New statistics show an increase in youth crime across the state of Victoria, but the overall crime rate has dropped to an eight-year low.
On Dec. 15, the Victorian state government’s Crime Statistic Agency (CSA) released their annual crime statistics, showing the number of criminal offences in Victoria in the last 12 months to Sept. 30 fell to 474,446—a decrease of 4.3 percent when compared to the same time last year.
However, an increase of 8.6 percent in youth crimes was committed by people aged between 10- and 17-years-old and were responsible for the additional 1,343 offences in the last 12 months.
The rise in the statistics comes just after two teenagers, aged 16 and 17, were charged with affray and violent disorder in relation to the fatal stabbing of 18-year-old Hashim Mohammed in St Kilda, Melbourne….