Presents data on crime reported to, or detected by, the NSW Police Force from January 1995 to December 2014, with a focus on the statistical trends for the 24 months ending December 2014. Summary The report includes an overview of trends in the most recent two-year period for major offence categories, firstly for NSW and...

This study finds that the January 2014 reforms appear to have reduced the incidence of assault in the Kings Cross and CBD entertainment precincts. Abstract Aims: To determine (1) whether the January 2014 reforms to the NSW Liquor Act reduced the incidence of assault in the Kings Cross and Sydney CBD Entertainment Precincts. (2) Whether...

In the period since 1990, assault and sexual assault rates recorded significant long term upward trends whilst the other eight offences analysed in this report were trending down or stable. Abstract Aim: The aim of this paper is to analyse the trends in the rates of annual recorded incidents of 10 categories of property and...

Aim: To investigate whether the NSW Higher and Local Courts have become more lenient across a range of offence categories. Method: Examination of trends from 1994 to 2013 in bail outcomes, the use of imprisonment as a sanction for convicted offenders, and average length of prison sentence imposed for convicted offenders. Results: The NSW criminal...

Describes trends in charges for driving while disqualified (DWD), to examine characteristics of DWD offenders and the penalties imposed on them. Aim To describe trends in charges for driving while disqualified (DWD), to examine characteristics of DWD offenders and the penalties imposed on them, and to profile DWD offender subtypes: disqualified by the court (DWD-D)...