悉尼近年来有组织犯罪谋杀案频发，澳大利亚联邦警察专员Krissy Barrett将暴力归咎于澳大利亚"贪婪的"非法毒品消费和"荒谬的"价格1。然而，实际数据表明这一关联并非如此直接。根据新南威尔士州警方记录，从2016/17年至2025/26年间，全州毒品犯罪总体下降超过10%，大悉尼地区下降幅度达12.6%1。
虽然毒品犯罪总体呈下降趋势，但毒品使用模式出现变化。澳大利亚2022-23年毒品使用调查显示，17.9%的人口（约390万人）在过去12个月内使用过非法毒品，较2019年的12%（340万人）有所上升1。其中迷幻药物使用增长最显著，从2019年的1.6%（30万人）升至2.4%（50万人）1。然而，与有组织犯罪关系最密切的物质使用情况不同：可卡因维持在4.5%的水平，海洛因停留在0.1%，非处方阿片类药物使用反而下降1。澳大利亚犯罪情报委员会2026年4月的报告指出，尽管甲基苯丙胺消费处于十年高位，可卡因有所上升，但主要毒品总消费量增加了21%1。
Recent gang-related murders in Sydney have prompted Australia's Federal Police Commissioner Krissy Barrett to attribute organised crime violence to the nation's "voracious" consumption of illicit drugs and "absurd" pricing levels 1. However, official data suggests the relationship between drug use and violent crime is considerably more nuanced than this explanation implies.
Since 2020, Sydney has recorded 41 organised crime murders, approximately 8 of which involved mistaken identity victims since 2021 1. Despite these high-profile incidents, NSW Police records reveal that overall drug-related crime across the state declined by more than 10 percent between 2016/17 and 2025/26, with Greater Sydney experiencing a 12.6 percent decrease during the same period 1. Meanwhile, the 2022–23 Australian Drug Use Survey found that 17.9 percent of the population—approximately 3.9 million people—had used illicit drugs in the preceding 12 months, up from 12 percent (340,000 people) in 2019 1. Notably, the increase was driven primarily by hallucinogenic drugs, which rose from 1.6 percent in 2019 to 2.4 percent in 2022–23, yet these substances have historically maintained weaker connections to organised crime 1. By contrast, the drugs most closely associated with organised crime showed different patterns: cocaine remained stable at 4.5 percent, heroin stayed at 0.1 percent, and non-prescription opioid use actually declined 1. An April 2026 report from the Australian Crime Intelligence Commission noted that methamphetamine consumption had reached a decade-high level and cocaine use was rising, contributing to a 21 percent overall increase in major drug consumption 1.
Australia's policy framework for addressing drug-related issues, formalised in the National Drug Strategy since 1985, employs a balanced approach combining demand reduction, supply reduction, and harm minimisation efforts 1.
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