4519.0 - Recorded Crime - Offenders, 2013-14 Quality Declaration 
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 25/02/2015   
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PRINCIPAL OFFENCE

For the selected principal offences in the following graph, offender rates were highest for:
  • Public order offences in the Northern Territory (2,267 offenders per 100,000 persons aged 10 years and over);
  • Acts intended to cause injury in the Northern Territory (1,673 offenders per 100,000 persons aged 10 years and over);
  • Illicit drug offences in South Australia (1,030 offenders per 100,000 persons aged 10 years and over); and
  • Theft in New South Wales (442 offenders per 100,000 persons aged 10 years and over).
Offender rates for all principal offence divisions are available in Table 7. For a definition of "principal offence", refer to the Explanatory Notes, paragraphs 13-15.

Graph Image for OFFENDER RATE(a), Selected principal offence by states and territories, 2013-14

Footnote(s): (a) Rate per 100,000 population (see Explanatory Notes paragraphs 17–21). (b) South Australian data may be overstated (see Explanatory Notes paragraphs 58-59). (c) Australian Capital Territory data may be overstated (see Explanatory Notes paragraphs 68–69).

Source(s): Recorded Crime - Offenders