In the NT in the 12 months prior to interview in 2010-11 there were:
7,400 victims of physical assault, a victimisation rate of 5.7%, the highest rate in the country
10,100 victims of malicious property damage, a victimisation rate of 15.7% (highest rate in the nation and the highest rate of all selected crimes in Australia) but a fall from 19.6% in the 2008-09 survey
5,500 victims of thefts from motor vehicles, a victimisation rate of 8.5% (highest rate in the nation) and an increase from 5.6% in the 2009-10 survey
4,400 victims of break-ins, a victimisation rate of 6.9% which was the highest rate of any state or territory.
Note: Data collected for NT refers mainly to urban areas. For further information refer to explanatory notes (para 8) in Crime Victimisation, Australia (cat. no. 4530.0).
The victimisation rate is defined as the total number of victims of a crime in a given population expressed as a percentage of that population.
A victim may be a person or a household reporting at least one of the crimes surveyed. Victims were counted once only for each type of crime, regardless of the number of incidents of that type.
These statistics are derived from information collected in the ABS Multipurpose Household Survey.
The Survey covered only selected types of personal and household crimes. Personal crimes included physical assault, threatened assault, robbery and sexual assault. Household crimes included break-ins, attempted break-ins, motor vehicle theft, theft from a motor vehicle, malicious property damage and other theft.
Information collected in the Survey was 'as reported' by respondents and hence may differ from that which might be obtained from other sources or via other methodologies.
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