VICTIMISATION EXPERIENCES IN VICTORIA Endnote 1, Endnote 2, Endnote 3
This section contains the victimisation and reporting rates for selected crime types for Victoria. Estimates for Victoria were compared with the national estimates to identify any differences that were statistically significant. Where significant differences existed, they are presented here.
PERSONAL CRIME (Tables 4 and 9)
Physical assault
In the 12 months prior to interview in 2013-14, 93,600 persons in Victoria (2.0%) experienced physical assault. Of these, 45,200 (48%) reported the most recent incident to police.
Around two in five victims of physical assault (41% or 38,100) experienced a single incident, just under a quarter experienced two incidents (23% or 21,800), and 36% (33,900) experienced three or more incidents.
Face-to-face threatened assault
In the 12 months prior to interview in 2013-14, 109,800 persons in Victoria (2.4%) experienced face-to-face threatened assault.
Of these, 42% (45,600) reported the most recent incident to police.
Non face-to-face threatened assault
In the 12 months prior to interview in 2013-14, 39,600 persons in Victoria (0.8%) experienced non face-to-face threatened assault.
Total threatened assault
In the 12 months prior to interview in 2013-14, 121,900 persons in Victoria (2.6%)Endnote 3 experienced threatened assault. Four in ten victims of threatened assault experienced a single incident (40% or 48,300), about 15% (17,900) experienced two incidents, and 43% (52,500) experienced three or more incidents.
Assault
In the 12 months prior to interview in 2013-14, 196,800 persons in Victoria (4.2%)Endnote 3 experienced assault. Just over four in ten persons who experienced assault experienced a single incident (41% or 79,900), 17% (34,00) experienced two incidents, and 38% (74,000) experienced three or more incidents.
Robbery
In the 12 months prior to interview in 2013-14, an estimated 15,500 persons in Victoria (0.3%) experienced robbery.
HOUSEHOLD CRIME (Table 5)
Break-in
In the 12 months prior to interview in 2013-14, 51,000 households in Victoria (2.3%) were victims of break-in. Of these, 38,200 (75%) had the most recent incident reported to police.
Attempted break-in
In the 12 months prior to interview in 2013-14, 33,600 households in Victoria (1.5%) were victims of attempted break-in.
Motor vehicle theft
In the 12 months prior to interview in 2013-14, 10,800 households in Victoria (0.5%) were victims of motor vehicle theft.
Theft from a motor vehicle
In the 12 months prior to interview in 2013-14, 68,400 households in Victoria (3.1%) were victims of theft from a motor vehicle.
Of these, 33,500 (49%) had the most recent incident reported to police.
Malicious property damage
In the 12 months prior to interview in 2013-14, 140,500 households in Victoria (6.3%) were victims of malicious property damage.
Of these, 64,300 (46%) had the most recent incident reported to police.
Other theft
In the 12 months prior to interview in 2013-14, 59,000 households in Victoria (2.7%) were victims of other theft.
Of these, 24,400 (37%) had the most recent incident reported to police.
ENDNOTES
Endnote 1 Data for number of victims, victimisation and reporting rates are not discussed where the relative standard error (RSE) for the estimates is greater than 25%. This has resulted in some crime types being excluded from this commentary text. This data is available in Table 2; users are advised to exercise caution when interpreting these estimates.
Endnote 2 All comparisons discussed have been tested for statistical significance with a 95% level of confidence that there is a real difference in 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 and these estimates are considered sufficiently reliable for general use. To determine whether there is a statistical difference between any other two estimates, significance testing should be undertaken. For further information, refer to the Technical Note.
Endnote 3: 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 persons over the age of 15 in Victoria).
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