Horsham crime rate increases for year ending in September 2021

The data shows the total number of criminal incidents in Horsham for the year ending in September 2021 to have increased by 2.5 per cent from the same time in 2020 - from 1485 incidents in 2020 to 1522 in 2021.

There were 7623.6 incidents per 100,000 population in Horsham, compared to the state average of 5358.1.

Of the criminal incidents, 48.4 per cent resulted in charges being laid, 25.1 per cent resulted in no charges being laid, 26.5 per cent remained unsolved.

Breaching of a family violence intervention order was the most common offence, however it was down from 197 in the previous year to 190.

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Criminal damage offences rose, from 95 in the previous year to 156 offences in 2021.

Breach bail conditions, theft, and common assault were the third, fourth and fifth most common offences in the region respectively.

In nearby Yarriambiack, crime was down by 4.8 per cent compared to the previous year. Hindmarsh saw a rise of 6.3 per cent, and West Wimmera an increase of 26.4 per cent - the largest percentage increase in the region.

There were 496,260 criminal offences recorded state-wide for the 12 months up to September 2021, representing a decrease of 10 per cent, or 55,128 offences from the previous year.

Breaches of court orders rose by 3.1 per cent across Victoria, largely led by breaches of family violence orders, which rose by 7.8 per cent.

Other criminal offences including stalking, harassment and threatening behaviour also rose, largely driven by online offending.

An increase in assaults was also tied to family violence offending with more than half of all assaults being family violence related, while the rise in sexual offences was most heavily driven by an increase in sexual offences against children.

This increase is mostly due to the Joint Anti Child Exploitation Taskforce identifying a number of instances of non-contact Child Exploitation Material being sourced by offenders online.

However, the year ending in September also saw a decrease in other forms of crime, such as burglaries, robberies and thefts.

For more information, visit: https://www.crimestatistics.vic.gov.au/.

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