Overall crime has dropped by nearly 5 per cent across Brimbank.
The crime statistics for the 2013-14 financial year, released by Victoria Police on Wednesday, reveal a 20.6 per cent drop in car thefts, a 15.5 per cent decrease in assaults excluding family violence, a 12.6 per cent dip in robberies and a 7.8 per cent drop in drug offences, resulting in a 4.9 per cent reduction in overall crime.
On the flip side, there was a 20.5 per cent increase in the “other crime” category, which includes weapons and explosives offences, justice procedures such as intervention order breaches and bail offences, and harassment.
Brimbank Inspector Chris Gilbert was pleased with the results.
“We’ve managed to achieve reductions in all of our major crime categories and also for injury collisions,” Inspector Gilbert said.
“The key to these results has been a lot of hard work from a committed uniform team working from Keilor Downs and Sunshine.
“The crime tasking teams have done an excellent job as have the Highway Patrol.
“Our members receive terrific support from our intelligence operatives and we’re confident we can identify and respond to changing crime trends better than ever.
“We will be working just as hard this coming year to ensure we make further inroads.”
Inspector Gilbert called on the Brimbank community to help police by securing their homes and cars to thwart opportunistic burglars or car thieves.
Read the full report in next Tuesday’s edition of Star Weekly.
