Crime Prevention

Youth crime has been hitting the headlines, but what does the long-term data show? An analysis of crime data shows offender rates have risen for the first time in 14 years, as Australia wrestles with how to manage children who are both victims and criminals.

In the current firestorm of recriminations about the causes of domestic violence and how we might address it, there have been calls for the more frequent or more rapid jailing of violent men. But few are asking: what happens then?

Residents are frustrated with alcohol problems in Ceduna, but leaders say housing and employment challenges are underpinning social issues.

Buying a home? Soon you won't have as much competition from drug dealers, corrupt officials and criminals with dirty money thanks to new laws and a boost to enforcement.

Steven Miles says the new laws include expanding a trial of police stop and search powers to shopping centres, licensed premises, sporting and entertainment venues and high-risk retail outlets. 

Gone are the days of leaving the key in the ignition or the house unlocked as thieves target isolated properties as easy pickings.

Broome tradesman Matej Radelic has pleaded not guilty to aggravated common assault after being accused of restraining three children with cable ties after he found them swimming in a pool at a vacant property.

Youth Advocacy Centre CEO Katherine Hayes has today revealed police are investigating at least one sexual assault committed against a child while they were being held in an adult watch house.

Police officers will soon be able to access near real-time information on firearms and who owns them after the federal government committed hundreds of millions of dollars to implement a national firearms register.

Former Australian of the Year Rosie Batty has reiterated calls for stronger language in cases of violence against women.

Queensland's premier has faced questions over his use of government-chartered jets, as he announced plans to bolster police numbers and give Cairns a dedicated chopper.

Woolworths NZ has seen a 75 per cent increase in physical assaults, in stores in the last three years.

A Four Corners investigation has named a 38-year-old Sydney man suspected of being one of the major importers of methamphetamine into Australia.

From the east to the west, a spate of knife attacks sent fear through Sydney this week. While violent knife crime is declining nationally, buried under the top-line statistics is a more complicated picture.

'We shouldn't put up with it': head of the Family Court says the frequency of violence against women in Australia is a 'national disgrace'.

Coercive control will become a criminal offence in Queensland next year, carrying a maximum sentence of up to 14 years in jail, but survivors fear police won't be equipped to respond.

The Youth Justice Reform Select Committee disbanded after a late night sitting in parliament revealed members were split among party lines on the interim report, including regulations of "traditional and social media".

The violence that unfolded in Westfield Bondi Junction has left women around Australia shaken and disturbed, leading to a spike in demand for some domestic violence services.

Australians are losing millions to international fraud syndicates posting fake ads on social media. One woman who lost more than $100,000 after being "brainwashed" is determined to stop it from happening to others.

Teenager Lachlan Faher-Hegarty, who has been attending the club since he was seven-years-old,  says it has been a safe place for disadvantaged youths. 

An 18-year-old from WA's Midwest has been unable to carry out a court order for community-based work due to a lack of staff at the government agency that oversees it. 

Zachary is one of nearly 3,000 young people who have been helped in the past two years by a youth hub that is about to close as its government funding ends.

Stricter alcohol restrictions, boosting school enrolment and more NDIS coordinators in remote communities: What needs to happen now and into the future to prevent another crisis in Alice Springs?

With the Alice Springs curfew extended for a further six days, organisations and local advocates say it will do little to address the underlying issues driving youth crime in the Red Centre.

The Tennant Creek agricultural learning space will be used as an interim youth justice facility while a permanent site for young people awaiting bail and sentencing is built.