Crime has fallen again in Casey following the Andrew Labor Government’s record community safety investment.
The crime rate in Casey dropped 14 percent in the year to 30 June 2018.
The latest crime statistics show that the number of offences in Casey LGA dropped 14 per cent in the year to June 2018.
Property and deception offences dropped 21.6 percent with theft down 21.2 percent.
Crimes against the person dropped 6.3 percent with assaults down 6.3 percent sexual offences down 1.7 percent.
The offence rate for the year to June 2018 is 5929 per 100,000 resident population, which is a 17.4 percent decrease compared to the previous 12 month period.
Since July 2015, the government has provided more than $1.4 million in funding under the Community Crime Prevention program for 18 projects to improve community safety in Casey.
The Casey area joins another 63 local government areas across Victoria’s 79 that have experienced a decrease in their crime rate compared to the previous 12 months.
Importantly, the Crime Statistics Agency (CSA) data also shows that family violence continues to be one of the most significant contributors of violence against the person in our state.
This is in addition to the Labor Government’s historic $2.6 billion investment into the prevention of family violence. Recommendations from the Royal Commission are currently being rolled out to boost police capability and powers.
The fall in crime comes as they give police the biggest boost to its numbers in history, with 96 new police already allocated to Casey this year.
The record $2 billion investment into Victoria Police funded 3135 frontline police to be deployed by 2022, along with new technology, state-of-the-art equipment and facilities and stronger laws to crack down on crime.
Member for Cranbourne District, Jude Perera MP welcomed the latest statistics from the independent CSA but also said more work needs to be done to continue to drive crime down further.
“Our unprecedented investment in Victoria Police is making a difference with the crime rate continuing to fall – quarter on quarter – as more frontline police hit the streets,” he said.
“There’s still more work to do – we want to drive the crime rate down in our local area as low as possible.
“We back Victoria Police and we will continue to give them the resources, technology and the equipment they need to respond to and crack down on crime in our community.”
