessnock . ns ns ns ns . . . ns ns ns -20.1 ns ns . ns -13.3Clarence Valley . ns ns ns ns . . . ns ns ns ns ns ns . 60.4 nsCobar . ns ns . . . . . ns . . ns . . . . nsCoffs Harbour . ns ns ns ns . . . 46.0 ns 43.3 52.2 ns ns ns 55.4 nsCoolamon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Coonamble . ns ns . . . . . ns ns . ns . ns . ns nsCootamundra-Gundagai . ns ns . . . . . ns . . ns . ns . ns nsCowra . ns ns . ns . . . -25.9 ns . ns ns ns . ns nsCumberland . ns ns ns ns ns . -48.8 -8.6 ns ns ns ns ns ns ns -9.8Dubbo Regional . ns ns ns ns . . . ns ns ns ns ns ns ns ns nsDungog . ns . . . . . . . . . . . . . ns -17.0Edward River . ns ns . . . . . ns . . ns . ns . ns nsEurobodalla . ns ns ns ns . . . ns ns ns ns ns ns . ns nsFairfield . ns ns ns ns ns . -47.4 -29.1 ns ns ns ns ns ns ns nsFederation . ns ns . . . . . ns ns . ns . ns . ns nsForbes . ns ns . . . . . ns ns . ns ns ns . ns -24.8Georges River . ns ns ns ns ns . . ns ns ns ns ns ns ns ns nsGilgandra . ns ns . . . . . . . . . . ns . . nsGlen Innes Severn . ns ns . . . . . -59.1 . . . . -31.6 . -50.0 -25.3Goulburn Mulwaree . ns ns ns ns . . . ns ns ns ns ns ns . ns nsGreater Hume Shire . ns . . . . . . . . . . . . . ns nsGriffith . ns ns . ns . . . ns ns ns ns ns ns . ns nsGunnedah . ns -16.5 . . . . . ns . 115.4 72.7 ns ns . ns nsGwydir . . . . . . . . . . . . . ns . . nsHawkesbury . ns ns ns ns . . . ns ns ns ns ns ns . ns nsHay . . ns . . . . . . . . . . . . . nsHilltops . ns ns . ns . . . ns ns ns ns ns 102.5 . ns nsHornsby . ns -27.6 ns ns . . . ns -38.9 ns ns ns -38.9 ns ns -10.6Hunters Hill . ns . . . . . . ns . . ns . ns . ns nsInner West . -11.9 ns ns ns ns . . ns ns ns ns ns ns ns ns -7.5Inverell . ns ns . ns . . . ns ns ns ns ns ns . ns nsJunee . . ns . . . . . . . . . . . . . nsKempsey . ns ns ns ns . . . ns ns ns ns ns ns ns ns nsKiama . ns ns . . . . . ns ns ns ns . ns . ns nsKu-ring-gai . ns ns ns ns . . . ns -38.0 ns ns ns ns . ns nsKyogle . ns ns . . . . . ns . . . . . . . nsLachlan . ns ns . . . . . ns ns . ns . ns . . nsLake Macquarie . ns ns ns ns ns . . ns ns ns ns ns -11.5 ns ns ns


TABLE 3.3A: TRENDS^ IN RECORDED CRIMINAL INCIDENTS FOR MAJOR OFFENCESOVER THE 24 MONTHS TO SEPTEMBER 2018, NSW LGAs

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Lane Cove . ns ns . . . . . ns ns ns ns ns ns . 38.7 nsLeeton . 48.3 ns . . . . . ns ns ns ns ns ns . ns nsLismore . 33.5 ns ns ns . . . ns ns ns ns ns ns . ns nsLithgow . -30.4 ns ns . . . . ns -59.7 ns -29.5 ns ns . ns -28.4Liverpool . ns -9.5 ns ns ns . ns ns ns ns -21.4 -12.7 ns ns -21.5 nsLiverpool Plains . ns ns . . . . . ns . . . . ns . ns nsLockhart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Lord Howe Island . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Maitland . ns ns ns ns . . . ns ns ns -41.5 44.0 ns ns ns nsMid-Coast . ns ns ns ns . . . ns ns ns 56.3 ns 28.7 ns 49.5 -5.7Mid-Western Regional . ns ns ns -32.4 . . . -31.8 . ns ns ns ns . ns nsMoree Plains . -18.3 ns -42.9 ns . . . -34.2 ns ns ns ns -28.3 . ns -10.5Mosman . ns ns . . . . . ns . . -43.7 ns ns . ns nsMurray River . ns ns . . . . . ns ns . ns . ns . ns nsMurrumbidgee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . nsMuswellbrook . ns ns ns ns . . . ns ns ns -51.6 ns ns . ns nsNambucca . ns ns ns ns . . . 78.9 156.9 ns ns 70.9 ns . ns nsNarrabri . ns ns . . . . . ns ns ns ns ns -34.2 . ns -26.2Narrandera . ns ns . . . . . -72.4 . . -61.8 . . . . nsNarromine . 69.4 ns . . . . . ns ns ns ns . ns . ns nsNewcastle . ns ns ns ns ns . ns ns ns ns ns ns ns -17.1 ns nsNorth Sydney . ns -29.0 ns ns . . . ns ns ns -31.5 ns ns ns ns nsNorthern Beaches . ns -12.2 ns ns ns . . ns ns ns ns ns ns ns ns nsOberon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . nsOrange . ns ns ns ns . . . -20.4 ns ns ns -29.3 ns . 38.8 nsParkes . -27.0 ns ns ns . . . ns ns ns ns ns ns . ns -17.3Parramatta . ns ns ns ns ns . ns ns ns ns ns ns ns ns ns nsPenrith . ns ns ns ns ns . ns ns ns ns ns ns ns ns ns -5.8Port Macquarie-Hastings . ns ns ns ns . . . ns ns ns 16.5 ns ns ns 32.7 nsPort Stephens . ns ns ns ns . . . -19.4 ns ns -15.1 ns ns . ns nsQueanbeyan-Palerang Regional . ns ns ns ns . . . ns ns ns ns ns ns . 23.7 -23.1Randwick . ns ns ns ns -48.7 . . ns -31.6 ns ns ns -18.8 ns ns nsRichmond Valley . ns ns ns ns . . . ns ns ns -37.2 ns ns . ns nsRyde . ns -19.9 ns ns . . . ns ns -36.1 -21.3 ns ns ns ns nsShellharbour . ns ns ns ns . . . ns -26.9 ns -8.4 ns ns . ns nsShoalhaven . ns ns ns ns . . . ns ns ns ns ns ns . ns -6.0Singleton . ns ns ns ns . . . ns ns ns ns ns ns . ns nsSnowy Monaro Regional . ns ns ns . . . . ns . . 45.7 . . . ns nsSnowy Valleys . ns ns . . . . . ns ns ns -36.7 ns -36.6 . ns nsStrathfield . ns ns . ns . . . -26.6 -52.3 ns ns ns ns ns ns nsSutherland Shire . ns ns ns ns . . . ns ns ns ns ns ns -38.4 ns -10.4Sydney . ns ns ns ns ns . ns ns ns ns ns ns ns ns ns nsTamworth Regional . ns -1.2 ns ns . . . ns -21.8 -30.6 ns ns -21.8 . ns nsTemora . . ns . . . . . . . . ns . . . . nsTenterfield . ns ns . . . . . ns . . ns . ns . ns nsThe Hills Shire . ns -20.9 ns ns . . . ns ns ns ns ns ns ns ns -14.2Tweed . ns ns ns ns . . . ns ns ns 37.5 ns ns ns ns nsUnincorporated Far West . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Upper Hunter Shire . ns ns . . . . . ns ns ns ns . ns . ns nsUpper Lachlan Shire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . nsUralla . ns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . nsWagga Wagga . ns ns ns 54.0 . . . ns ns ns -17.9 ns -13.3 ns ns nsWalcha . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Walgett . ns ns . . . . . ns ns . ns ns ns . ns -33.6Warren . ns ns . . . . . . . . . . . . . nsWarrumbungle Shire . ns ns . . . . . ns . . ns . ns . ns nsWaverley . -19.8 -8.1 ns ns . . . -52.9 ns ns -19.6 ns -18.1 ns ns nsWeddin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -31.4Wentworth . ns ns . . . . . ns ns ns -56.9 . ns . . nsWilloughby . 60.0 ns ns ns . . . ns -45.4 ns ns 18.9 ns ns ns nsWingecarribee . -40.6 ns ns ns . . . ns ns ns ns 134.9 -62.4 . ns nsWollondilly . ns ns ns ns . . . ns ns ns ns . ns . -32.8 -18.0Wollongong . ns ns ns ns ns . ns ns ns ns ns -12.3 -10.2 ns 12.6 nsWoollahra . ns ns ns -48.9 . . . -30.3 . ns -44.0 ns -9.9 -45.9 ns nsYass Valley . ns ns . . . . . ns . . ns . . . ns nsNSW ns ns ns ns ns ns ns ns -2.9 -4.1 -3.2 -2.8 ns -3.5 -8.4 ns -3.6


* There were no LGAs with 20 murder victims, hence no trend tests were reported. The trend test for NSW on the offence of murder is for the number of victims, not incidents.


TABLE 3.3B: RATIO TO NSW RATE^ OF RECORDED CRIMINAL INCIDENTS PER 100,000 POPULATIONFOR MAJOR OFFENCES OVER THE 12 MONTHS TO SEPTEMBER 2018, NSW LGAs

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Albury 1 280 323 48 70 12 2 7 353 100 132 568 332 224 25 302 658Armidale Regional 0 202 189 38 50 10 0 10 330 60 87 339 166 157 12 193 451Ballina 1 117 174 25 37 3 0 3 140 93 78 269 92 136 11 218 305Balranald 0 6 9 2 1 0 0 0 10 6 4 7 0 5 0 7 30Bathurst Regional 0 230 235 50 61 8 0 5 252 43 70 320 123 133 28 288 492Bayside 2 545 517 70 78 36 2 11 335 98 188 634 441 282 81 1,063 938Bega Valley 2 107 102 28 44 1 0 2 56 51 34 86 47 74 7 99 224Bellingen 0 44 35 11 8 0 0 1 30 27 20 41 8 34 2 56 76Berrigan 0 17 18 11 11 0 0 0 13 15 6 26 9 17 0 20 35Blacktown 3 2,054 1,721 297 385 146 12 70 1,590 400 836 2,910 1,350 989 255 3,659 3,373Bland 0 23 14 4 3 0 0 0 12 10 10 6 5 8 0 31 37Blayney 0 36 24 4 9 0 0 0 23 15 7 29 4 10 1 18 37Blue Mountains 0 225 211 76 65 6 1 5 189 56 69 269 125 124 16 369 710Bogan 0 27 22 4 3 0 0 0 12 12 9 23 6 14 0 18 36Bourke 0 97 48 12 9 0 0 0 63 17 16 53 51 34 2 23 128Brewarrina 0 43 25 8 9 0 0 1 27 15 1 24 8 10 1 4 43Broken Hill 0 195 143 14 39 2 0 3 198 62 27 166 49 113 3 71 313Burwood 0 61 98 16 26 24 1 8 87 42 43 105 265 78 37 413 168Byron 1 105 247 42 53 4 0 1 81 56 57 190 94 109 41 165 331Cabonne 0 40 19 13 14 0 0 0 41 25 24 18 3 26 0 28 53Camden 0 330 182 35 58 0 1 8 144 52 99 218 154 107 5 363 443Campbelltown 1 926 651 174 201 37 7 38 557 152 274 927 811 440 66 947 1,458Canada Bay 0 109 121 31 45 8 2 8 205 63 94 236 110 133 27 593 304Canterbury-Bankstown 5 1,131 1,053 182 197 81 13 50 776 251 602 1,358 538 477 79 2,231 1,872Carrathool 0 11 11 1 10 0 0 0 12 7 5 8 2 13 0 9 35Central Coast 1 1,712 1,515 291 411 44 8 34 1,002 412 635 1,497 862 724 148 2,318 2,997Central Darling 0 99 29 6 6 0 0 0 37 25 7 31 2 11 1 7 58Cessnock 0 336 220 86 72 5 2 5 361 167 303 436 152 277 9 362 585Clarence Valley 0 231 257 40 52 1 0 2 219 127 100 251 139 232 15 377 478Cobar 0 36 46 3 11 0 0 1 23 9 13 24 1 7 1 17 103Coffs Harbour 0 503 526 122 154 27 3 15 473 211 192 484 287 271 41 544 760Coolamon 0 11 10 3 2 0 0 0 6 18 8 2 1 6 0 9 14Coonamble 0 55 48 7 6 2 0 2 86 57 11 55 23 36 7 24 133Cootamundra-Gundagai 0 60 41 7 16 0 0 1 43 13 20 27 22 38 3 93 118Cowra 0 63 72 7 21 3 0 1 100 45 21 50 39 55 4 67 154Cumberland 2 873 799 114 140 86 11 22 762 198 388 1,274 378 407 123 1,920 1,128Dubbo Regional 0 481 436 77 116 7 0 18 655 218 222 690 292 264 39 403 1,186Dungog 0 34 16 7 8 0 0 0 18 12 8 12 1 18 1 20 44Edward River 0 43 37 13 11 1 0 1 29 22 6 43 18 29 1 32 106Eurobodalla 0 169 205 37 41 3 2 1 206 76 64 184 114 109 2 152 384Fairfield 2 706 611 110 150 67 5 30 371 134 322 781 398 250 86 1,241 1,045Federation 1 26 43 6 13 0 0 1 40 28 16 40 7 49 2 36 83Forbes 1 62 69 3 12 0 0 0 64 71 15 72 27 47 1 45 124Georges River 2 413 358 48 80 36 2 12 245 78 155 419 299 194 55 909 721Gilgandra 0 30 23 4 8 0 0 1 46 28 11 26 5 20 1 15 43Glen Innes Severn 0 68 76 12 9 1 0 1 38 19 14 14 28 39 1 25 112Goulburn Mulwaree 0 119 133 39 53 1 0 1 70 37 35 124 153 89 1 171 244Greater Hume Shire 0 22 12 11 12 1 0 0 37 20 18 34 2 16 3 27 49Griffith 0 207 123 25 22 6 0 3 137 86 64 260 116 96 6 123 319Gunnedah 0 67 76 16 16 1 0 0 71 23 56 76 41 67 2 61 171Gwydir 0 26 14 6 5 0 0 0 12 6 9 17 3 20 1 10 22Hawkesbury 0 276 203 76 83 5 1 4 174 76 103 234 155 116 16 299 400Hay 0 17 29 3 8 0 0 0 13 12 7 10 1 9 0 13 93Hilltops 0 108 103 13 37 3 0 1 54 30 40 77 42 81 2 64 224Hornsby 2 143 186 56 99 13 1 3 218 69 88 336 317 121 44 702 563Hunters Hill 0 22 38 6 15 0 1 0 51 20 16 41 21 25 3 56 80Inner West 1 376 619 105 169 37 8 19 480 167 243 759 367 462 104 1,498 1,254Inverell 0 114 104 19 38 4 0 1 177 60 33 143 77 100 3 64 254Junee 0 18 21 6 5 0 0 1 20 11 7 18 5 14 0 11 54Kempsey 0 234 188 44 46 13 2 8 397 133 107 149 136 188 21 139 371Kiama 0 34 25 8 10 0 0 3 42 29 28 96 8 31 4 60 98Ku-ring-gai 0 71 107 30 49 6 0 8 360 57 33 215 47 150 14 490 316Kyogle 0 57 40 12 21 1 0 0 29 18 9 14 7 12 1 17 88Lachlan 0 60 39 6 17 0 1 0 25 38 15 25 7 33 1 12 119Lake Macquarie 1 761 727 209 247 20 2 20 660 321 537 1,205 694 470 58 1,449 1,894


TABLE 3.3C: NUMBER OF RECORDED CRIMINAL INCIDENTS FOR MAJOR OFFENCES,OVER THE 12 MONTHS TO SEPTEMBER 2018, NSW LGAs

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NSW 59 29,124 32,092 5,814 7,707 1,478 164 876 27,158 10,319 12,885 37,965 24,535 19,360 4,259 51,046 59,269



TABLE 3.3D: NUMBER OF RECORDED CRIMINAL INCIDENTS FOR MAJOR OFFENCES,OVER THE 12 MONTHS TO SEPTEMBER 2017, NSW LGAs

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Albury 1 292 321 65 103 8 3 4 362 150 142 552 264 256 18 358 711Armidale Regional 1 173 209 33 40 7 1 9 256 136 51 313 152 168 23 193 556Ballina 0 104 180 33 38 5 0 2 122 85 69 244 87 94 16 171 318Balranald 0 5 14 2 1 0 0 0 5 7 1 7 0 8 0 3 28Bathurst Regional 0 197 238 52 60 7 2 2 284 87 64 295 133 130 23 251 590Bayside 1 549 453 61 99 30 3 21 344 106 228 570 364 316 104 1,141 988Bega Valley 0 104 127 29 38 3 0 0 76 46 19 154 47 58 7 110 275Bellingen 0 41 40 10 13 0 0 1 24 21 17 31 6 32 3 23 94Berrigan 0 16 16 2 4 0 0 0 22 23 4 21 5 24 0 21 52Blacktown 5 2,072 1,689 275 345 150 10 83 1,555 306 835 2,567 1,198 942 277 3,000 3,359Bland 0 12 23 10 12 0 0 0 9 6 8 19 4 3 0 21 22Blayney 0 18 22 8 14 0 1 0 31 23 19 25 1 17 1 19 60Blue Mountains 1 282 209 68 68 10 0 1 159 69 63 183 82 142 28 319 570Bogan 0 19 18 2 5 0 0 0 13 3 12 13 7 11 1 10 31Bourke 0 87 52 22 15 1 0 1 112 41 20 89 61 28 2 37 152Brewarrina 0 45 43 10 7 0 0 0 56 31 6 21 6 9 1 19 48Broken Hill 0 155 155 23 35 4 0 0 211 65 69 169 56 114 9 67 365Burwood 1 88 145 11 30 12 0 3 110 29 31 165 314 81 34 437 149Byron 0 105 252 28 50 4 1 1 155 67 74 216 102 131 59 217 298Cabonne 0 23 14 13 18 0 0 0 31 20 14 27 2 22 0 46 45Camden 0 315 146 68 87 7 1 0 148 63 93 231 115 133 5 418 406Campbelltown 1 778 658 164 180 48 6 24 560 195 309 829 840 396 93 995 1,505Canada Bay 1 108 144 21 36 5 1 5 282 87 114 445 71 179 29 596 354Canterbury-Bankstown 8 1,310 1,053 168 214 72 8 38 811 193 704 1,687 599 531 99 2,346 1,928Carrathool 0 10 10 1 6 0 0 0 10 6 2 15 0 3 0 2 22Central Coast 5 1,645 1,446 290 386 48 5 33 1,218 430 742 1,917 894 786 175 2,011 3,239Central Darling 0 87 40 6 5 0 0 0 58 21 10 32 1 11 1 3 50Cessnock 0 356 255 59 74 8 3 6 394 168 341 546 152 280 35 313 675Clarence Valley 0 214 263 45 50 4 1 4 203 108 91 238 112 255 19 235 552Cobar 0 35 35 8 11 1 0 0 30 25 17 50 12 15 1 18 94Coffs Harbour 0 449 439 99 144 13 0 13 324 181 134 318 184 250 41 350 737Coolamon 1 15 12 3 5 0 0 0 13 9 8 5 5 13 0 8 22Coonamble 0 46 37 4 9 3 0 0 102 38 15 54 15 28 3 24 110Cootamundra-Gundagai 0 51 51 13 10 0 0 0 36 14 5 42 12 34 0 100 88Cowra 0 62 93 21 23 2 1 0 135 30 12 70 23 48 3 53 153Cumberland 4 815 768 138 163 84 9 43 834 221 416 1,120 453 427 102 1,819 1,250Dubbo Regional 0 384 396 78 90 8 3 8 704 185 219 651 347 279 47 362 912Dungog 0 22 28 6 9 0 0 0 18 10 8 11 1 23 0 24 53Edward River 0 47 34 16 18 0 0 0 36 19 7 39 21 48 2 24 105Eurobodalla 0 146 198 32 43 4 1 3 142 60 57 173 106 87 6 136 359Fairfield 1 710 670 102 134 60 8 57 523 146 376 916 370 254 102 1,419 1,101Federation 0 27 32 10 12 0 0 1 28 29 16 40 17 50 2 41 90Forbes 0 57 73 9 12 0 0 0 74 45 18 57 21 63 2 50 165Georges River 0 426 360 52 71 21 2 7 231 80 130 359 330 189 59 895 734Gilgandra 0 38 21 9 3 1 0 0 19 6 3 18 6 27 3 18 35Glen Innes Severn 0 74 79 18 11 3 0 1 93 60 26 53 13 57 2 50 150Goulburn Mulwaree 0 113 120 37 47 2 0 1 75 45 30 162 110 86 3 153 233Greater Hume Shire 0 20 12 8 12 1 0 0 16 17 12 14 4 23 0 31 40Griffith 0 213 157 19 25 1 0 11 135 66 49 221 123 76 8 87 336Gunnedah 0 81 91 14 16 0 0 1 71 10 26 44 37 71 1 67 150Gwydir 0 16 15 2 5 0 0 0 10 7 8 11 3 20 0 9 36Hawkesbury 0 239 198 51 69 6 1 3 138 93 110 255 166 110 24 328 414Hay 0 17 26 1 6 0 0 0 18 13 5 16 5 17 1 7 71Hilltops 0 85 86 49 35 1 0 1 61 41 22 61 38 40 2 80 213Hornsby 0 170 257 63 74 8 0 1 303 113 89 402 342 198 38 642 630Hunters Hill 0 20 19 6 4 0 0 1 45 10 21 54 2 30 3 51 78Inner West 0 427 627 103 136 48 3 28 520 152 271 860 387 496 109 1,395 1,356Inverell 1 83 114 23 42 0 0 0 127 55 26 55 53 91 4 54 239Junee 0 12 21 4 6 0 0 0 18 18 5 18 4 23 0 5 53Kempsey 0 218 208 43 38 7 1 3 239 134 90 203 144 183 23 130 442Kiama 0 30 34 5 14 2 0 1 39 31 32 98 10 34 5 54 94Ku-ring-gai 0 65 89 41 46 4 0 0 323 92 52 183 49 152 26 447 364Kyogle 0 47 34 13 10 0 0 0 29 29 17 16 9 22 0 11 66Lachlan 0 57 48 10 11 0 0 0 41 31 20 46 8 48 1 18 71Lake Macquarie 2 805 610 176 211 23 4 12 717 290 563 1,188 768 531 76 1,226 1,883


TABLE 3.3D: NUMBER OF RECORDED CRIMINAL INCIDENTS FOR MAJOR OFFENCES,OVER THE 12 MONTHS TO SEPTEMBER 2017, NSW LGAs

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NSW 66 28,419 32,115 5,838 7,421 1,442 145 843 27,965 10,756 13,311 39,076 24,360 20,069 4,648 48,613 61,511


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SECTION 4:

METHODS OF PROCEEDINGSAGAINST ALLEGED OFFENDERS

Section 4: Methods of proceedings against alleged offenders 36

Figure 4.1: TRENDS IN REFERRAL METHODS FOR ALLEGED OFFENDERS PROCEEDED AGAINST TO COURT, OVER THE 24 MONTHS TO SEPTEMBER 2018*, NSW

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Proceeded against to court:

Bail Court Attendance Notice 62,563 65,150 2,587 Stable

No-Bail Court Attendance Notice 5,040 5,373 333 Stable

Future Court Attendance Notice 45,077 43,906 -1,171 Stable

Field Court Attendance Notice 48,482 49,694 1,212 Stable

All proceedings to court 161,162 164,123 2,961 Stable

Proceeded against other than to court:

Youth Justice Conference 584 840 256 43.8%

Caution Young Offenders Act 7,086 7,272 186 Stable

Cannabis Caution 5,372 5,089 -283 -5.3%

Criminal Infringement Notice 9,535 8,956 -579 -6.1%

Infringement Notice 725,397 703,482 -21,915 Stable

Liquor Offence Compliance Notice 330 353 23 Stable

Warning Young Offenders Act 10,295 10,046 -249 Stable

All proceedings other than to court 758,599 736,038 -22,561 Stable

All proceedings 919,761 900,161 -19,600 Stable


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Trend^ over the 24 months to September 2018

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TABLE 4.2: NUMBER, PERCENTAGE AND TREND^ IN ALLEGED OFFENDERS PROCEEDED AGAINST TO COURT BY NSW POLICE FOR MAJOR OFFENCES OVER THE 24 MONTHS TO SEPTEMBER 2018**, NSW

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Murder 69 69 100.0% 95 95 100.0% 26 Stable

Domestic violence related assault 12,315 12,669 97.2% 12,432 12,842 96.8% 117 Stable

Non-domestic violence related assault 7,674 8,824 87.0% 7,639 8,875 86.1% -35 Stable

Sexual assault 851 851 100.0% 799 799 100.0% -52 Stable

Indecent assault, act of indecency and other sexual offences 1,401 1,458 96.1% 1,483 1,537 96.5% 82 Stable

Robbery without a weapon 731 740 98.8% 785 793 99.0% 54 Stable

Robbery with a firearm 100 100 100.0% 140 140 100.0% 40 40.0%

Robbery with a weapon not a firearm 543 543 100.0% 578 580 99.7% 35 Stable

Break and enter dwelling 3,044 3,258 93.4% 3,086 3,274 94.3% 42 Stable

Break and enter non-dwelling 1,755 2,056 85.4% 1,801 2,174 82.8% 46 Stable

Motor vehicle theft 1,472 1,623 90.7% 1,473 1,633 90.2% 1 Stable

Steal from motor vehicle 1,334 1,529 87.3% 1,215 1,466 82.9% -119 Stable

Steal from retail store 5,310 11,037 48.1% 5,680 11,216 50.6% 370 7.0%

Steal from dwelling 661 822 80.4% 599 773 77.5% -62 Stable

Steal from person 434 499 87.0% 374 414 90.3% -60 Stable

Fraud 4,381 4,614 95.0% 4,814 5,082 94.7% 433 9.9%

Malicious damage to property 5,457 6,465 84.4% 5,319 6,335 84.0% -138 Stable


** The date alleged offenders were proceeded against, rather than the date the incident was recorded.

Trend^ over the last24 monthsOver the 12 months to September 2017 Over the 12 months to September 2018

SECTION 5:

CLEARED CRIMINAL INCIDENTSAND WHETHER LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

COMMENCED FOR SELECTED OFFENCES

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TABLE 5.1: NUMBER OF RECORDED CRIMINAL INCIDENTS FOR SELECTED OFFENCES BY WHETHER LEGAL PROCEEDINGS COMMENCED IN 30 DAYS OF REPORTING, OVER THE 24 MONTHS TO AUGUST 2018, NSW

Type of offenceTotal number

cleared #

Proceedings commenced within

30 days ##

% proceedings commenced within

30 daysTotal number

cleared #


30 days ##


30 days

Murder* 71 47 44 62.0 62 40 40 64.5

Domestic violence related assault 28,446 22,463 17,825 62.7 29,100 23,234 18,291 62.9

Non-domestic violence related assault 32,155 13,633 7,816 24.3 32,015 13,395 7,783 24.3

Sexual assault 5,788 1,127 445 7.7 5,795 1,237 450 7.8

Indecent assault, act of indecency and other sexual offences 7,339 2,108 1,176 16.0 7,825 2,236 1,248 15.9

Abduction and kidnapping 224 90 79 35.3 188 99 93 49.5

Robbery without a weapon 1,443 417 375 26.0 1,446 463 400 27.7

Robbery with a firearm 154 43 38 24.7 148 49 49 33.1

Robbery with a weapon not a firearm 846 294 281 33.2 858 294 282 32.9

Intimidation, stalking and harassment 30,392 18,147 11,396 37.5 31,372 18,747 11,995 38.2

Break and enter dwelling 28,308 2,143 1,791 6.3 27,149 2,192 1,838 6.8

Break and enter non-dwelling 10,909 1,013 906 8.3 10,295 990 879 8.5

Motor vehicle theft 13,351 1,043 859 6.4 12,853 1,019 852 6.6

Steal from motor vehicle 39,299 1,281 1,049 2.7 38,213 1,379 1,108 2.9

Steal from retail store 24,340 11,294 9,468 38.9 24,361 11,364 9,741 40.0

Steal from dwelling 20,279 1,527 710 3.5 19,455 1,474 689 3.5

Steal from person 4,682 499 351 7.5 4,287 480 328 7.7

Stock theft 486 17 9 1.9 432 23 5 1.2

Fraud 48,743 3,995 3,228 6.6 50,921 4,206 3,356 6.6

Arson 5,730 447 188 3.3 5,850 470 216 3.7

Malicious damage to property 61,792 14,829 11,229 18.2 59,560 15,057 11,593 19.5

# Total number cleared includes both incidents where proceedings were commenced and those where no proceedings were commenced.## This includes incidents where a person was either proceeded against to court or proceeded against other than to court.

* Victims for whom incident was cleared.

Recorded criminal incidents over the 12 months to August 2017 Recorded criminal incidents over the 12 months to August 2018

Total number recorded

Cleared within 30 days of reporting


Cleared within 30 days of reporting

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TABLE 5.2: NUMBER OF RECORDED CRIMINAL INCIDENTS FOR SELECTED OFFENCES BY WHETHER LEGAL PROCEEDINGS COMMENCED IN 90 DAYS OF REPORTING, OVER THE 24 MONTHS TO JUNE 2018, NSW

Type of offenceTotal number

cleared #


90 days ##


90 daysTotal number

cleared #


90 days ##


90 days

Murder* 74 52 49 66.2 54 39 39 72.2

Domestic violence related assault 28,742 24,118 18,977 66.0 28,686 24,212 18,832 65.6

Non-domestic violence related assault 32,089 15,610 9,108 28.4 32,103 15,411 9,135 28.5

Sexual assault 5,635 1,579 641 11.4 5,925 1,689 620 10.5

Indecent assault, act of indecency and other sexual offences 7,195 2,703 1,448 20.1 7,769 3,041 1,702 21.9

Abduction and kidnapping 224 102 86 38.4 197 115 105 53.3

Robbery without a weapon 1,418 483 433 30.5 1,455 539 474 32.6

Robbery with a firearm 152 52 46 30.3 150 61 59 39.3

Robbery with a weapon not a firearm 800 321 306 38.3 877 364 351 40.0

Intimidation, stalking and harassment 30,483 20,008 12,456 40.9 31,253 20,259 12,739 40.8

Break and enter dwelling 29,009 2,899 2,385 8.2 27,153 2,808 2,313 8.5

Break and enter non-dwelling 11,062 1,325 1,158 10.5 10,388 1,404 1,275 12.3

Motor vehicle theft 13,411 1,414 1,145 8.5 12,924 1,409 1,142 8.8

Steal from motor vehicle 40,080 1,689 1,381 3.4 38,326 1,778 1,443 3.8

Steal from retail store 24,138 12,602 10,670 44.2 24,420 12,802 11,014 45.1

Steal from dwelling 20,816 1,903 917 4.4 19,378 1,797 862 4.4

Steal from person 4,707 616 436 9.3 4,430 583 410 9.3

Stock theft 491 31 11 2.2 426 29 8 1.9

Fraud 48,832 6,108 4,873 10.0 50,476 6,452 5,154 10.2

Arson 5,636 512 210 3.7 5,818 526 249 4.3

Malicious damage to property 62,384 16,575 12,461 20.0 59,575 16,259 12,522 21.0

# Total number cleared includes both incidents where proceedings were commenced and those where no proceedings were commenced.## This includes incidents where a person was either proceeded against to court or proceeded against other than to court.

* Victims for whom incident was cleared.

Recorded criminal incidents over the 12 months to June 2017 Recorded criminal incidents over the 12 months to June 2018

Cleared within 90 days of reporting Cleared within 90 days of reporting



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Figure 5.1: PERCENTAGE OF RECORDED CRIMINAL INCIDENTS FOR SELECTED OFFENCES WHERE LEGAL PROCEEDINGS COMMENCED

WITHIN 30 AND 90 DAYS, OVER THE 12 MONTHS TO JUNE 2018, NSW

* For murder the data are counts of recorded victims, not criminal incidents.

0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80


Arson

Steal from dwelling


Motor vehicle theft

Steal from person

Fraud

Sexual assault








Intimidation, stalking and harassment


Abduction and kidnapping


Murder*

Percentage

proceedings commenced within 30 days

proceedings commenced between 30 and 90 days

APPENDICES


APPENDIX 1: TRENDS IN RECORDED CRIMINAL INCIDENTS FOR NSW

[1] Irrespective of how trends in recorded crime are presented, their interpretation is a difficult task. The recorded criminalincident data presented in this report are based on information derived from the NSW Police Force ComputerisedOperational Policing System (COPS), so only those incidents which are reported to, or detected by, police are included.The trends in recorded crime shown in this report will, therefore, reflect movements in the underlying factors whichinfluence the detection, reporting and recording of crime, as well as changes in the true level of crime in the community.

[2] An alternative measure of the level of crime in Australia is available from crime victim surveys, for example the nationalCrime Victimisation Survey by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS)1. As well as providing an estimate of thevictimisation rate at the State level for a selected set of offences, this survey estimates the proportion of crimes which arenot reported to police, and are therefore not recorded in the official statistics. In particular, personal crimes, such asassault and robbery, are less likely to be reported than crimes which involve households. These surveys generally find thatabout half of physical assault victims aged 15 and over report the incident to police whereas break-ins are reported topolice approximately three quarters of the time. Given that some offences have low reporting rates, it is possible thatchanges in recorded crime rates over time for these offences may be reflecting changes in reporting rates.

[3] Public willingness to report crime, however, is just one of the extraneous factors which can affect trends in recordedcrime. Shifts in policing policy can also have a marked effect on the number of recorded drug offences, cases of offensivebehaviour or of receiving stolen goods. For these offences, therefore, recorded rates probably do not accurately reflectactual rates. For this reason, the more detailed comparisons of crime rates and examination of trends in this document arerestricted to offence categories which are more likely to be reported to, rather than detected by police.

[4] The interpretation of trends in official reports of crime can be considerably more difficult than the interpretation oftrends in unemployment or inflation statistics. The ease with which recorded crime statistics can be misunderstood createsa temptation to offer an authoritative explanation for each major crime trend. Indeed, in many instances it is simplyimpossible to state with any assurance why a particular trend has appeared. This report, therefore, confines itself toidentifying and describing trends in recorded crime, rather than explaining them.

[5] For each offence category or subcategory (except murder), a statistical test for trend was applied to the monthlynumbers of recorded criminal incidents over the relevant period. In the case of murder, the statistical test for trend wasapplied to the monthly numbers of victims over the period. The trend test used was Kendall’s rank-order correlation test(see, for example, Conover, W.J. 1980, Practical Non-Parametric Statistics, 2nd ed, John Wiley and Sons, pp 256-260). Atwo-tailed test was used to determine whether there had been an increasing or decreasing trend in the recorded numbersof criminal incidents over the relevant period covered in the report. Some month to month variations in the numbers ofrecorded incidents could be due in part to seasonal factors. The test for trend is not sensitive to seasonal variations; it issensitive only to a generally increasing or generally decreasing trend over the time period examined.

[6] For the trend tests throughout this publication, where a statistically significant trend was found (p < .05 ), the extent ofthe trend is indicated by the percentage change in the total number of recorded criminal incidents between the latest twoconsecutive 12-month periods for 24 month tests; and the average annual percentage change between the first 12-monthperiod and the latest 12-month period for longer tests. A trend test was not performed if there were fewer than 20 incidentsin any of the years for the period in question. The result ' . ' indicates that a trend test was not performed. A non-significanttest result (p > .05 ) is denoted by ‘Stable’ or by 'ns' in some larger LGA tables.

[7] In order to present an overview of crime trends in NSW the information in Section 1 relates to aggregate violent andproperty crime. The State graphs for violent and property offences are plotted as monthly rates2 per 100,000 population.The State graph for violent offences shows distinct seasonality and the 12-month moving average (light grey line) indicatesa downward path since 2004, which has stabilized over the past five years, whilst the property offences graph and the 6-month moving average (light grey line) both indicate a strong downward path since about 2000. Violent offences include:murder, attempted murder, manslaughter, assault - domestic violence related, assault - non-domestic violence related,assault police, robbery without a weapon, robbery with a firearm, robbery with a weapon not a firearm, sexual assault andindecent assault / act of indecency / other sexual offences. Property offences include: break and enter dwelling, break andenter non-dwelling, motor vehicle theft, steal from motor vehicle, steal from retail store, steal from dwelling, steal fromperson, stock theft, other theft and fraud.

[8] The ratio to NSW rate statistics are a comparison of a NSW regional rate per 100,000 population to the NSW rate per100,000 population2. A ratio of one indicates parity with the NSW rate. Ratios indicating double the NSW rate (or more)before rounding are highligted in red, whilst ratios indicating half the NSW rate (or less) before rounding are highlighted inyellow.

1. Australian Bureau of Statistics Crime Victimisation, Australia, Cat. No. 4530.0, ABS, Sydney. See the Australian Bureau of Statistics website for the latest version available at www.abs.gov.au

2. For the rate calculations, specialised population data were prepared and provided to BOCSAR by the Australian Bureau of Statistics.


APPENDIX 2: DEFINITIONS AND EXPLANATORY NOTES

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A criminal incident is defined as an activity detected by or reported to police which: ······

MAJOR OFFENCE CATEGORIES

Major offence categories include the most serious personal violence and property offences. The mostserious of these offences is murder for which the incident count is the number of victims. Assault offencesinclude the two major offence categories of domestic violence related assault and non-domestic violencerelated assault . All sexual offences are categorised by the two major offence types, either as sexual assault or indecent assault, act of indecency and other sexual offences.

Robbery offences are sorted into three categories by use of weapon: robbery with a firearm, robbery with aweapon not a firearm or robbery without a weapon . The serious theft offences in this group start with theburglary categories of break and enter - dwelling and break and enter - non-dwelling followed by motor vehicle theft and steal from motor vehicle . Other theft offences included in the 17 major offences are steal from retail store , steal from dwelling , steal from person and fraud . The final property offence listed as amajor offence is malicious damage to property.

For all types of offence classifications used in the report, Appendix 3 lists the offence categories included inthe classification. The original offence incident categories are those used by the NSW Police Force and donot necessarily correspond exactly with offences as defined in legislation.

involved the same offender(s); involved the same victim(s); occurred at the one location; occurred during one uninterrupted period of time; falls into one offence category; falls into one incident type (for example, ‘actual’, ‘attempted’, ‘conspiracy’).

One incident may involve two offenders assaulting the same victim. This would be recorded as one assaultincident. Alternatively, suppose a man reports to police that he found his neighbour in the process ofdamaging his car and, when confronted, the neighbour assaulted him. For such an event, two criminalincidents are recorded because two distinct offence types are involved (malicious damage to property andassault) even though the same parties were involved at the same time and in the same place.

RECORDED VICTIMS

For murder and manslaughter only, the counting units used are victims. Under the definition of a criminalincident (same parties, same time, same place, same offence and same incident type) one murder ormanslaughter incident could involve two or more persons being killed. Because of the seriousness of theseoffences and their relatively small numbers, it is considered to be more appropriate to count the number ofvictims, rather than the number of criminal incidents. Hence, where one murder incident involves a personkilling six people, six murder victims are counted.

OFFENCE CATEGORIES

The classification of offences in this report is broadly based on the Australian and New Zealand StandardOffence Classification (ANZSOC) devised by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS 2011, third edition,Cat. No. 1234.0 ).

RECORDED CRIMINAL INCIDENTS

The data in this report are extracted from the NSW Police Force's Computerised Operational PolicingSystem (COPS). This system is used for record-keeping for all police operations, not just for criminalmatters. In this report:

the counting units are recorded criminal incidents rather than recorded offences (except for murderand manslaughter, where the counting units are victims); and

the data are categorised by date of reporting to police (or date of detection by police) rather than bydate of occurrence of the offence (except for alleged offender data, where the data is categorised bydate the alleged offender was proceeded against).


APPENDIX 2: DEFINITIONS AND EXPLANATORY NOTES continued

Data on warnings under the Young offenders Act , is available from January 2010 onwards. Due to changesin how warnings are recorded, this data series can not be compared with warning data previously published.A youth justice conference is a face-to-face meeting between offenders, victims and their support persons.The offending behaviour is discussed and an outcome plan for the offender negotiated. Note that both thepolice and the courts can refer a young person to a youth justice conference. However, the number ofalleged offenders proceeded against by way of a youth justice conference, as shown in Table 4.1, includesonly police referrals to a youth justice conference.

Since mid-2008, Police have issued compliance notices for breaches of liquor licensingregulations/legislation. Commonly these are for relatively minor breaches eg fail to display regulated signs.Liquor Offence Compliance Notices have been added to the recorded crime collection from the 2015 report.Consequently data in this report is not comparable with data in previously published reports. Comparabledata for all years is available on request.

Each offender or alleged offender appears only once in the table for each event. Note that multiple criminalincidents may be associated with a single event. The processes are arranged in a hierarchy with theoffender or alleged offender appearing in the most serious category where multiple incidents are involved.For example if an event involves two incidents and the alleged offender is charged for one incident butreceives a caution for the second incident, the alleged offender appears only in the relevant 'proceededagainst to court' category.

Youth Justice Conference and cautions data in previous reports have included juvenile offenders initiallyproceeded against to court by Police and then referred to a conference or given a caution under the YoungOffenders Act by the court. From the 2015 report, they are now counted as being proceeded against to courtby Court Attendance Notice as that was the method of proceeding used by the Police. Consequently data inthis report is not comparable with data in previously published reports. Comparable data for previous yearsis available on request.

COUNTING PERIOD

Criminal incidents are included in the counting period in which they were reported to or detected by police.

In most cases criminal incidents are recorded on COPS on the day of reporting. However there may besome time delay before the incident gains the status of accepted and verified (which are necessaryconditions for inclusion in this report). It is therefore possible for some updating of data to occur. That is,data extracted for a specified period of time may differ according to the date of extraction of the data.

In recent years some historic murders have been re-entered on the COPS system after being referred to theunsolved homicide squad. Murders that were first reported to NSW Police prior to the introduction of COPSin 1995 but recorded on COPS in recent years are excluded from the statistics. Murders which took placeprior to 1995 but were first reported to Police in or after 1995 are included in the statistics.

PROCEEDINGS AGAINST ALLEGED OFFENDERS

Police may proceed against alleged offenders through a variety of legal or other processes. Allegedoffenders who are not legally proceeded against are not included in this report. Most alleged offenders arereferred to the NSW Criminal Courts. The more serious offences are dealt with by way of a Bail CourtAttendance Notice (CAN) or a No-Bail CAN. In these instances, the alleged offender is arrested, taken to apolice station, fingerprinted and the details of the person and all charges are recorded. A Bail CAN is usedwhen a bail determination is required and a No-Bail CAN is used when a bail determination is not required.

Following changes to the Bail Act in May 2014, No-Bail CANs are used almost solely for incidents of 'Breachof bail conditions' and no bail determination is required because the original determination stands until a newdetermination is made by the court. Alternatively a Field CAN may be issued by police at other locations. AFuture CAN is used for less serious offences.

Some alleged offenders are proceeded against but diverted from the criminal court system. For many minoroffences police can issue Infringement Notices. By paying the prescribed penalty the offender avoids havingto go to court. Under the Young Offenders Act 1997, a juvenile offender can be issued with either a warning, a caution or referred to a youth justice conference.


APPENDIX 2: DEFINITIONS AND EXPLANATORY NOTES continued

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Statistics are provided on the number of criminal incidents (victims for murder) recorded for each of theStatistical Areas (SAs) of NSW as defined by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS).

Recorded criminal incidents which occurred in correctional, detention or remand centres, however, are notcounted in the SA in which the incident occurred. Appendix 4 provides maps indicating the location of eachSA. Appendix 5 lists the Local Government Areas (LGAs using 2017 boundaries) within each of the SAs.Note that LGA boundaries change from time to time. A criminal incident is counted within a particular regionwhen the location of the offence falls within that region.

For the rate calculations, specialised population data were prepared and provided to BOCSAR by theAustralian Bureau of Statistics.

REGIONAL STATISTICS

PROCEEDINGS AGAINST ALLEGED OFFENDERS continued

It should be noted that in previous annual recorded crime reports, data on alleged offenders werecategorised by date of reporting to police (or date the incident was detected by police). Given there can be adelay between an event being recorded by police and police commencing legal proceedings this resulted infewer alleged offenders being counted, particularly during the last three months of the reporting period. Forthis reason, since the 2017 annual report, alleged offender data is categorised by the date the allegedoffender was proceeded against. Therefore in Section 4 the year refers to the year in which allegedoffenders were proceeded against. It does not refer to the year in which a criminal incident or incidents werereported to police. For example, if an incident was reported to police in 2016 but the alleged offender wasnot apprehended and charged until 2017, the alleged offender is counted in 2017. As such, Section 4 of thisreport is not comparable with alleged offender data published prior to the 2017 annual report. Comparabledata for all years is available on request.

CLEARED CRIMINAL INCIDENTS

A cleared criminal incident is one, which, in the view of police, has been satisfactorily cleared by thecommencement of legal proceedings or otherwise.

An incident is cleared by the commencement of legal proceedings when police have laid a charge or aninformation against at least one person. The information may have been laid with a view to the issuing of awarrant, Future CAN or other process for the purpose of bringing an offender before the court.

A criminal incident is cleared other than by commencement of legal proceedings when, under normalcircumstances, a charge or information would have been laid against at least one person, but, for a varietyof reasons, police have been unable to make an arrest, despite knowing the identity of the offender andhaving sufficient evidence to support a charge. Examples of situations in which an offence may be clearedother than by charge include the following:

the offender is a juvenile and is cautioned; the offender has died before a charge is made or information laid;

The clear-up status after 30 days could not be determined for any offences reported in the latest month.Hence, Table 5.1 is for the 24-month period ending one month before the quarterly reporting period.Similarly, the clear-up status after 90 days could not be determined for any offences reported in the latestthree months. Hence, Table 5.2 and Figure 5.1 is for the 24-month period ending three months before thequarterly reporting period.

the offender has been committed to a psychiatric institution and is unlikely to be released; there is an obstacle to charging, such as diplomatic immunity; the complainant or essential witness is dead and proceedings would be aborted; the offender is serving a sentence and police consider that no useful purpose would be served by prosecution.

The offence types included in these tables are those where the crime is likely to have been reported topolice, rather than discovered or detected by police. Offence types where the numbers of recorded criminalincidents are influenced by police law enforcement activity (drug offences, for example) are excluded. Forsuch offence types, the clear-up percentages are very high because clearing the offence generally occurssimultaneously with its detection (that is, an arrest is made when the crime is discovered). This reportcontains criminal incidents cleared within 30 and 90 days after the incident was reported to the NSW PoliceForce.


APPENDIX 3: BOCSAR OFFENCES MAPPED TO POLICE INCIDENT CATEGORIES

BOCSAR offence NSW Police Force incident categories

HomicideMurder Murder

Attempted murder Murder – attemptedShoot with intent to murder

Murder accessory, conspiracy Murder – conspiracyMurder – solicit

Manslaughter – not driving Manslaughter

Assault Includes any of the following offences disaggregated by whether or not police have flagged the incident as domestic violence related:

Domestic violence related Actual bodily harmAssault commonGrievous bodily harm (including malicious wounding)Shoot with intent other than to murderSpike drink/food

Non-domestic violence related Actual bodily harmAssault commonGrievous bodily harm (including malicious wounding)Shoot with intent other than to murderSpike drink/food

Assault Police Assault Police officer

Sexual offencesSexual assault Sexual assault – adult victim (16+ years old)

Sexual assault – child victim, reported when adultSexual assault – child victim, reported when child

Indecent assault, act of indecencyand other sexual offences

Act of indecencyAggravated act of indecencyIndecent assault – adult victim (16+ years old)Indecent assault – child victim, reported when childIndecent assault – child victim, reported when adultBestialityCarnal knowledgeGrooming/procuringIncestIndecent communicationPeep or pryWilful and obscene exposureOther sexual offence

Abduction and kidnapping Kidnapping/AbductionPeople trafficking




RobberyRobbery without a weapon Includes any of the following offences in which no weapon was

recorded:Demand money with menacesRobberyRobbery with aggravationRobbery with woundingOther robbery

Robbery with a firearm Includes any of the following offences in which a firearm was recorded as a weapon:Armed robbery Demand money with menacesRobbery Robbery with aggravationRobbery with woundingOther robbery

Robbery with a weapon not a firearm Includes any of the following offences in which a non firearm weapon was recorded: Armed robbery Demand money with menacesRobbery Robbery with aggravationRobbery with woundingOther robbery

Blackmail and extortion Extortion/Blackmail

Intimidation, stalking and harassment Bullying/harassment or intimidationStalking (since 2017)Child approach (since 2017)Riot and affray Telecommunications offence (includes nuisance phone calls) Threats against PoliceViolent disorderUnlawful assembly

Other offences against the person Labour exploitation (includes sexual servitude)

Malicious damage with intent to injure/endangerNegligent act cause grievous bodily harmOther offence against the person

TheftBreak and enter – dwelling Dwelling includes premises where people reside such as house, home

unit, caravan, tent as well as any attachment such as garage, shed, yard and garden.Break/Enter and stealBreak/Enter and commit other felonyBreak/Enter intent to stealBreak/Enter intent to commit other felony




Theft continued:Break and enter – non-dwelling Non-dwelling includes commercial and government premises.

Break/Enter and stealBreak/Enter and commit other felonyBreak/Enter intent to stealBreak/Enter intent to commit other felony

Receiving or handling stolen goods ReceivingGoods in custody Possess property stolen outside NSW

Motor vehicle theft Theft of motor cars, motor cycles, and other vehicles / vesselsRebirthing vehicles / vessels

Steal from motor vehicle Steal from motor vehicle

Steal from retail store Steal from retail store

Steal from dwelling Steal from dwellingOther stealing occurring in a residential dwelling

Steal from person Steal from person

Stock theft Steal stock (Non-domestic animal)

Fraud Company/corporate offenceComputer crimeCopyright/Intellectual property/TrademarkCorrupt commission/practicesCorrupt payment (receive or pay)Counterfeit currency Deception offenceEmbezzlementFail to payForgery (since 2017)Fraudulent misappropriationLarceny clerk/servant/baileeMake/use false instrumentMisappropriate cheques/fundsPossess false instrumentPublish false misleading statementReceiving (fraud related)Scams - obtain funds (since 2017)Scams - selling (since 2017)Unauthorised access of funds (since 2017)Deal/supply false identity documents (since 2017)Deal/supply false information (since 2017)Equipment to make false identity documents (since 2017)Make false identity documents (since 2017)Possess false identity documents (since 2017)Possess identity information (since 2017)Use false identity documents (since 2017)Other fraud




Theft continued:Other theft Steal from dwelling occurring somewhere other than a residential or

non-residential dwelling (e.g. from hostels, motels, boarding houses etc)Steal domestic animal or birdSteal from marine vessel Steal vesselOther stealing occurring somewhere other than a dwelling (e.g. in outdoor/public places)

Arson Fire incident where classified as deliberate:BushfireStructureVehicle (e.g. aircraft/motor vehicle/train/vessel)Other commodity

Malicious damage to property GraffitiMalicious damage to propertyPublic place – damage fountain/wall etc.Public place – damage shrine/monument

Drug offencesPossession and/or use of cocaine Possess drug where drug type is cocaine

Use or administer drug where drug type is cocaineItem/object found where drug type is cocaine

Possession and/or use of narcotics Possess drug where drug type is narcoticsUse or administer drug where drug type is narcoticsItem/object found where drug type is narcotics

Possession and/or use of cannabis Possess drug / plant where drug type is cannabis Use or administer drug where drug type is cannabisItem/object found where drug type is cannabis

Possession and/or use of amphetamines

Possess drug where drug type is amphetamines Use or administer drug where drug type is amphetaminesItem/object found where drug type is amphetamines

Possession and/or use of ecstasy Possess drug where drug type is ecstasyUse or administer drug where drug type is ecstasyItem/object found where drug type is ecstasy

Possession and/or use of other drugs Possess drug where drug type is not cocaine, narcotics, cannabis, amphetamines or ecstasyUse or administer drug where drug type is not cocaine, narcotics, cannabis, amphetamines or ecstasyItem/object found where drug type is not cocaine, narcotics, cannabis, amphetamines or ecstasy

Dealing, trafficking in cocaine Supply drug where drug type is cocaine

Dealing, trafficking in narcotics Supply drug where drug type is narcotics




Drug offences continued:Dealing, trafficking in cannabis Supply drug/plant where drug/plant type is cannabis

Dealing, trafficking in amphetamines Supply drug where drug type is amphetamines

Dealing, trafficking in ecstasy Supply drug where drug type is ecstasy

Dealing, trafficking in other drugs Supply drug/plant where drug/plant type is not cocaine, narcotics, cannabis, amphetamines or ecstasy

Cultivating cannabis Cultivation

Manufacture drug Manufacture drug

Importing drugs Import drug/plant

Other drug offences Forge and/or utter prescriptionPossess drug utensilOther drug detection/seizure offence

Bomb hoax or threatDischarge firearm into premisesLicence offenceFirearms dealer offenceFirearms not ensure safekeepingImproper storage of explosivesPerson search - Item/object found where item/object is a weaponPossess explosive/dangerous articlePossess prohibited weapon/articlePossess shortened firearmPossess whilst unlicencedSell prohibited weapon/article Shorten firearmTrespass with firearmUnlawful handling/access/supply of explosivesUnlawfully discharge firearmUse firearm under influenceUse prohibited weapon/article Other explosives offenceOther firearm licencing offenceOther firearm offenceOther prohibited weapon/article offence

Disorderly conductTrespass Trespass

Remain inclosed lands

Offensive conduct Offensive behaviour

Offensive language Offensive language

Criminal intent Armed with intentDisguised with intentEnter land with intentIntent to repeat indictable offencePossess implements

Prohibited and regulated weapons offences




Betting and gaming offences Conduct/play illegal bettingConduct/play illegal gameOwn/manage premises – bettingOwn/manage premises – gamingOther gaming offence

Liquor offences Consume alcohol in alcohol-free zoneConsume/possess alcohol in public by minorLicensing legislation offence: – Offence by licensee/employee/secretary – Offence by minor – Offence by customer (not minor) – Supply liquor to juvenile – Offence against registered clubs legislation

Pornography offences Possess/disseminate child pornographyPossess/publish indecent material

Prostitution offences Soliciting/prostitution in publicProstitution – premisesProstitution – live off earningsChild prostitutionOther vice offence

Against justice proceduresEscape Custody Escapee – Corrective Services custody

Escapee – Department of Community Services custodyEscapee – Police custodyEscapee – Other custody

Breach Apprehended Violence Order Breach Apprehended Violence Order – domesticBreach Apprehended Violence Order – personal

Breach bail conditions Breach bail conditionsBreach control order

Fail to appear Fail to appear

Resist or hinder officer Refuse directionRefuse direction continue intoxication and disorderRefuse direction intoxicated personRefuse to be searched Refuse to produce objectResist/hinder officer

Other offences against justice procedures

Breach of recognizanceContravene Child Protection Prohibition Order (CPPO)Other judicial offence

Transport regulatory offences Transport offence (includes offences on the rail network such as travelling without a valid ticket, smoking, drinking or using offensive language on a train or railway land)Buffer riding




Other offences Animals - Dog offencesCyber Breach/AttackFamily law offenceImmigration/customs offenceObstructionOffence against transport serviceOther street offences (carry cutting weapon, offensive implement)Public mischiefTerrorism offences (e.g. associating with terrorist organisations, financing terrorism etc.)Other miscellaneous offences

Offences under various acts:Animals - Prevention Of Cruelty ActsBush Fire ActChild Protection ActLocal Government ActMarine/Waterway ActPawnbrokers ActPostal Services ActSecurity Industry ActSydney Harbour Bridge ActTattoo Parlours Act


APPENDIX 4: NSW & GREATER SYDNEY STATISTICAL AREA MAPS


APPENDIX 4: NSW & GREATER SYDNEY STATISTICAL AREA MAPS


APPENDIX 5: LGAs IN GREATER SYDNEY STATISTICAL AREAS

Greater Sydney Statistical Areas

Baulkham Hills and Hawkesbury Blacktown Central CoastHawkesbury* Blacktown Central CoastThe Hills Shire*

City and Inner South Eastern Suburbs Inner South WestSydney* Randwick* Bayside*

Waverley Canterbury-Bankstown*Woollahra Georges River

Inner West North Sydney and Hornsby Northern BeachesBurwood Hornsby* Northern BeachesCanada Bay Ku-ring-gaiInner West* Lane CoveStrathfield* Mosman

North SydneyWilloughby

Outer South West Outer West and Blue Mountains ParramattaCamden* Blue Mountains* Cumberland*Campbelltown* Penrith* Parramatta*Wollondilly*

Ryde South West SutherlandHunters Hill Fairfield* Sutherland Shire*Ryde* Liverpool*

* These LGAs span across two or more Statistical Areas. These LGAs are listed under the Greater Sydney Statistical Areas which contain the largest area of each LGA.


APPENDIX 5: LGAs IN NSW REGIONAL STATISTICAL AREAS

NSW Regional Statistical Areas

Capital Region Central West Coffs Harbour - Grafton Far West and OranaBega Valley Bathurst Regional Bellingen* BoganEurobodalla Bland* Clarence Valley* BourkeGoulburn Mulwaree Blayney Coffs Harbour BrewarrinaHilltops Cabonne* Broken HillQueanbeyan-Palerang Regional Cowra Central DarlingSnowy Monaro Regional* Forbes CobarUpper Lachlan Shire Lachlan* CoonambleYass Valley* Lithgow Dubbo Regional*

Mid-Western Regional* GilgandraOberon* NarromineOrange Unincorporated Far WestParkes WalgettWeddin Warren

Warrumbungle Shire*

Hunter Valley excluding Newcastle Illawarra Mid North Coast MurrayCessnock Kiama* Kempsey AlburyDungog Shellharbour Lord Howe Island BalranaldMaitland* Wollongong Mid-Coast* BerriganMuswellbrook Nambucca* Edward RiverPort Stephens* Port Macquarie-Hastings Federation*Singleton* Greater Hume Shire*Upper Hunter Shire* Hay

Murray RiverWentworth

New England and North West Newcastle and Lake Macquarie Richmond - Tweed RiverinaArmidale Regional* Lake Macquarie* Ballina Carrathool*Glen Innes Severn Newcastle Byron CoolamonGunnedah Kyogle Cootamundra-GundagaiGwydir Lismore GriffithInverell Richmond Valley* JuneeLiverpool Plains* Tweed LeetonMoree Plains Lockhart*Narrabri Murrumbidgee*Tamworth Regional NarranderaTenterfield Snowy Valleys*Uralla TemoraWalcha Wagga Wagga

Southern Highlands and ShoalhavenShoalhaven*Wingecarribee*

* These LGAs span across two or more Statistical Areas. These LGAs are listed under the NSW Regional Statistical Areas which contain the largest area of each LGA.

Documents

NEW SOUTH WALES RECORDED CRIME STATISTICS...This report presents data on crime reported to, or detected by, the NSW Police Force from January 1995 to September 2018, with a focus on