Australia has Experienced One of the Most Astonishing Drops in Crime Ever Recorded by Any Country
Feb 8, 2021
The old newsroom adage, “if it bleeds, it leads,” did not apply to Australia recently, as editors covered the front pages with positive headlines about one of the world’s most dramatic drops in crime rates ever reported in a developed nation.
Since 2001, break-ins have fallen by 68%, motor vehicle theft by 70%, robbery by 71%, attempted murder by 70%, and murder rates by 50%, while overall homicide including manslaughter plummeted by 59%.
A comprehensive report in the
Sydney Morning Herald provides the details of the precipitous fall, while also attempting to explain this bettering of society.