Australian Bureau of Statistics
Celebrating the International Year of Statistics 2013

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RECORDED CRIME - VICTIMS

• In 2009, the number of crime victims recorded by the Western Australia Police decreased for most offences including Homicide and related offences; Sexual assault; Robbery; Unlawful entry with intent; Motor vehicle theft; and Other theft.
• The single exception was Assault for which the number of victims increased in 2009.
• For less common offences such as Kidnapping/abduction and Blackmail/extortion, the number of victims decreased slightly or remained similar to the 2008 level.
  
  

	2009	2008	2007
	no.	no.	no.
Homicide and related offences	30	41	43
Assault	21 936	21 142	21 441
Sexual assault	1 667	1 834	1 990
Kidnapping/abduction	25	29	36
Robbery	1 589	1 686	1 849
Blackmail/extortion	98	99	102
Unlawful entry with intent	33 176	37 973	37 755
Motor vehicle theft	6 460	7 774	7 300
Other theft	70 098	81 278	78 399

• Among the more common offences, Motor vehicle theft showed the largest proportional decrease, with 17% fewer victims in 2009 than 2008.
• Significant decreases were also recorded in 2009 for Other theft and Unlawful entry with intent, where the number of victims fell by almost 14% and 13% respectively.
• The number of Sexual assault victims, after falling almost 8% in 2008, fell by another 9.1% in 2009.
• For victims of robbery, the number fell a further 5.8% in 2009 after a slightly larger fall in the previous year.
• In 2009, the number of Assault victims increased by almost 4%.
  

Victims, Selected Offences - Percentage change 2008 to 2009