Can Victoria Boast NSW's Crime Statistics?

Victorian crime statistics are quite different to those of NSW where crime across NSW has either remained stable or fallen over the last two years.

The only major offence to have increased across NSW during the last two years was theft from retail store (up 6.1%). This offence has now been trending upwards for six successive quarters.

The premises reporting the greatest increases last year were: supermarkets (incidents increased 16.9% which accounted for 59% of the total increase in retail theft), department stores (incidents increased 11.6% accounting for 24% of the total increase in retail theft) and shopping complexes (incidents increased 6.2% accounting for 14% of the total increase in retail theft).

The most commonly stolen items are liquor, clothing, personal items such as cosmetics, toiletries and razors followed by food (including beverages and confectionary).

The offences trending down were:

1. robbery without a weapon (down 13.3%);
2. robbery with a weapon not a firearm (down 13.9%);
3. break and enter dwelling (down 6.2%);
4. motor vehicle theft (down 7.3%);
5. steal from person (down 13.3%);
6. fraud (down 3.9%).