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
2021, 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 1.1% | | Up by 2.4% |
| Non-domestic
violence related assault | Stable | | Stable |
| Sexual
assault | Up by 14.4% | | Up by 8.0% |
| Indecent
assault, act of indecency and other sexual offences | Stable | | Up by 3.0% |
| Robbery without a weapon | Down
by 21.9% | | Down
by 6.3% |
| Robbery
with a firearm | Down
by 35.2% | | Down
by 13.0% |
| Robbery with a weapon not a firearm | Stable | | Stable |
| Break
and enter dwelling | Down
by 27.1% | | Down
by 10.9% |
| Break and enter non-dwelling | Down
by 32.6% | | Down
by 12.6% |
| Motor
vehicle theft | Down
by 16.3% | | Down
by 3.9% |
| Steal from motor vehicle | Down
by 29.1% | | Down
by 9.8% |
| Steal
from retail store | Down
by 29.0% | | Stable |
| Steal from dwelling | Down
by 13.8% | | Down
by 6.4% |
| Steal
from person | Down
by 45.2% | | Down
by 19.9% |
| Fraud | Down
by 17.9% | | Down
by 3.7% |
| Malicious
damage to property | Stable | | Down
by 4.1% |