VICTIMISATION EXPERIENCES IN THE AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY Endnote 1, Endnote 2, Endnote 3
This section contains the victimisation and reporting rates for selected crime types for the Australian Capital Territory. Estimates for the Australian Capital Territory 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, 7,800 persons in the Australian Capital Territory (2.6%) experienced physical assault.
Total threatened assault
In the 12 months prior to interview in 2013-14, 8,100 persons in the Australian Capital Territory (2.7%)Endnote 3 experienced threatened assault.
Assault
In the 12 months prior to interview in 2013-14, 15,000 persons in the Australian Capital Territory (5.0%)Endnote 3 experienced assault.
Nearly four in ten persons who experienced assault experienced a single incident (39% or 5,900).
HOUSEHOLD CRIME (Table 5)
Break-in
In the 12 months prior to interview in 2013-14, 4,900 households in the Australian Capital Territory (3.4%) experienced a break-in. Of these, 4,400 (90%) had the most recent incident reported to police.
Theft from motor vehicle
In the 12 months prior to interview in 2013-14, 4,700 households in the Australian Capital Territory (3.3%) experienced theft from a motor vehicle. Of these, 3,400 (71%) had the most recent incident reported to police.
The theft from motor vehicle reporting rate in the Australian Capital Territory (71%) was higher than the overall national theft from motor vehicle reporting rate (49%).
Malicious property damage
In the 12 months prior to interview in 2013-14, 13,500 households in the Australian Capital Territory (9.3%) experienced malicious property damage. Of these, 7,300 (54%) had the most recent incident reported to police.
The malicious property damage victimisation rate in the Australian Capital Territory (9.3%) was higher than the overall national malicious property damage victimisation rate (6.0%).
Other theft
In the 12 months prior to interview in 2013-14, 3,600 households in the Australian Capital Territory (2.5%) experienced other theft.
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 people over the age of 15 in Australian Capital Territory).
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