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Crime rate falling

Crime rates in Australia fell from the year 2008/09 to 2009/10, a report form the Australian Bureau of Statistics has shown.

The number of crimes reported to the police in Australia in 2009/10 was lower than that of 2008/09, a new report has revealed.

Published yesterday (February 17th) by the Australian Bureau of Statistics, the report shows that, in terms of Australian property being broken into, Victoria had the lowest rate in the year 2009/10.

The highest number of break-ins was in the Northern Territory, followed by Western Australia and the Australian Capital Territory.

On the whole, Australia had an estimated 335,700 break-in incidents over the year, with jewellery being the most common items to be stolen.

The report also reveals that New South Wales experienced a decrease in the rate of attempted break-ins from 3.2 per cent in 2008/09 to 2.0 per cent in 2009/10.

In Western Australia, the rate of attempted break-ins fell from 4.8 per cent in 2008/09 to 3.9 per cent in 2009/10.

Back in December, the government of Western Australia announced in its 2010-11 Mid Year Financial Projections Statement that the state is on track for economic recovery.

- crime, ABS, WA, ACT, NT

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