Woollahra and Manly, two LGAs where crime is rife. But there's a difference. Woollahra is suffering from an epidemic of break-ins and theft and handling stolen goods. Manly's epidemic is malicious damage to property.
In 2012 this is what it looked like in Woollahra;
Trespass UP 60%
Receiving / handling stolen goods UP 40%
Stealing from dwellings UP 36%
In Manly;
Malicious damage to property UP 21%
And according to stats released 7 June, it is continuing in 2013.
What's more these crime escalations are atypical and isolated to these suburban areas.