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Two per cent of Australian households were broken into last financial year. But the rate is still below pre-pandemic levels

More than 374,000 Australian households experienced malicious property damage last financial year.  (ABC News: John Gunn)

Break-ins at Australian homes have increased for the first time in a decade, but the rate is still lower than it was before the COVID-19 pandemic, new data shows. 

The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) estimates that 2 per cent of Australian households — or 194,100 homes — experienced a break-in during the last financial year. 

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