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Ram raids drop 80 percent compared to last year

Thursday, June 13th, 2024

Ram raids are down more than 80 percent for the month of April compared to last year. Police have identified 12 ram raids in April 2024, compared to 64 in April 2023. Provisional police data from April 2017 to April 2024 shows a downwards trend since the peak in August 2022, when there were 86. Read more

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Children’s Commissioner points to inequality as social driver of ram raids

Thursday, May 19th, 2022

The Children’s Commissioner says a spike in young people behind the wheel in ram raids is being created by families living in a “total state of hopelessness”. Judge Frances Eivers says child welfare and criminality are social issues and increasing poverty cannot go ignored. Her comments come on the day of new ram raids – Read more

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