Suburbs or towns in which 20 or more strip searches were carried out.
Taken from a list of 34 suburbs or towns.
Strip search is defined by the source as 'a search of a person or of articles in the possession of a person that may include: a. requiring the person to remove all of his or her clothes, and b. an examination of the person's body (but not of the persons body cavities) and of those clothes'.
*Wollongong includes: W.Wollongong, Warilla, Warrawong, Lake Illawarra, Dapto, Figtree, Oak Flats and Port Kembla.
**Nowra includes: Bomaderry, S.Nowra and Worrigee
Australia's financial year runs from July 1 to June 30; for example, financial year 2017 starts on July 1, 2016 and ends on June 30, 2017.
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Strip searches by police NSW Australia 2018 by leading suburb or town
In 2018, Sydney Olympic Park was the suburb which had the highest number of strip searches carried out by police in New South Wales in Australia, with *** searches. On the other hand, in Goulburn there were under 100 strip searches carried out in 2018.
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Redfern Legal Centre. (August 22, 2019). Number of strip searches by police in New South Wales, Australia in financial year 2018, by leading suburb or town [Graph]. In ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Retrieved August 05, 2026, from /statistics/1066461/australia-strip-searches-by-police-nsw-by-leading-suburb-or-town/
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