%T NSW recorded crime statistics 2012
%A Derek Goh
%A Steve Moffatt


%I NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research
%D 2013

%K Crime



%U https://apo.org.au/node/33713

%X  
This report finds that in New South Wales, the surge in incidents involving the discharge of a firearm into premises which began in February 2010 has been reversed.
In February 2010, incidents of discharge firearm into premises were running at an average of five a month. They peaked in August 2012 at an average rate of more than 11 per month. By December 2012, they were back down to around 6.7 a month. Other types of shooting incident are also down from their peaks between 2001 and 2003.
This report presents further detail on crime trends across New South Wales.
%9 Report