Only 3 per cent of the Sydney LGA is within 20 metres of a liquor outlet, yet 37 per cent of assaults in Sydney LGA occur within 20 metres of a liquor outlet.
More than half of the assaults recorded by police in the Sydney CBD occur within 50 metres of a liquor outlet.
Each additional alcohol outlet per hectare in the Sydney LGA will result, on average, in 4.5 additional assaults per annum.
These are the key findings to emerge from a study of assaults in and around licensed premises in the Sydney Local Government Area (LGA). > > > > Read More