VICTIMISATION EXPERIENCES IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA^{Endnote 1, Endnote 2, Endnote 3}

PERSONAL CRIME (see Data cube 2, Table 4)

Physical assault

An estimated 68,300 people in Western Australia (3.5%) experienced physical assault in the 12 months prior to interview in 2012-13. Of these, 30,300 (44%) reported the most recent incident to police.

Just under half of all victims of physical assault experienced a single incident (47% or 32,200 persons), a quarter experienced two incidents (25% or 17,200 persons) and 27% (18,100 persons) experienced three or more incidents.

Face-to-face threatened assault

An estimated 65,800 people in Western Australia (3.4%) experienced face-to-face threatened assault in the 12 months prior to interview in 2012-13. Of these victims, 24,500 (37%) reported the most recent incident to police.

Non face-to-face threatened assault

An estimated 22,800 people in Western Australia (1.2%) experienced non face-to-face threatened assault in the 12 months prior to interview in 2012-13.

Threatened assault (includes face-to-face and non face-to-face threatened assault)

An estimated 75,000 people in Western Australia (3.8%)^{endnote 4} experienced threatened assault in the 12 months prior to interview in 2012-13.

Around 41% of victims of threatened assault experienced a single incident (30,500 persons), 21% (15,600 persons) experienced two incidents, 20% (15,100 persons) experienced between three and five incidents and 17% (13,000 persons) experienced six or more incidents.

Assault (includes physical assault and both types of threatened assault)

An estimated 128,600 people in Western Australia (6.6%)^endnote experienced assault in the 12 months prior to interview in 2012-13.

Under half of all victims of assault experienced a single incident (44% or 57,100 persons), 20% experienced two incidents (25,700 persons), 19% (24,800 persons) experienced between three and five incidents and 16% (20,000 persons) experienced six incidents or more.

Robbery

An estimated 12,200 people in Western Australia (0.6%) experienced robbery in the 12 months prior to interview in 2012-13.


HOUSEHOLD CRIME (see Data Cube 2, Table 5)

Break-in

An estimated 41,900 households in Western Australia (4.4%) were victims of break-in during the 12 months prior to interview in 2012-13. Of these, 33,000 (79%) had the most recent incident reported to police. This was a lower reporting rate than was observed in the 2011-12 survey (88%).

Attempted break-in

An estimated 33,200 households in Western Australia (3.5%) were victims of attempted break-in during the 12 months prior to interview in 2012-13. This was less than the rate of attempted break-in found in the 2008-09 survey (4.8%).

Of the victims in 2012-13, 14,400 (43%) had the most recent incident reported to police.

Motor vehicle theft

An estimated 8,900 households in Western Australia (0.9%) were victims of motor vehicle theft in the 12 months prior to interview in 2012-13.

Theft from motor vehicle

An estimated 59,700 households in Western Australia (6.2%) were victims of theft from a motor vehicle in the 12 months prior to interview in 2012-13.

Of the victims in 2012-13, 34,000 (57%) had the most recent incident reported to police.

Other theft

An estimated 31,100 households in Western Australia (3.2%) were victims of other theft in the 12 months prior to interview in 2012-13. This was less than the rate of other theft found in the 2008-09 survey (5.3%).

Of the victims in 2012-13, 11,500 (37%) had the most recent incident reported to police.

Malicious property damage

An estimated 88,200 households in Western Australia (9.2%) were victims of malicious property damage in the 12 months prior to interview in 2012-13. This was less than the rate of other theft found in the 2008-09 survey (15%).

Of the victims in 2012-13, 51,900 (59%) had the most recent incident reported to police. This was a higher reporting rate than was observed in the 2008-09 survey (44%).






ENDNOTES

1 Data for sexual assault in Western Australia are not discussed as there is a high relative standard error (RSE) associated with the estimated number of victims who experienced sexual assault in Western Australia (see Data cube 1, Table 2a).

2 All comparisons discussed have been tested for statistical significance with a 95% level of confidence that there is a real difference between the two populations 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.

3 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 the intervening period.

4 This number is not published in the accompanying tables, but can be obtained by dividing the number of victims of a selected crime type by the relevant population total (in this case, the total population of people over the age of 15 in Western Australia).