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The Canberra Times
The Canberra Times
Ray Athwal

'Abandoned by government': Canberra suburb faces record thefts without police station

It was meant to be a suburb where you could put down roots and feel safe, but security camera footage capturing brazen prowlers creeping down driveways reveals a community living on edge.

Now, parents in Wright are taking self-defence classes, swapping footage in WhatsApp groups, comforting their frightened children and convincing them to sleep in their own beds after a string of late-night break-ins and car thefts.

For Wright resident Aseem Bhatter, who has watched the suburb evolve in six years, the escalation has reached a crisis point.

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