Overview

• The Crime Statistics Agency reported 483,583 criminal incidents in the year to June 30, a record high, with total offences up 15.7% to 638,640 and the offence rate rising 13.8%.
• Theft drove the surge, with thefts from motor vehicles up about 39% to 86,351 and motor vehicle theft up about 42% to the highest level since 2002.
• Police said roughly 5,400 people charged 10 or more times accounted for about 40% of offending, including 1,128 children arrested a combined 7,118 times.
• Family violence reached a record 106,427 incidents, and offences involving prohibited and controlled weapons increased as police reported nearly 11,000 edged weapons seized over the year to August.
• Newly published bail data showed Magistrates’ Court applications up 18.4% with refusals and revocations rising, while the state implements tighter bail laws, a machete ban and targeted measures such as youth ankle‑monitoring trials and Operation Trinity.