A report by the NSW
Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research shows a substantial reduction in the number of assaults in the Kings Cross and Sydney CBD entertainment precincts, following changes to laws governing the sale of alcohol.
According to the latest figures compiled by the New South Wales
Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research, 1600 people were charged with committing a range of 27 offences in the state's "places of worship" in 2008.
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Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research, Sydney, 2002.
But NSW
Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research director Don Weatherburn said police did not collect information on ethnicity of attackers or victims in assault crimes.