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1998-99 crime statistics

The 1998-99 crime statistics for Victoria show a 3.6% overall increase in crime rates, and an increased rate of apprehension of offenders by police.

"Despite the slight increase in the crime figure, Victorians should rest assured that our state is still by far Australia's safest state with a crime rate 23% below the national average," the Minister for Police and Emergency Services, Mr McGrath, said.

The figures show there were 435,953 crimes recorded in the state for 1998/99, less than 1990/91 when 440,323 crimes were recorded.

(News Release, Office of the Minister for Police and Emergency Services, August 13, 1999)