Larry Williams Drive

We had another retail raid overnight.This time at Sylvia Park Mall in Auckland at half past 3 this morning where the offenders smashed the glass door, got inside and tried to steal jewellery before taking off in a vehicle.This is after the Ormiston Mall ram raid on Tuesday morning, the ram raid at a gas station in west Auckland that same morning, aggravated robberies at west Auckland, dairies yesterday and raids on high end stores in Queen St earlier this month.If you’re wondering why we’re seeing so much of these raids and ram raids nowadays I suspect the answer is this:  these kids know they’re more likely to get away with it than get caught.For a start look at burglary resolution rates. At last count – which is unfortunately quite old – from back in 2015, only 7 percent of burglaries in some regions were solved.7 percent.So offenders have a 93 percent chance of getting away with it.Then look at police pursuit data.The cops changed their policy about 18 months ago so they effectively don’t chase as many fle