A beautiful seaside resort, Wolonggang (Wollongong)., is 80 kilometers south of Sydney (journalist, Australia) intern Hill, Colony long, Australia. The new state's third-largest city has tropical rainforests, cliff cliffs and beautiful beaches, where two hundred thousand people live.
Wolonggang is a beautiful seaside city (photo source: Internet)
However, if there was a "calm" in the past and was recently repeated by the Chinese, the attacks on Chinese students were broken by robberies (click on the earlier report).
For a moment, the local Chinese society was panicked.
Behind the serenity and serenity of Wolonggang, what kind of "danger" is lurking? Or is this really a good place to live?
Fewer people kill and set fire, more petty theft, as many as 6000 burglary cases last yea
The reporter obtained data from the New State Crime Research Bureau, which includes various criminal cases in recent years, such as homicide, theft, opposition to judicial procedures, malicious destruction of property, kidnapping, and drug crimes in new states and cities and urban areas. The number of cases per one hundred thousand population samples in nearly 20 categories such as sexual crime et al. (the following data are the crime incidence rates per one hundred thousand population samples).
According to the data, from April 2017 to March this year, the highest number of top five cases in the Wolonggang Municipal Government area (covering 714k, including Wolonggang CBD) were theft (2913.8) and judicial proceedings violations (966.4), in the following order: theft (2913.8), violation of judicial proceedings (966.4), Malicious destruction of property (833.3), drug crimes (798.8), attacks (Assault,734.8).
(photo source: Australia Today)
According to data from the 2016 census, Wolonggang has a population of two hundred and three thousand six hundred and twenty nine. Based on this calculation, over the past year, the entire Wolonggang City District, only about 6000 cases of theft.
"petty theft is common," said Mr. Zhang, who was attacked on June 27 in front of his supermarket, where goods are often stolen. The two main assailants were the local teenagers who had been caught several times by him.
Wolonggang theft was the highest at 2913.8 / one hundred thousand people (photo source: new State Crime Research Bureau)
A number of Huachao bosses say goods stolen are more common (photo source: for pictures)
In addition, the annual harassment stalking and threat of, sexual crime, arson in Wolonggang, the rate of robbery was 358.4149.6, 88.5, 38.4 respectively.
It is worth mentioning that the murder rate in Wolonggang over the past year was 0. 6%.
Security situation in Wolonggang according to the numbeo website (photo source: network)
According to numbeo's data collection over the past three years, about half of the 15 indicators were "worried" about eight of them. For example, 65.91 percent of respondents said crime had increased over the past three years, 54.55 percent worried about being insulted, and only 36.36 percent thought it was safe to walk at night.
The incidence of CBD is "on an equal footing" with Sydney, and the criminal case data overwhelms the new state in an all-out way.
The above data, covering the entire Wolonggang City District. If the scope is narrowed down to (CBD), the area where local Chinese and Chinese students are frequently attacked recently, the situation is obviously even more serious.
"Sydney feels more disorderly, and burglary should be a little more." Mr. Xia, who once lived in Wolonggang and Sydney respectively, said.
Mr Xia's "feeling" is theoretically true, but the reality is not always true.
Figures show that the incidence rate in downtown Wolonggang is not "inferior" to Sydney's CBD, some categories of criminal cases are more frequent, and the data are more comprehensive "crush" the new state average.
New state crime data comparison between Wolonggang urban area and Sydney (photo source: Australia today)
It is easy to see that the rate of theft in downtown Wolonggang is similar to that in Sydney's CBD, but the number of cases involving violations of judicial procedures far exceeds that of the latter two places. The rate of attacks, which have alarmed Chinese students, has also been roughly the same as in downtown Sydney, according to previous reports.
In addition, the number of local kidnappings is apparently high, which is six times as high as Sydney and New York.
As for the new state-wide average, Wolonggang's data can be described as "shocking".
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A comparison of the criminal cases between Wolonggang and Xinzhou in recent two years (photo source: new state crime study, Bureau of Statistics)
Compared with the crime data of Wolonggang CBD in the last 5 years, drug, illegal weapons, alcohol, sexual crime, disorder behavior, kidnapping and other types of cases showed an upward trend. In addition, attacks, harassment, stalking and threats are basically stable.
Wolonggang CBD Crime data comparison for the past 5 years (Photo: Australia Today)
One of the fastest-growing cases was drug crime, which rose 25.3 percent five years ago between April 2017 and March 2018.
In just five years, the incidence of illegal weapons-related crimes in Wolonggang CBD has doubled, from 344.6 to 604.1, and kidnapping has even tripled, from 5.4 to 15.5, a cause for concern.
Warrawong became a "crime capital", lying in the three major urban areas on the list of the worst in the state
According to the data, the incidence of CBD in Wolonggang is similar to that in Sydney, with recent attacks and robberies by Chinese students, mostly in the heart of the city.
However, today, Australia's journalist comb found that the rate of criminal cases in CBD is still "pediatrics." In the entire Wolonggang City District, Warrawong is called the "capital of crime," even the "reputation" of Port Kembla cases are far lower.
Crime data comparison in Wolong Kong City area (photo source: Australia Today)
The Warrawong reported an annual theft rate of 9670.9 last year, meaning one out of every 10 Warrawong residents had committed theft, according to data.
High incidence of Warrawong theft (photo: new state crime study, Bureau of Statistics)
In addition to the high incidence of theft, Warrawong's malicious destruction of property, drug-related crime, harassment and tracking and threats, disorderly conduct, illegal arms-related crime and robberies are much higher than those of Wollonggang. That is, the number of thieves and junkies in the city is far more than the rest of the rest of the Wollonggang.
It is worth mentioning that, Port Kembla is the most vulnerable area to kidnap, with a 19.2 case rate last year, compared with 4.7 in Wolonggang as a whole. The most arson-prone urban area was Berkeley, which was 315.9 last year, nearly nine times more likely to be arson than CBD.
Wolonggang is on the list of the most vulnerable urban areas (photo source: online)
In 2015, Professor Tony Vinson and Associate Professor Margot Rawsthorne of the University of Sydney ranked 621 regions of the new state according to 21 indicators, including income, level of education, literacy and numeracy, long-term unemployment, juvenile delinquency and criminalization.
The results showed that Warrawong,Port Kembla and Berkeley, the three Wulonggang municipal districts, were collectively ranked among the 40 most vulnerable districts in the state, and ranked in the top 5%.
Review the source of crime in Wolonggang, single parent, unemployed, drop out of school, poverty.
Why is the criminal case rate of Wollonggang so high? The reporter tried to find out the cause from the data.
Figures from the 2016 census showed that in unemployment, income, single-parent families and education, Wolonggang was less optimistic than in New York and Australia as a whole.
Large-scale reduction in local unemployment in factories
In terms of employment, Wolong Kong's unemployment rate is higher than that of New York and Australia as a whole. 7.1 percent of the 95,000-year-old workforce was unemployed, compared with 6.3 percent in New York and 6.9 percent in Australia.
Wolonggang's unemployment rate is higher than in New York and Australia (photo source: Bureau of Statistics), Australia)
Among them, the long-term unemployment of, Port Kembla residents has been repeatedly mentioned by Wolonggang Chinese. Large-scale closures or cuts in production in local factories have led to an increase in unemployment and social unrest.
Port Kembla (image source: new state government official website)
(photo source: Australia Today)
In addition, the percentage of full-time stable jobs in all categories of working hours was as low as 39.8 percent, significantly lower than in New York and across Australia.
In the Warrawong district of Wolonggang City, the proportion of manual workers in (Labourers) was 18%, which was much higher than the average level of 8.8% in Xinzhou and 9.5% in Australia. At the same time, the proportion of professionals (Professionals) 11.7 percent is significantly lower than the 23.6 percent in New York and 22.2 percent in Australia, while the 5.9 percent of manager (Managers) is well short of 13.5 percent and 13 percent, respectively.
Port Kembla and Berkeley-related data ratios are similar.
The overall income is low, the situation of extreme poverty families is serious.
High unemployment directly leads to low incomes. Both per capita and household, Wolonggang's income is lower than the average in New York and even across Australia.
Of these, individuals aged 15 and over earn A $584 a week, below the A $664 and A $662 averages in New York and Australia.
As far as families are concerned, 1339 of the weekly income is also lower than the average.
High unemployment rates cause Wolonggang residents to earn less than New States and Australia (photo source: Australian Bureau of Statistics)
The situation in the Warrawong district of Wolonggang is particularly prominent, with many families living on less than A $600 a week and a high proportion of residents claiming disability benefits, according to a study by two professors at the University of Sydney.
According to the latest figures from the Australian Inland Revenue Service, the low-income line for individuals across Australia is A $37000 a year, or A $711.54 a week. Household income is A $1282 a week. As a result, the total income of some Warrawong poor households is even lower than the individual poverty line in Australia.
Low level of education, higher education, "scarce"
In terms of education, Wolonggang had the highest level of education in grade 9 (or junior high school) and below, accounting for 10.8 percent, a figure higher than the average in New York and across Australia.
At the same time, the proportion of the college degree or above is 28.9%, and the data is not as good as the latter (32.3% in the new state and 30% in all-Australia).
Education level of Wolonggang residents (photo source: Australian Bureau of Statistics)
Even the more concentrated Wolonggang CBD, which has a relatively high-quality population, has only 36.9% of the population with education above its specialties. By contrast, Sydney's new Chinese district, Rhodes, which has a large number of Chinese immigrants, is 62%.
An earlier study by two professors also showed that Wolonggang's Warrawong was highly educated, with 11.4 percent of the local education population and above, 18.1 percent of the population, and 14.6 percent, or about half of the new state average. Many students do not meet minimum math and reading standards, and many drop out before the age of 15.
The proportion of single-parent families with a high divorce rate is far above the average
Not only is unemployment high and income low, Wolonggang's share of divorced couples and single-parent families is higher than in New York and Australia.
Simply looking at the Wolonggang City District, the proportion of divorced or separated families was 11.8%, close to 11.5% in New York and 11.7% in Australia; Single-parent households accounted for 17.5 percent, similar to 16.0 percent in New York and 15.8 percent in Australia.
But if you look at a few subdivisions, the figures are quite different. Warrawong's divorce and separation figures are as high as 15.1, and single-parent households are 32.3 percent, more than twice the number in New York and across Australia. The percentage of single parents in, Port Kembla and Berkeley was also quite high, at 24.5% and 25%, respectively.
Divorce rates and the proportion of single-parent families in Warrawong are much higher than those in New York and Australia (photo source: Australian Bureau of Statistics)
In recent frequent cases known to the journalist, suspects are all minors, which may be linked to unstable family backgrounds, high unemployment, low incomes and low levels of education.
Whitlam District Councillor Stephen Jones once pointed out, "the schools there are doing well, but not enough resources." Children come from very difficult families, or have disadvantaged family backgrounds. "
epilogue
"the north is heaven, the south is the region," said a netizen earlier in the message, and the truest portrayal of Wolonggang law and order.
The journalist survey noted that the security situation in CBD, Wolonggang, was hardly optimistic compared with downtown Sydney, and that the situation in the "three southern towns", Warrawong,Port Kembla and Berkeley, was even more serious. Although there is a trend of improvement in recent years, it is not obvious.
The number of Mandarin-speaking residents across the city's district is just 3048, or 1.5 percent, well below the Australian average; more than 1500 Chinese students attend Wolonggang University, according to 2016 data. This may mean that the Chinese are relatively weak in the region.
Only 1.5% of Wolonggang residents speak Mandarin (photo source: Australian Bureau of Statistics)
As a result, Chinese and Chinese students have been robbed one after another, causing unease in this "vulnerable group".
In an interview with Australia today, Superintendent Christopher Craner, the local police commander, admitted in an interview with Australia today that Chinese students had been attacked many times in recent days, and that there had been too many cases, although it was difficult to identify racial motivations.
Thankfully, Superintendent Craner, who has just taken office in Wolonggang, is planning a large-scale operation to crack down on blind spots and criminal neighborhoods, known for his "iron wrists".
Power remains to be seen.