South Australia Police monthly state and Local Service Area crime statistics, current to 31 December, 2013 have been released.

State-wide the statistics over the last 12 months to the end of December show that total offences against the person have not changed and the total offences against property have fallen five per cent, which has resulted in an overall drop in reported crime of four per cent.

The release of these statistics is part of a commitment to extend our communication and engagement with the community.

Anyone who is interested is able to access the information by selecting their area on our interactive map available at: http://www.police.sa.gov.au/sapol/about_us/statistics/crime_statistics.jsp

Or, click on the “Crime Statistics” button on the right hand side of our News Front page.

A link then takes you to the appropriate Local Service Area data.

SAPOL statistics have been compiled in compliance with nationally accepted and approved counting rules.

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