BOCSAR crime statistics for September quarter 2013

05/12/2013

The NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research has released its latest quarterly crime report. Most major categories of crime in NSW either fell or remained stable over the 24 months to September 2013. Shooting incidents have now returned to their long term average but there were sizeable increases in a number of recorded drug possession offences, including possession of cocaine (up 45.3%), amphetamines (up 13.6%) and other drugs (up 23.2%).

5 December 2013