NSW recorded crime statistics: quarterly update June 2016

In the 24 months to June 2016, two of the 17 major offences showed a significant upward trend across NSW, nine were trending downward and the remaining six offences were stable. The offences trending upward were steal from retail store (up 6.3%) and fraud (up 1.7%). The offences trending down were: murder (down 32.1%); robbery without a weapon (down 25.9%); robbery with a firearm (down 41.7%); robbery with a weapon not a firearm (down 22.2%); break and enter dwelling (down 7.2%); motor vehicle theft (down 12.6%); steal from dwelling (down 6.6%); steal from person (down 9.9%); malicious damage to property (down 3.2%)