Gun crime up 34 per cent in inner Sydney / Sydeny Morning Herald, 23 Aug 2004

http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/08/23/1093113113318.html
"Crime rates in NSW have fallen - but gun crime in inner Sydney has rocketed over the past two years new figures reveal. The incidence of robbery with a gun rose 34.1 per cent in inner Sydney according to the latest Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research figures while the occurrence of all types of crime - including robbery, murder, break and enter, assault and fraud - had fallen or had remained stable since June 2002. NSW Police Minister John Watkins said he was confident the recently-formed Strike Force Icely squad would curb the alarming increase in armed robberies. "