4530.0 - Crime Victimisation, Australia, 2013-14 Quality Declaration
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 17/02/2015
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MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT AND THEFT FROM A MOTOR VEHICLE Endnote 1
For the purposes of this survey, motor vehicle theft incidents are considered to be household crimes rather than a crime against an individual person. Victimisation and reporting rates for 2013-14 (Table 1) In the 12 months prior to interview in 2013-14, 54,400 households (0.6% of all households) experienced motor vehicle theft. Nearly 9 in 10 households (88%) that experienced Characteristics of motor vehicle theft incidents (Table 22) In the most recent incident of motor vehicle theft in the 12 months prior to interview, the most common location was the person's, or another person's, home (58% of incidents). The second most common location was 'in the street or other open land' (32%). THEFT FROM A MOTOR VEHICLE What is theft from a motor vehicle? In this survey, theft from a motor vehicle is defined as the theft of property owned by any member of the household from a motor vehicle owned (for private use) by any member of that household. It excludes:
Victimisation and reporting rates for 2013-14 (Table 1) During the 12 months prior to interview, 258,800 households (2.9% of all households) experienced theft from a motor vehicle. Just under half of all households (49%) that experienced theft from a motor vehicle reported the most recent incident to police. Characteristics of theft from motor vehicle incidents (Table 23) This section discusses characteristics of the most recent incident for households that experienced theft from a motor vehicle in the 12 months prior to interview. In the most recent incident of theft from a motor vehicle experienced by households:
ENDNOTE Endnote 1 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. Document Selection These documents will be presented in a new window.
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