Robberies and stealings are on the rise according to the latest crime snapshot of Moree.
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The latest quarterly crime figures from the NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research (BOCSAR) revealed that while most of the 17 major crime categories remained stable in the Moree Plains Local Government Area (LGA) over the 24 months to March 2018, all but four saw an increase in the 12 months to March 2018.
Domestic violence assault, fraud, steal from a dwelling and interestingly residential break-ins all recorded a drop over the 12-month period.
Despite the drop, domestic violence assault, break and enter dwellings and steal from dwellings all remain well above the state average – four, seven, and four times the NSW rate respectively.
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And while there was 613 incidents of malicious damage to property in the 12 months up to March 2018, it was only slightly higher than the 610 incidents recorded in the same period the previous year.
Meanwhile, robberies continue to climb significantly; robbery with a firearm doubled (from one incident to two in the 12 months to March 2018), robbery with a weapon and not a firearm saw a 71 per cent increase (up by five incidents) and robbery without a weapon went up by 50 per cent (from 10 to 15 incidents).
Stealing from a person saw the biggest jump in the 12 months to March 2018, more than doubling from nine incidents to 20.
Theft from a vehicle was also up, with police called out 178 times in the 12 months to March 2018, compared to 149 the previous year (an increase of 39 per cent).
Stealing from retail also saw a 20 per cent hike, from 149 incidents to 178.
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In the 12 months to March 2018 there were 124 vehicles stolen compared to 93 the previous year, while 199 businesses were broken into, up from 161 in the 12 months to March 2017.
Break and enters to businesses remains 11 times the state average.
Robbery with a firearm is more than eight times the NSW rate, while robbery with a weapon that’s not a firearm and residential break-ins are more than seven times the state average.
All other categories, with the exception of murder and fraud, also remain well above the NSW average.
Across the New England North West region, break and enters to a dwelling and a non-dwelling are 2.5 times the state average. There are also twice as many reports of steal from dwelling and twice as many reports of malicious damage to property.