1) Audience & Goal

A clean, visual story about where crime is changing in Victoria and which offence divisions drive it.

• Data: Crime Statistics Agency (Victoria).

2) Data sources

This deck ships with a tiny demo CSV so it knits immediately.

Official source (LGA table):
https://files.crimestatistics.vic.gov.au/2025-09/Data_Tables_LGA_Recorded_Offences_Year_Ending_June_2025.xlsx

3) TL-DR

• Some LGAs show clear upward trends (property & deception often lead).
  
• Drug and public order typically swing with policy/enforcement cycles.
  
• Rates per 100k help compare across different LGA sizes.

4) LGA trends over time

5) Who’s rising/falling? (LGA league table)

We compute % change vs. 2019 and last 12‑month change.

6) Which divisions drive the change? (stacked bars)

7) Resources

• Crime Statistics Agency (Victoria). Recorded offences by LGA - Year ending Jun 2025.
  
• Download page & file: Crime Statistics Agency Victoria → Latest crime data → Download data.