Crime statistics and the NSW North Coast, June 2012

From the NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research June 2012 Quarterly Report on Recorded Crime Statistics:

• Richmond-Tweed: Steal from retail store (up 12.7%) and steal from person (up 35.7%)
• Mid-North Coast: Robbery with a weapon not a firearm (up 88.9%) [These regional percentage figures in point form cover the 24 months to June 2012 and are taken from a 6 September 2012 media release]

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.

An explanation of the uses and abuses of crime statistics for those with an interest in the subject:

http://youtu.be/VkfLa_zOtak