Crime increases in the Murrindindi Shire

THE latest crime data from Crimes Statistics Agency has recently been released for the year ending December 2023. In Victoria a total of 523,523 criminal offences were recorded, representing an increase of 40,351 offences or 8.4 per cent from 2022.

Murrindindi Shire hasn’t had great results when it comes to criminal incidents. There was a 9.4 per cent increase compared to the previous year.

In the Murrindindi Shire, 26.3 per cent of crimes resulted in charges laid, for 26.3 per cent no charges were laid, and 47.3 per cent were unsolved.

The location types where the crimes took place included ‘in houses’, where 191 crimes took place. This has gone down from 203 the year before.

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