4530.0 - Crime Victimisation, Australia, 2015-16

ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 02/02/2017

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Key Findings In this issue Introduction + Overview of crime in Australia + Who experienced personal and household crimes + State and territory spotlights + Change in rates of crime over time Change in rates of crime over time in Australia Change in rates of crime over time in New South Wales Change in rates of crime over time in Victoria Change in rates of crime over time in Queensland Change in rates of crime over time in South Australia Change in rates of crime over time in Western Australia Change in rates of crime over time in Tasmania Change in rates of crime over time in the Northern Territory Change in rates of crime over time in the Australian Capital Territory Property crime continues to fall (Media Release) About this Release	AUSTRALIA HOW HAVE PERSONAL CRIME VICTIMISATION RATES CHANGED OVER TIME? The fitted function analysis showed a decline in the victimisation rate for face-to-face threatened assault in Australia since 2008–09, although the rate of this decline is slowing. No fitted functions that met the inclusion criteria were identified for physical assault, non face-to-face threatened assault, robbery or sexual assault. VICTIMISATION RATES, Selected personal crimes, Australia, 2008–09 to 2015–16^(a)(b) Australian Bureau of Statistics © Commonwealth of Australia 2017. *Footnote(s):* (a) The fitted functions used to analyse patterns of change in victimisation rates over time have not taken into account the survey error associated with the annual victimisation rates. This is expected to have a negligible impact on the analysis, as the survey error is small. For further information on survey error refer to the Technical Note. (b) Fitted function is: face-to-face threatened assault is a power function with equation y = 3.8083x^-0.184 R² = 0.853 *Source(s):* Crime Victimisation, Australia HOW HAVE HOUSEHOLD CRIME VICTIMISATION RATES CHANGED OVER TIME? The fitted function analysis showed a decline in the victimisation rates for break-in, motor vehicle theft, theft from a motor vehicle, malicious property damage and other theft in Australia since 2008–09. The victimisation rate for attempted break-in has generally declined over the same time period, although this has plateaued since 2012–13. VICTIMISATION RATES, Selected household crimes, Australia, 2008–09 to 2015–16^(a)(b) Australian Bureau of Statistics © Commonwealth of Australia 2017. *Footnote(s):* (a) The fitted functions used to analyse patterns of change in victimisation rates over time have not taken into account the survey error associated with the annual victimisation rates. This is expected to have a negligible impact on the analysis, as the survey error is small. For further information on survey error refer to the Technical Note. (b) Fitted functions are: break-in is a logarithmic function with equation y = -0.344ln(x) + 3.2691 R² = 0.9158; attempted break-in is a polynomial function with equation y = 0.0446x² - 0.5244x + 3.4589 R² = 0.8958; motor vehicle theft is a logarithmic function with equation y = -0.279ln(x) + 1.0952 R² = 0.9823; theft from a motor vehicle is a power function with equation y = 4.2751x^-0.228 R² = 0.9232; malicious property damage is a logarithmic function with equation y = -2.946ln(x) + 11.28 R² = 0.9818; other theft is a power function with equation y = 4.4189x^-0.214 R² = 0.9517. *Source(s):* Crime Victimisation, Australia Document Selection These documents will be presented in a new window.