Key Findings

• In 2024, 61% of detected PULSE crime incidents involved suspected offenders who also had a link to at least one previous crime incident.

• The proportion of detected PULSE incidents linked to re-offending had marginally increased from 57% in 2019 to 61% in 2024.

• The lowest level of detected re-offending between 2019 and 2024 was in 2021, when 56% of crime incidents reported were linked to a historical offender.

• In 2024, 39% of detected PULSE incidents were associated with suspected offenders who did not have any previous PULSE detections.

• Crime incidents relating to Theft, Fraud, Robbery, and Deception (46%) and Coercion, Intimidation or Exploitation (41%) were most likely to involve a suspected offender previously linked to the same type of incident.

• One in five (20%) detected crime incidents reported during 2024 were detected to suspected offenders who had been linked to a separate crime incident less than one month earlier.