VICTIMISATION EXPERIENCES IN SOUTH AUSTRALIAEndnote 1, Endnote 2, Endnote 3
This section contains the victimisation and reporting rates for selected crime types for South Australia. Estimates for South Australia 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, 36,500 persons in South Australia (2.7%) experienced physical assault. Of these, 15,600 (43%) reported the most recent incident to police.
Just under half (43% or 15,800) of all victims of physical assault experienced a single incident.
Face-to-face threatened assault
In the 12 months prior to interview in 2013-14, 30,600 persons in South Australia (2.3%) experienced face-to-face threatened assault. Of these, 9,500 (31%) reported the most recent incident to police.
Non face-to-face threatened assault
In the 12 months prior to interview in 2013-14, 13,800 persons in South Australia (1.0%) experienced non face-to-face threatened assault.
Threatened assault
In the 12 months prior to interview in 2013-14, 36,200 persons in South Australia (2.7%)Endnote 3 experienced threatened assault.
Just over one in five persons (23% or 8,400) who experienced threatened assault experienced a single incident.
Assault
In the 12 months prior to interview in 2013-14, 66,800 persons in South Australia (5.0%)Endnote 3 experienced assault.
A third of persons who experienced assault experienced a single incident (34% or 22,500), 23% (15,000) experienced two incidents, and 43% (28,700) experienced three or more incidents.
HOUSEHOLD CRIME (Table 5)
Break-in
In the 12 months prior to interview in 2013-14, 14,800 households in South Australia (2.2%) experienced a break-in.
Of these, 11,200 (76%) had the most recent incident reported to police.
Attempted break-in
In the 12 months prior to interview in 2013-14, 12,400 households in South Australia (1.8%) experienced an attempted break-in.
Of these, 5,000 (40%) had the most recent incident reported to police.
Motor vehicle theft
In the 12 months prior to interview in 2013-14, 4,800 households in South Australia (0.7%) experienced a motor vehicle theft.
Theft from motor vehicle
In the 12 months prior to interview in 2013-14, 18,700 households in South Australia (2.8%) experienced theft from a motor vehicle.
Of these, 10,500 (56%) had the most recent incident reported to police.
Malicious property damage
In the 12 months prior to interview in 2013-14, 40,500 households in South Australia (6.0%) experienced malicious property damage.
Of these, 21,200 (52%) had the most recent incident reported to police.
Other theft
In the 12 months prior to interview in 2013-14, 19,200 households in South Australia (2.9%) experienced other theft.
Of these, 8,400 (44%) 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 South Australia).
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