VICTIMISATION EXPERIENCES IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA ^{Endnote1, Endnote2}

This section outlines the victimisation and reporting rates for selected crime types for South Australia. Comparisons with national estimates are discussed where statistically significant differences exist (refer to the Technical Note for more information regarding statistical significance). Detailed information has only been included below for the most prevalent of the selected personal and household crime types collected by the Crime Victimisation Survey. For further information about other types of crime, refer to Tables 4-8 and Table 10.

The reference period for all estimates was the 12 months prior to interview in 2016-17.

PERSONAL CRIME (Tables 4, 5 and 10)



Physical assault

In South Australia, an estimated 2.2% of persons (30,100) experienced physical assault during 2016-17. Of these, half (51% or 15,200) had the most recent incident reported to police. Less than half (47% or 14,000) of all persons who experienced physical assault experienced a single incident, while one in three experienced three or more incidents (34% or 10,200).

Threatened assault

In the 12 months prior to interview, an estimated 2.2% of persons in South Australia (30,600) experienced face-to-face threatened assault, and an estimated 1.0% (13,800) experienced non face-to-face threatened assault. Of those who experienced face-to-face threatened assault, 45% (13,700) had the most recent incident reported to police.


HOUSEHOLD CRIME (Tables 6 and 7)



Break-in and attempted break-in

During 2016-17, 1.9% of households in South Australia (13,200) experienced a break-in. Of these, 71% (9,300) had the most recent incident reported to police.

During the same time period, an estimated 2.3% of households in South Australia (15,800) experienced an attempted break-in. Of these, 25% (4,000) had the most recent incident reported to police, which was lower than the national reporting rate (44%).

Theft from motor vehicle

In the 12 months prior to interview, an estimated 2.7% of households in South Australia (19,000) experienced theft from a motor vehicle. Of these, 45% (8,500) had the most recent incident reported to police, which was lower than the national reporting rate (57%).

Malicious property damage

An estimated 4.3% of households in South Australia (29,900) experienced malicious property damage. Of these, 42% (12,500) had their most recent incident reported to police, which was lower than the national reporting rate (53%).


HOW HAVE CRIME RATES CHANGED SINCE 2015-16?

The South Australian victimisation rate for malicious property damage decreased from 5.6% in 2015-16 to 4.3% in 2016-17. There were no changes in the victimisation rates for the other selected personal or household crime types collected in the survey between 2015-16 and 2016-17.

The South Australian attempted break-in reporting rate fell from 47% in 2015-16 to 25% in 2016-17, whilst the malicious property damage reporting rate fell from 57% in 2015-16 to 42% in 2016-17. There were no changes in the reporting rates for the other selected personal or household crime types collected in the survey between 2015-16 and 2016-17.

ENDNOTES

Endnote 1 Only data with a relative standard error (RSE) of less than 25% are referred to in the text of this publication, as this data is considered sufficiently reliable for general use.

Endnote 2 All comparisons discussed have been tested for statistical significance with a 95% level of confidence that there is a real difference in the two populations being tested. To determine whether there is a statistical difference between any other two estimates, significance testing should be undertaken. For further information, refer to the Technical Note.