The aspect of fresh crime data which police admit they’re concerned about

Police admit they’re concerned about a worrying rise in youth offenders, saying crime has been “slowly creeping up” post-pandemic.

Youth crime has hit a 14-year high according recently released crime data, with offenders aged 10-17 responsible for 22,298 incidents in the last 12 months.

“We’ve been tracking this for some time now,” Victoria Police Acting Deputy Commissioner Brett Curran told Jacqui Felgate.

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“Crime has been slowly creeping up and this is a 7.9 per cent rise…the only thing I’d say is we’re still 6.2 per cent below pre-pandemic levels.”