4530.0 - Crime Victimisation, Australia, 2013-14

ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 17/02/2015

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Key findings In this issue Introduction + Personal Crime Victims of personal crime + Household crime + State and Territory spotlights About this Release + Profiles of victimisation by crime type Threats of assault, property damage still top the crime list (Media Release)	PERSONAL CRIME Personal crime in the Crime Victimisation Survey refers to crimes, or offences, that were committed against a person directly, which caused or threatened harm to their physical self. As Diagram 2 shows, the types of personal crime included in the Crime Victimisation Survey are physical assault, threatened assault (including face-to-face and non face-to-face threatened assault), robbery (including attempts), and sexual assault (including attempts). Information about experiences of physical assault, threatened assault and robbery are collected for people aged 15 years and over, and information about sexual assault is collected for people aged 18 years and over. Diagram 2: Types of personal crime included in the Crime Victimisation Survey Document Selection These documents will be presented in a new window.