Crime snapshot
IN Dubbo, like any town or city, there are going to be people committing various crimes on an ongoing basis.
I’m sick of seeing social media comments under crime posts which claim “only in Dubbo” or “so glad I left Dubbo” – these comments are criminally insane, because any place where there are people, there will be crimes.
Here’s a bit of a summary of some of the days of this week that was in the Orana Mid-western Police District and remember, that includes Dubbo, Mudgee, Wellington, Narromine and Gilgandra, so we’re talking a large geographical area and a lot of people.
Most days the Orana Mid-western Police District puts out a public Crime Activity Report which anyone can access and it’s a handy tool when you see some Facebook warriors launching into overdrive about the way the city is going to hell in a hand-basket.
Every crime is one too many especially if you’re the victim of that crime but please don’t believe the over-the-top social media claims that crime in Dubbo is out of control.
The Crime Activity Report put out on Tuesday, February 22 showed local police were investigating nine property offences reported in the previous 24 hours. Bear in mind those breaks-ins or whatever could have been perpetrated by just one or two crooks. During that 24-hour period, four people were arrested and charged with various offences across the entire police district.
The Crime Activity Report released on Monday, February 21, depicted what had happened during the previous 24 hours and saw the cops investigating seven property offences reported in that time. Across the entire police district, six people were arrested and charged with various offences.
Let’s go to Friday 18, where police said they were investigating nine property offences reported in the previous 24 hours, a period where seven people were arrested and charged with various offences.
On Thursday last week, February 17, police were investigating six property offences reported in the previous 24 hours and an 10 people were arrested and charged
with various offences across the Police District during that period.
I hope you get the drift – yes, crime is always happening, but it’s hardly a crime wave.
And the way we can help ourselves, and police, is to ensure we don’t make it easy for these crooks in the first place and then, if there is a crime, report it as soon as possible.