The number of sexual assaults and indecent assaults in Dubbo have dramatically increased, based on the latest NSW crime statistics.
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The Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research (BOCSAR) data shows there were 39 cases of sexual assault reported to police in the Dubbo LGA in 2013, which jumped to 63 in 2014.
Similarly, the number of indecent assaults, acts of indecency and other sexual offences in 2013 rose from 56 to 81 the following year.
Dubbo has double the amount of recorded violent offences compared to NSW as a whole, based on data from 2010 to 2014 and just over double the level of property offences.
Domestic violence-related assault and non-domestic assault both remained relatively consistent in the two years to December 2014.
In 2013 there were 342 domestic violence-related assaults, compared to 336 in 2014, while there were 365 non-domestic violence-related assaults in 2013, which decreased to 334 the following year.
There was a major increase of break and enter from non-dwelling in 2014- 69 in 2013, compared to 208 the following year.
Steal from motor vehicle has also increased from 632 to 759.
However, steal from retail store, steal from dwelling and steal from person all show a decrease, most significantly the decrease in thefts from retail stores from 348 reported incidents in 2013 to 271 in 2014.
Malicious damage to property remained high with 900 incidents reported to police in 2014, as did break and enter dwelling at 540.
Alternatively, robberies stayed low.
There were 10 robberies without a weapon in 2014, nil with a firearm and 10 with a weapon that was not a firearm.
For NSW as a whole, Deputy Premier and Minister for Justice and Police, Troy Grant, said 16 of the state's major offence categories had either trended downwards or remained stable in the past two years to December 2014.
"Robbery crimes with and without a weapon have recorded substantial falls of 14.5 per cent and 21.7 per cent respectively, break and enter non-dwelling is down 12.8 per cent, and steal from person is down 14.6 per cent," he said.
Steal from dwelling showed a statewide increase from 21,647 recorded thefts in 2013 to 22,335 in 2014.
"While I am concerned steal from dwelling recorded a 3.2 per cent increase over the reporting period, BOCSAR observes most of this increase appears to be due to offences occurring outside residential buildings," Mr Grant said.
"Common items stolen include parts of the house such as hot water systems and mailboxes, as well as bicycles and scooters, so I encourage everyone to take care when storing valuable items around their properties."