[2] Mount Tennent is named after him as it was on the slopes of this steep mountain, behind the village of Tharwa, where he would hide until his capture in 1828.
Canberra has the lowest rate of crime of any capital city in Australia as of February 2019[update].
ACT Policing Chief Police Officer Justine Saunders blamed the rise in assault statistics partly on victims having more confidence to report crimes, especially family violence,[4] but also growing recidivism and drug addiction.
The pattern of crime varied widely amongst different suburbs, but armed robberies, home burglaries and car theft had risen sharply.
[5] The Australian Federal Police Association said that police numbers across the ACT had not increased in line with the rapid population growth in the past five years,[6] with president Angela Smith adding that the rise in violent, complex crimes showed that something was "seriously wrong".