POLICE are praising locals for their efforts in keeping the roads safe over the Easter and Anzac period, amid a spate of visitor offences.

Swan Hill police Sergeant Zac Bull said he was pleased with locals' behaviour on Gannawarra, Buloke and Swan Hill roads during the statewide Operation Compass.

"Only 10 per cent of road offences on our roads were by locals," he said.

"The results were otherw...