VICTIMISATION EXPERIENCES IN THE AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY ^{Endnote1, Endnote2}

This section outlines the victimisation and reporting rates for selected crime types for the Australian Capital Territory. 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

During 2016-17, an estimated 2.2% of persons in the Australian Capital Territory (6,900) experienced physical assault.


HOUSEHOLD CRIME (Tables 6 and 7)



Break-in

During 2016-17, an estimated 2.5% of households the Australian Capital Territory (3,700) experienced a break-in in the last 12 months.

Theft from motor vehicle

An estimated 5.3% of households in the Australian Capital Territory (7,900) experienced theft from a motor vehicle. Of these, 52% (4,100) had the most recent incident reported to police. The theft from a motor vehicle victimisation rate in the Australian Capital Territory (5.3%) was higher than the national rate (2.8%).

Malicious property damage

An estimated 6.3% of households in the Australian Capital Territory (9,400) experienced malicious property damage. Of these 56% (5,300) had the most recent incident reported to police.


HOW HAVE CRIME RATES CHANGED SINCE 2015-16?

Victimisation and reporting rates for all personal and household crimes remained stable in the Australian Capital Territory 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.