I thought that there Vic Police said was an increase in Victoria. Not relevant to other countries.
http://www.newscientist.com/article...lummeting-in-the-rich-world.html#.VQ-bz_yUfTp
This is the article I was referring too, it's actually very light on for statistics on it's own.
Don't know about Victoria itself, perhaps you're all just angry people?