On 21 August 2013 The Daily Examiner trumpeted; The Clarence Valley has returned some of the worst crime statistics in regional NSW following a 10-year review into offending trends across the state…..In nearly every category, crimes in Clarence were declining at a far slower rate than in the rest of the state.
Here is the actual Clarence Valley major property/theft crime profile between 2000-2012, published in August 2013 by the NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics:
Break And Enter Dwelling -38.6% (12 year rate per 100,000 head of population falling but above overall state 12 year rate)
Motor Vehicle Theft 5.8% (now over the state 12 year rate per 100,000 head of population)
Stealing From Dwelling -45% (12 year rate per 100,000 head of population falling but above overall average state 12 year rate)
Stealing From Person – less than 20 incidents per year over the last 3 years
Stealing From A Motor Vehicle -3.13% (12 year rate per 100,000 head of population falling but above overall average state 12 year rate)
Stealing From A Retail Store -7.8% (12 year rate per 100,000 head of population falling and less than 1% above overall average state 12 year rate)
Robbery - less than 20 incidents per year over the last 3 years
Comparing Clarence Valley property offense rates with the rest of regional New South Wales and the North Coast one finds that; falls in rates of this offence in the Murrumbidgee, Northern, Far West and Murray SD ranged between 11.5 and 32.8 per cent and the Northern SD experienced a 15.8 per cent increase in the rate of motor vehicle theft.
Comparing Clarence Valley property offense rates with the rest of regional New South Wales and the North Coast one finds that; falls in rates of this offence in the Murrumbidgee, Northern, Far West and Murray SD ranged between 11.5 and 32.8 per cent and the Northern SD experienced a 15.8 per cent increase in the rate of motor vehicle theft.
All recent NSW crime statistics releases here.
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