VICTIMISATION EXPERIENCES IN THE AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY^{Endnote 1, Endnote 2, Endnote 3}

PERSONAL CRIME (see Data cube 2, Table 4)

Physical assault

An estimated 7,700 people in the Australian Capital Territory (2.6%) experienced physical assault in the 12 months prior to interview in 2012-13.

Face-to-face threatened assault

An estimated 10,100 people in the Australian Capital Territory (3.4%) experienced 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 10,700 people in the Australian Capital Territory (3.6%)^{endnote 4} experienced threatened assault in the 12 months prior to interview in 2012-13.

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

An estimated 16,500 people in the Australian Capital Territory (5.6%)^{endnote 4} experienced assault in the 12 months prior to interview in 2012-13.

Half of all victims of assault experienced a single incident (51% or 8,300 persons).

HOUSEHOLD CRIME (see Data cube 2, Table 5)

Break-in

An estimated 4,100 households in the Australian Capital Territory (2.8%) were victims of break-in in the 12 months prior to interview in 2012-13. Of these, 3,000 (73%) had the most recent incident reported to police.

Attempted break-in

An estimated 3,500 households in the Australian Capital Territory (2.4%) were victims of attempted break-in in the 12 months prior to interview in 2012-13.

Theft from motor vehicle

An estimated 3,600 households in the Australian Capital Territory (2.5%) were victims of theft from a motor vehicle in the 12 months prior to interview in 2012-13. This was less than the estimated victims of theft from a motor vehicle in both 2011-12 (4.3% or 5,900 households) and 2008-09 (5.1% or 6,800 households).

Of the victims in 2012-13, 2,200 (59%) had the most recent incident reported to police.

Other theft

An estimated 3,600 households in the Australian Capital Territory (2.5%) 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%).

Malicious property damage

An estimated 10,400 households in the Australian Capital Territory (7.2%) were victims of malicious property damage in the 12 months prior to interview in 2012-13. This was less than the victims of malicious property damage in 2008-09 (15% or 20,300 households).

Of the victims in 2012-13, 4,800 (46%) had the most recent incident reported to police.






ENDNOTES

1 Data for non face-to-face threatened assault, robbery, sexual assault, and motor vehicle theft in the Australian Capital Territory are not discussed as there is a high relative standard error (RSE) associated with the estimated number of victims who experienced these offences in the Australian Capital Territory (see Data cube 1, Tables 2a and 3a).

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 Australian Capital Territory).