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25 June 2025
Alpine Shire crime rate stays among state’s lowest, despite jump in family violence

ALPINE Shire’s criminal incident rate has bucked a statewide surge in offending despite a rise in local family violence related crimes.

For the year to March, the shire recorded 331 criminal incidents - one less incident than this time last year - according to the Crime Statistics Agency data.

Breach of family violence orders rose to the most common offence after recording 13 more incidents than...

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