4530.0 - Crime Victimisation, Australia, 2012-13 Quality Declaration 
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 12/02/2014   
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HAVE EXPERIENCES OF HOUSEHOLD CRIME VICTIMISATION CHANGED FROM 2008-09? (see datacube 2, table 5)

The 2012-13 Crime Victimisation Survey is the fifth annual national survey of crime victimisation in Australia. Changes in the number and proportion of households that experienced different types of household crimes and whether the incidents were reported to police between the 2008-09 and 2012-13 surveys are compared in this section. Endnote 1

Overall, the victimisation rate for each of the selected household crimes was lower in 2012-13, as compared to 2008-09.

There was no significant difference in the rate of reporting to police for the majority of household crimes in 2012-13 compared to 2008-09.

VICTIMISATION

The estimated victimisation rate was lower in 2012-13 compared to 2008-09 for each of the selected types of household crime:
  • Break-in: 2.7% in 2012-13, compared with 3.3% in 2008-09
  • Attempted break-in: 1.9% in 2012-13, compared with 3.1% in 2008-09
  • Motor vehicle theft: 0.6% in 2012-13, compared with 1.1% in 2008-09
  • Theft of property from a motor vehicle: 3.1% in 2012-13, compared with 4.5% in 2008-09
  • Malicious property damage: 6.3% in 2012-13, compared with 11.1% in 2008-09
  • Other types of theft: 2.8% in 2012-13, compared with 4.4% in 2008-09.

Graph Image for VICTIMISATION RATES(a), Selected household crimes, Australia, 2008-09 and 2012-13

Footnote(s): (a) The number of households experiencing a household crime, expressed as a percentage of the total number of households.

Source(s): Crime Victimisation, Australia


REPORTING TO POLICE

Reporting to Police

The rate of reporting malicious property damage to police was higher in in 2012-13 (51%) compared to 2008-09 (43%). Reporting rates for the other types of selected household crimes were similar for 2008-09 and 2012-13.

Graph Image for REPORTING RATES(a), Selected household crimes, Australia, 2008-09 and 2012-13

Footnote(s): (a) The total number of households that had the most recent incident of the household crime reported to police, expressed as a percentage of all households experiencing the household crime. The incident may have been reported by any member of the household or another person.

Source(s): Crime Victimisation, Australia




ENDNOTE

1 The comparison of 2012-13 data with 2008-09 data reflects changes between these two time points only and is not necessarily indicative of any annual movements within these time points. All differences in the number of victims, victimisation rates and rates of reporting to police between 2012-13 and 2008-09 have been tested for statistical significance with a 95% level of confidence that there is a real difference between the two time points being tested. Only data with a relative standard error (RSE) of less than 25% is referred to in the text of this publication. For further information, refer to the Technical Note.