Drysdale / Clifton Springs Crime Rate Rises Significantly in Some Categories

The Herald Sun today has released crime figures for all areas in the state by post code for the years 2004/5 - 2008/9.

Below are the figures from the Herald Sun database for the Drysdale Clifton Springs area. The database allows you to search by post code and by category.

Of note is that deception, assaults, property damage, residential burglary, thefts from motor vehicles, general theft have increased significantly on previous years.  Total crime overall has more than doubled from 2007/08 to 2008/09

Postcode	Category	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08	2008-09	Total	Rate*
3222	Total crime	255	203	196	192	450	1296	118.98
3222	Homicide	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3222	Rape	5	0	0	2	0	7	0.64
3222	Sex attack	5	3	5	0	5	18	1.65
3222	Robbery	1	0	2	0	0	3	0.28
3222	Assault	19	26	28	12	17	102	9.36
3222	Arson	5	5	3	8	11	32	2.94
3222	Property damage	54	48	39	44	67	252	23.13
3222	Abduction/Kidnap	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3222	Burglary aggravated	2	1	0	0	3	6	0.55
3222	Burglary residential	27	13	16	18	29	103	9.46
3222	Burglary other	30	15	8	8	19	80	7.34
3222	Deception	11	8	2	3	85	109	10.01
3222	Handle stolen goods	0	0	1	0	0	1	0.09
3222	Theft from motor vehicle	23	19	14	19	43	118	10.83
3222	Theft shopsteal	1	1	8	1	0	11	1.01
3222	Theft of motor vehicle	12	10	6	10	17	55	5.05
3222	Theft of bicycle	0	1	4	6	4	15	1.38
3222	Theft other	50	39	38	36	123	286	26.26
3222	Drugs - Manufacture/Traffic	0	1	1	0	0	2	0.18
3222	Drugs - Possess/Use	0	1	3	1	3	8	0.73
3222	Going equipped to steal	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3222	Justice procedures	5	5	7	12	3	32	2.94
3222	Regulated public order	0	0	0	2	1	3	0.28
3222	Weapons/Explosives	0	2	3	7	12	24	2.2
3222	Harassment	0	2	2	1	0	5	0.46
3222	Behaviour in public	1	1	1	1	1	5	0.46
3222	Other	4	2	5	1	7	19	1.74

* Rate = per 1000 of population. N/A - population figures not available.


The article says it took the Herald Sun 5 months to get this data released.

Interesting coinciding with this release, the Victoria Police media site has released a news item today which says "Crime in Victoria continued to drop over the past year, with significant decreases in street robberies and assaults involving knives..."

The official Victoria Police map detailing crime for this area does not provide data down to post code level - only the regional level which you can see from this map is absoutely huge compared to a more granular representation at postcode level.

Apparently according to the Victoria Police news site "The My Place statistics shown here are based on the previous regional boundaries. Updated statistics will be available in September, and these will reflect the new regional boundaries."

What is unclear is where the new regional boundaries will be.