Property crime is down two per cent three quarters of the way into 2015, compared to 2014, a year which marked at least a five-year high for residential break-ins, according to police data that is sent to Richmond city council’s safety committee.
This year, residential break-ins are down 14 per cent and business break-ins are down 10 per cent over last year, as of the end of September.
General theft reports are up 17 per cent while fraud incidents have spiked 27 per cent, over the same periods.
Meanwhile, drug offences are also up 14 per cent, with 532 reported incidents.
