NCJ Number
235826
Date Published
2011
Length
57 pages
Annotation
This report from the New South Wales Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research presents data on crime reported to, or detected by, the New South Wales police force for the period January 1995 to December 2010, with a focus on trends for the 24 months ending December 2010.
Abstract
Highlights from this report indicate that while violent offenses at the State level show a strong seasonal variation they have remained at a stable rate for the 5 year period ending December 2010, and that property offenses at the State level, while they display less seasonal variation, have shown a downward trend for the 5 year period ending December 2010. For the 24-month period ending December 2010, violent offenses did not show any uptrends at the State, Statistical Division, and the Metropolitan Statistical Subdivision, while property offenses did not show any uptrends at the State and Metropolitan Statistical Subdivision. This report from the New South Wales (NSW) Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research presents data on crime reported to, or detected by, the NSW police force for the period January 1995 to December 2010. Data for this report came from the Computerized Operational Policing System (COPS) of the NSW police force. The information in the report is presented in five sections: Section 1 - Overview of Trends in Violent and Property Crime; Section 2 - Overview of Trends in Recorded Crime, by Offense Type; Section 3 - Trends, Rate Comparisons and Recorded Criminal Incidents for Major Offenses, NSW Regions and Local Government Areas (LGAS); Section 4 - Methods of Proceedings Against Alleged Offenders, 2008, 2009 and 2010; and Section 5 - Cleared Criminal Incidents and Whether Legal Proceedings Commenced for Selected Offenses, January 2008 to September 2010. Tables and appendixes