Vandalism has plummeted across Tasmania.
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Tasmania Police figures showed reported incidents of vandalism dropped by 32.4 per cent in the 10 months to the end of April, compared to the corresponding period a year earlier.
That was a decrease from 1428 to 965 incidents.
Vandalism decreased sharply in all three police districts.
Incidents in the police Western District were down by more than a third, from 301 to 198.
The police Northern District had a 13.5 per cent decrease, from 349 incidents to 302.
Vandalism incidents tumbled from 778 to 465 in the Southern District.
Vandalism has been a long-running issue for councils, businesses and some households and community groups.
The Burnie City Council, for example, spent nearly $38,000 responding to vandalism in the 11 months to the end of May.
Mayor Steve Kons said it was good the police vandalism figures were coming down, although he did not see it as a major problem for the council.
"When you have $350 million worth of assets and a couple of thousand dollars a month (for vandalism), it doesn't necessarily translate into a serious problem," Cr Kons said.
He believed "just people getting educated to not do that stuff" was the best method to decrease vandalism.
The police corporate performance report for April also showed Tasmanians were more likely than all Australians to feel safe at home or out in public.
It contained figures from an ongoing Social Research Centre survey showing 91 per cent of Tasmanian respondents said they felt safe at home, compared to 88 per cent of respondents nationally.
Ninety-three per cent of Tasmanian respondents said they felt safe out in public in the daytime and 62 per cent felt safe being out in public at night.
The national figures were 90 per cent and 53 per cent.
People in the police Northern District felt less safe than other Tasmanians being out at night in public.
People in the Southern District felt slightly less safe than other Tasmanians being out in public in the daytime.