Recorded crime reports
BOCSAR produces a quarterly and annual report series examining trends in crime reported to, or detected by, the NSW Police Force. These reports focus on statistical trends across a 24-month period. The data were extracted from the Computerised Operational Policing System (COPS) of the NSW Police Force.
| TRENDS
IN RECORDED CRIMINAL INCIDENTS FOR MAJOR OFFENCES OVER THE 60 MONTHS TO
DECEMBER 2020, NSW |
| | Trend result &
average annual % change |
| Offence
category | | over last 24 months | | over last 60 months |
| Murder * | | Stable | | Stable |
| Domestic
violence related assault | | Stable | | Up by 2.4% |
| Non-domestic
violence related assault | | Stable | | Stable |
| Sexual
assault | | Up by 10.1% | | Up by 7.4% |
| Indecent
assault, act of indecency and other sexual offences | | Stable | | Up by 3.3% |
| Robbery
without a weapon | | Down by 21.2% | | Down by 4.2% |
| Robbery
with a firearm | | Down by 36.0% | | Down by 11.1% |
| Robbery
with a weapon not a firearm | | Stable | | Stable |
| Break
and enter dwelling | | Down by 22.9% | | Down by 9.8% |
| Break
and enter non-dwelling | | Down by 25.8% | | Down by 10.9% |
| Motor
vehicle theft | | Down by 12.8% | | Down by 2.8% |
| Steal
from motor vehicle | | Down by 25.8% | | Down by 8.5% |
| Steal
from retail store | | Down by 26.4% | | Stable |
| Steal
from dwelling | | Down by 10.5% | | Down by 5.8% |
| Steal
from person | | Down by 43.2% | | Down by 18.8% |
| Fraud | | Down by 16.1% | | Stable |
| Malicious
damage to property | | Stable | | Down
by 4.0% |