Property related crime including house break-ins, shop theft and car theft have continued to decline considerably in South Australia, the latest crime statistics have revealed.
The May rolling year crime statistics reveal the total number of property related offences has decreased by eight per cent – or 7,604 offences – in the period with significant reductions in most offences within the category.
Robbery and related offences have also continued to fall with a 10 per cent decline in offences recorded in the period – 80 offences.
Aggravated robberies declined by 14 per cent.
Within the property related offences category theft and related offences recorded a 10 per cent decline in the period.
Car theft recorded a six per cent decline
Shop theft has continued to fall in South Australia as ongoing proactive operations targeting recidivist offenders pay dividends with a seven per cent decline in the May period.
House break-ins have also continued to decline with a 10 per cent decrease recorded in the May period.
Non-residential break-ins also showed another healthy decrease with 318 fewer offences reported – from 3,708 to 3,390. The nine per cent drop followed a seven per cent decline in the April period and five per cent reductions in March and February.
The May rolling year statistics reveal acts intended to cause injury, which includes serious assault resulting in injury and common assault, increased by four per cent from 23,546 to 24,428 incidents reported. Within that category the number of assault police incidents reported decreased by four per cent -from 626 to 601 incidents.
