Public trust in the criminal justice system of Australia's largest state has slumped to its lowest level on record, likely driven by a fall in confidence in police, research shows.
The NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics (BOCSAR) report, released on Tuesday, revealed confidence in the state's police and courts plummeted in 2025 to the lowest point since records began in 2007.
Trust in police experienced the biggest decline, logging a nine percentage point drop to 73 per cent between 2019 and 2025.
There was also a sharp fall in the number of people who believe police treated those accused of crimes with fairness and respect, according to the report that polled 2000 adults in NSW.
Australia was in the grips of a "trust crisis" impacting views on authority, Griffith University criminologist Kristina Murphy said.
