From memory, the only crime that has gone up since 2000 is sexual assault/rape and that is more to do with increased reporting than an actual increase in incidence
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Sexual assault & DV rates have either stayed the same or increased I think
@DonWeatherburn said. But I assume those crimes are under-reported anyway so getting an accurate picture is prob challenging? So Aus has become safer for men but less safe for women
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I don't think it's less safe for women per se, I think that hte underlying reporting system was very bad but is slowly improving which means it's hard to know if it's more/less safe. That being said, given the general downtrend in all non-sexual violent crime (inc homicide)...
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