Moree has seen a drop in the number of violent offences over the past five years, according to the latest crime snapshot.
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The latest quarterly crime figures from the NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research (BOCSAR) revealed that while property offences in the Moree Plains Local Government Area (LGA) remained stable over the past five years – still 3.9 times the NSW rate – violent offences recorded a 3.5 per cent drop.
And while most of the 17 major crime categories remained stable over the 24 months to June 2018, domestic violence related assault and malicious damage to property are on the downturn.
In the 12 months to June 2018 there were 196 recorded domestic violence assaults, down from 249 the year before – a 21.3 per cent drop.
Meanwhile, the number of malicious damage incidences saw a six per cent decline over the 12 month period, from 635 to to 597.
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Other significant drops include sexual assault, which fell 30 per cent, from 40 incidences to 29, and robbery with a firearm which went from three incidences in the 12 months to June 2017 to zero in the year to June 2018.
There were also not as many break-ins or stealing from homes in the 12 months to June 2018, down by 137 incidences (32.3 per cent) and 40 (24.7 per cent) respectively.
Despite the decline, all of these categories except robbery with a firearm remain well above the state average – home break-ins are six times higher, malicious damage to property is 5.7 times, domestic violence assault is 3.9 times, steal from a dwelling is 3.6 times and sexual assault is 2.8 times the NSW rate.
Steal from a person recorded the highest increase in the 12 months to June 2018, rising 58.3 per cent from 12 to 19 incidences, while robbery without a weapon rose 41.7 per cent from 12 to 17 incidences. Indecent assault saw a 30.4 per cent increase, while stealing from a motor vehicle climbed 29 per cent and stealing from a retail store rose 27.2 per cent.
Non domestic violence related assault, robbery with a weapon but not a firearm, motor vehicle theft, fraud and business break-ins also increased.
Break and enters to businesses is 9.7 times the NSW average, while robbery without a weapon is 6.7 times higher and robbery with a weapon not a firearm is 5.9 times above the state rate.
Across the New England North West region, break and enters to a dwelling are 2.5 times the state average, while break-ins to non-dwellings a 2.2 times higher. There are also twice as many reports of malicious damage to property.
