Premier Daniel Andrews says crime is down 10 per cent, but Opposition Leader Matthew Guy claims the rates of aggravated robbery, robberies, assault and aggravated burglary have all risen under Labor.

Analyses the trends in the rates of annual recorded incidents of ten categories of property and violent crime for the period 1990 to 2017 in New South Wales.

Foreword: For more than a decade, Australia has witnessed a sustained reduction in property crime. Yet relatively little is known about what may have caused this decline. This study aimed to explore plausible explanations for the property crime drop by ‘going to the source’ and interviewing a sample of 994 police detainees as part of...

Explores the methods and motivations of those actively involved in committing burglaries.

The shock that property crime can cause is underestimated by most people – burglary victims, in particular, may experience a psychological trauma in addition to the loss of the property itself. Summary Property crime in Australia declined by more than half between 2001 and 2011 – affecting 2.9 per cent of households in 2012, according...