Over the past 12 months stock theft crimes increased by 176 to 677 – a 35 per cent rise. Picture by Mark Jesser.
RISING incidents of NSW stock theft are at odds with state government claims crime levels are at a record low.
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Police Minister Troy Grant welcomed this morning’s latest quarterly report by the Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research – highlighting the fact 16 out of 17 major offences, including murder, domestic violence and robbery – had remained stable over the past two years.
But over the past 12 months stock theft crimes increased by 176 to 677 – a 35 per cent rise.
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Alex Druce
Senior Journalist
Politics and rural issues journo in Sydney. Give me a yell at adruce@fairfaxmedia.com.au
Politics and rural issues journo in Sydney. Give me a yell at adruce@fairfaxmedia.com.au
