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 MARCH 2020, NSW |
|
Trend result & average annual % change |
|
Offence category |
over last 24 months |
over last 60 months |
| Murder * |
Stable | Stable |
| Domestic violence related assault | Up by 4.1% | Up by 1.8% |
| Non-domestic violence related assault | Stable | Stable |
| Sexual assault | Up by 7.9% | Up by 5.5% |
| Indecent assault, act of indecency and other sexual offences |
Stable | Up by 3.5% |
| Robbery without a weapon | Stable | Stable |
| Robbery with a firearm | Stable | Stable |
| Robbery with a weapon not a firearm | Up by 10.5% | Stable |
| Break and enter dwelling | Stable | Down by 5.0% |
| Break and enter non-dwelling | Stable | Down by 4.4% |
| Motor vehicle theft | Stable | Stable |
| Steal from motor vehicle | Stable | Down by 1.5% |
| Steal from retail store | Stable |
Up by 4.2% |
| Steal from dwelling |
Stable | Down by 2.7% |
| Steal from person |
Down by 10.4% | Down by 10.4% |
| Fraud | Stable | Stable |
| Malicious damage to property | Stable | Down by 3.3% |