Aggravated home burglaries by children aged 10 to 14 skyrocketed in Victoria in the past year, surging by 86.7 per cent, but teenagers aged between 15 and 17 are committing this offence the most.
Aggravated home burglaries by children aged 10 to 14 skyrocketed in Victoria in the past year, surging by 86.7 per cent, but teenagers aged between 15 and 17 are committing this offence the most, according to the Crime Statistics Agency, which has released crime data for the year to March.
This trend is reflected in the 17.9 per cent increase in car thefts, with police saying they recover 80 per cent of stolen cars. Nugent said police had made more than 1500 arrests in the past year of people they believed were linked to youth gangs, laying more than 3400 charges against 448 alleged young offenders.
Crime Statistics Agency chief statistician Fiona Dowsley said the increases in recorded crimes, coincided with a return to pre-pandemic activities
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