Preventing crime
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Welcome to the NSW Government's crime prevention website. This website provides information and resources for local councils, community members, businesses and crime prevention practitioners to reduce crime.

The NSW Government is committed to reducing crime, particularly violent crime. The State Plan identifies the following priorities and targets for reducing crime in NSW:

    • Reduce the incidence of property crimes against households by 15% by 2016
    • Reduce the incidence of violent crimes against individuals by 10% by 2016.
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Latest additions

Don't leave valuables in your car
What have you got to lose? Don't leave valuables in your car
In a project funded by the NSW Government, the NSW Police Force with assistance from volunteers, fitted more than 11,500 cars with free theft resistant number plate screws between July and September 2009. This project ran in the south west of Sydney. More information on how to improve the security of your car is available on the Factsheets webpage.

Crime prevention audit tools
Recently developed crime risk audit tools for car parks and street parking. These tools were developed to assist owners and operators of spaces where cars are parked to reduce the likelihood of steal from motor vehicle offences. These and other tools can be downloaded from the Factsheets webpage.

Crime prevention checklists
Recently developed security checklists to help you improve the security of your house, apartment and/or business. These and other crime prevention factsheets can be downloaded from the Factsheets webpage.



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