The head of NSW's crime research bureau says it will be up to politicians to monitor assault rates in the post-lockout era after a new study showed tighter regulation led to a dramatic fall in alcohol violence last decade.
The NSW Bureau of Crime Research and Statistics study showed that a suite of public safety measures introduced from 2008 to 2018 cut the number of non-domestic assaults in NSW by 19 per cent across NSW, 45 per cent in the Sydney central business district and 84 per cent in Kings Cross.
