INDIGO Shire’s crime rate has reached a decade-high, according to data recently released by Crime Statistics Victoria.
In figures for the year ending in March, the shire reported an 8.6 per cent increase in criminal offences, with 732 separate offences recorded throughout the area.
The majority of offending was recorded in Beechworth (257), while Rutherglen (157), Chiltern (95) and Wahgunyah (55) ...