​Preventing or reporting crime

Communities, government agencies, businesses and service providers all have a role to play in preventing crime. Reducing crime and helping everyone to understand what they can do about it is a priority for the NSW Government.

The Premier's P​​riorities​ outlines government commitments to preventing and reducing the level of crime to support the growth of safer, stronger communities.

In this section you can read about evidence-based policies and programs to prevent crime and reduce re-offending. You can also find out what you can do to avert crime at a personal, community and statewide level.

​Prevent crime

Find information about how to protect yourself and your surroundings from graffiti, card fraud, theft and other crimes.

Protecting your business

Protecting your community

Protecting your home

Protecting yourself

Protecting your vehicle

Information for councils

​Report crime

Useful information and contacts for reporting graffiti and other crimes.

Graffiti hotline

Report a crime

Police contacts

SCAMwatch

Crime Stoppers

​Crime prevention facts, figures and resources

Find facts, figures and resources related to crime and criminal justice interventions.

About Crime Prevention Programs

Crime Prevention Issues

Fact sheets

Crime information for NSW and local area

NSW custody statistics

NSW crime trends tool

Traffic Offender Intervention Program

TOIPs is a Local Court-based program that aims to provide people who are guilty of a traffic offence with skills and information to develop safer driving behaviours.

Find out more about TOIPs


Safeguard your identity

Discover techniques to reduce the risk of identity theft.

What is identity theft?

Five steps to reducing identity theft

Safeguarding your birth certificate

Reporting identity theft


​Youth on Track

Youth on Track is an early intervention scheme that identifies and responds to young people at risk of long-term involvement in the criminal justice system. ​

The Youth on Track scheme​​​

Youth on Track fact sheet [PDF,​​​ 105kb]

Forum Sentencing

Forum Sentencing brings together the offender, the victim and the community that has been affected by a crime to heal harms and to help prevent re-offending.

Information for victims

Information for offenders

Information for legal practitioners

Legislation, policies and procedures

​Domestic and family violence

The NSW Government is committed to improving the justice system response to domestic and family violence.

About domestic and family violence


Justice reforms

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