Data released into regional crime this week has shown the true extent of criminal activity in regional areas, just as the NSW Government released their suite of policies to address the issue.
The report detailed trends across 20 years, finding that while some offences have reduced since 2004, crime in regional NSW consistently remains at least 50 per cent higher than Greater Sydney.
“A long standing feature of crime in NSW is that regional, rural, and remote locations tend to experience higher rates of crime than in the city,” NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research (BOCSAR) Executive Director Jackie Fitzgerald said.
“The gap has grown over time as crime reductions in Sydney exceeded those in the regions from 2004 to 2023.”…