The resolution rate for the violence category overall is 83.3 percent.

Recorded Sexual offences have increased by 6.3 percent this year and comprise less than one percent of recorded crime. "We know these offences are under reported and are therefore very sensitive to increased public awareness and reduced tolerance for such offending in society." Mr Nicholls said.

Drugs and Anti-social offences increased 12.2 percent in the last year. This increase stems mainly from increase across all three drugs offence classes, with drugs (not cannabis) up 28.1 percent, cannabis up 25.9 percent and new drug (such as methamphetamine) up 24.9 percent. Increases occurred in all districts.

"The increase in cannabis offences was almost entirely driven by an increase in offences relating to cultivation, supply and possession offences. Extra resources were invested in the National Cannabis and Crime Operation, Operation Kristy, which ran from December to March, netted a huge haul of 141,000 plants, and resulted in the arrest of 1,125 offenders, seizure of 191 firearms, the recovery of $400,000 of stolen property and the location of four methamphetamine labs being identified.

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