If your home is broken into in Cowra there is nearly a 50/50 chance the offender is a juvenile male.
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If your motor vehicle goes missing there is a two in three chance the offender is also a juvenile male.
These statistics are revealed in the latest NSW Bureau Crime Statistics and Research (BOSCAR) report.
Released earlier this month the BOSCAR figures revealed, of the 14 incidents of break and enter of a dwelling in Cowra Shire in 2023, seven were committed by adults and seven by juveniles.
Six of the juveniles, BOSCAR revealed, were boys.
Young boys are also committing an increasing number of all thefts committed in Cowra Shire.
Of the 447 offences in 2023, 49, were committed by juvenile males.
Juvenile females were responsible for just seven offences.
Male juveniles were also over represented in cases of motor vehicle theft.
If your motor vehicle goes missing the chance is it will happen on a week night and it will be taken by a juvenile male.
Of the 38 eight vehicles stolen last year 28 were taken of a night, 11 on a weekend and 27 on a week night.
Police arrested and charged 19 offenders with the offence of steal motor vehicle.
Five of these offenders were adult males, the remaining 14, were juveniles - 13 of them young boys and one a young girl.
Release of the figures coincided with debate in NSW Parliament over the Bail and Crimes Amendment Bill 2024 calling for a temporary limitation on granting bail for certain young persons in relation to serious offences.
Speaking in favour of the Bill last week member for Orange Phil Donato said "there comes a point where you have to put the community first".
"Our country communities have had a gutful of being victims to juvenile offenders who run amok," Mr Donato said.
The NSW Legislative Assembly's Committee on Law and Safety last week adopted a new inquiry into community safety in regional and rural communities.
The inquiry will investigate the drivers of youth crime in the regions and actions the NSW Government can take to improve community safety.
The Committee is accepting public submissions until May 31, 2024.