CRIME IN N.S.W.
A MARKED INCREASE. (BY CASLEr- VmsS ASSOCIATION— COPyHIGU'S) . tATISTBALIAH AHD K;Z. CABLS ASSOCIATES.) SYDNEY, February 35. The annual report of the New South Wales Police Department for the year 1925, 'tabled in the Assembly, shows that there has been an increase both with respect to serious crimes and th> total number of cases of all classes of offences. The more serious offences during 1925 numbered 003 more than the. total for tho orevipus year, and the ■aggregate number of cases under allheadings increased by 42"0. Serious crimes totalled 812(3, One of the principal increases recorded was in offences against girls, the increase being twenty-nine. The amount of crime committed by persons of tender years s's still serious, and increasing. The criminal statistics for the metropolitan districts showed » net increase, of 810, but there was a notable decrease, totalling 10§C, in offences against good order.
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Press, Volume LXII, Issue 18626, 26 February 1926, Page 15
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