Tasmanian crime levels are increasing, especially in the North and North-West.
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Total offences statewide increased by nearly 5 per cent to 20,921 in the nine months to March, compared to the corresponding period a year earlier.
Tasmania Police figures showed offences in the police Western District increased from 3981 to 4383, and in the Northern District from 6185 to 7335.
The Southern District was the bright spot.
Offences decreased from 9834 to 9203 in the Southern District.
It also had the lowest annual offence rate of the three districts, at 478 victims per 10,000 residents.
That compared to 496 in the Western District (the North-West and West Coast) and 637 in the Northern District (Launceston and the wider North).
The police Launceston Division remained the crime capital.
It had the most offences in the nine-month period (5912).
It had the biggest numerical increase in offences (1151) compared to the previous year and the biggest percentage increase (24.2 per cent)
It also had the highest annual offence rate of any of the 11 police divisions at 1092 per 10,000 residents.
Hobart was next worst on that measure, at 692 offences per 10,000 residents.
The numbers worsened in the Devonport and Burnie divisions, but improved in Central West (Ulverstone, Penguin and the West Coast).
Offences increased by 15.8 per cent to 1637 in the Burnie Division and by 13.4 per cent to 1867 in the Devonport Division.
Central West offences fell by 4.5 per cent to 879.
Crimes classified by police as serious also increased statewide, despite a slight fall in the Northern District.
Police recorded 426 serious crimes for the nine months to March, compared to 400 in the corresponding period a year earlier.
They increased from 73 to 87 in the Western District and from 224 to 237 in the Southern District.
They edged back in the Northern District from 103 to 102.
The Launceston Division recorded the most serious crimes (84), followed by Hobart (59) .
Burnie had 36 (up by one third), Devonport was steady at 29 and Central West had 22 (up by five).
The Deloraine and North-East divisions had the lowest annual serious crime rates, at just three per 10,000 residents.