4519.0 - Recorded Crime - Offenders, 2012-13 Quality Declaration 
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 27/02/2014   
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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 (1,891 offenders per 100,000 persons aged 10 years and over);
    • Acts intended to cause injury in the Northern Territory (1,557 offenders per 100,000 persons aged 10 years and over);
    • Illicit drug offences in South Australia (975 offenders per 100,000 persons aged 10 years and over); and
    • Theft in New South Wales (376 offenders per 100,000 persons aged 10 years and over).
Offender rates for all principal offence divisions are available in Table 8. 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

Footnote(s): (a) Rate per 100,000 population aged 10 years and over (see Explanatory Notes paragraphs 17–22). (b) South Australian data may be overstated (see Explanatory Notes paragraphs 60–61). (c) Australian Capital Territory data may be overstated (see Explanatory Notes paragraphs 70–71).

Source(s): Recorded Crime - Offenders