Crime in regional NSW is trending downwards, although retail theft, primarily the theft of alcohol, has grown by 140 per cent over the past 10 years.

A NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research (BOSCAR) June quarterly update , released on September 16, found property-related offences in regional NSW had dropped by 8.9 per cent over the past two years to July 2025.

The Far West and Orana regions have experienced a significant 22 per cent fall in crime reports, while the NSW Riverina has recorded a 16.6 per cent decline.

BOCSAR exec dir Jackie Fitzgerald told ACM, the publisher of this masthead, that data looks "pretty good" for regional NSW and "a lot better than Sydney".

"Regional NSW has five offences trending downwards in the two years to June 2025 - robbery, break and enter non-

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