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2022

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Wednesday, June 21, 2023

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ALL FIRED UP CHRIS Morant captivated all at the Lantern Festival with his fiery antics on Saturday night in Mansfield. PHOTO: Samuel O’Brien  Story and photos on page 21.

Local crime drops again By SAMUEL O’BRIEN CRIME has dropped once again in Mansfield Shire according to the March 2022 to March 2023 statistics released last week. While criminal incidents raised 5.6 per cent across the state, Mansfield’s dropped 16.3 per cent yearon-year, making it into the top 10 decreases by local government area. Crime decreased across the shire, with an increase only recorded in Bonnie

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Doon (36) by one over the past year. The other locations in the top five for most criminal incidents in the Shire were Mansfield (144), Merrijig (12), Jamieson (12) and Goughs Bay (11). Criminal damage, obtaining benefit by deception, residential nonaggravated burglary and other theft increased while breaches in family violence orders decreased. The criminal incident rate per 100,000 had

Mansfield at only 2685 incidents, compared to the rest of the state’s 5344, putting Mansfield well below the average. Mansfield had the sixth largest drop in criminal incidents over the past 12 months to March 2023, with its 16.3 per cent drop coming in behind Moyne (20), Surf Coast (20.7), West Wimmera (27.3), Hindmarsh (31.9), and Queenscliffe (55.1). In the North East, there were mixed results, with

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Alpine (5.7), Strathbogie (13.5) and Yarra Ranges (3.4) shires seeing reductions in crime yearon-year while Benalla (4.4), Murrindindi (5.5) and Wangaratta (8.9) seeing increases. Across Victoria, all offence categories increased in the last 12 months, except for the other offences category. Offences not related to family violence drove the increase up 6.4 per cent while family violence

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related offences increased 3.1 per cent. The majority of the age groups increased in the last 12 months, the only age groups to decrease were 1819 years and 20-24 years. Victoria Police Deputy Commissioner Regional Operations Rick Nugent said, “Serious offences including family violence serious assaults, rape, sex offences against children, and stalking and harassment all recorded reductions.

“While this is positive, there are clearly a number of areas of concern that police are investing significant energy and resources towards.” Crime Statistics Agency Chief Statistician Fiona Dowsley said, “The upward trends observed in recorded crime measures in the last 12 months coincide with a return to pre-pandemic related movements in the community. ■ Continued pager 3

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