Sky News Australia | 'I've never seen anything like it': theft rates drop Brisbane Times Less heroin use, a booming economy and tougher policing have led to a 59 per cent drop in robberies across NSW in the past decade, new figures show. The robbery rate across the country almost halved between 2001 and 2009 and is still dropping, the ... Robbery rate halves on back of fall in heroin use Robbery, burglary, motor vehicle thefts all down, NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics ... Thefts and robberies down in NSW: report |