HOW MANY HOUSEHOLDS EXPERIENCED HOUSEHOLD CRIME IN 2013-14?

VICTIMISATION (Table 1)

In the 12 months prior to interview in 2013-14, of the 8.8 million households in Australia:

• 528,900 (6.0%) households experienced at least one incident of malicious property damage
• 258,800 (2.9%) households experienced at least one theft from a motor vehicle
• 238,800 (2.7%) households experienced at least one incident of other theft
• 228,900 (2.6%) households experienced at least one break-in to their home, garage or shed
• 170,800 (1.9%) households experienced at least one attempted break-in to their home, garage or shed
• 54,400 (0.6%) households had at least one motor vehicle stolen.

Households were more likely to experience malicious property damage than any other of the selected household crimes and less likely to experience motor vehicle theft than any of the other types of household crime. ^{Endnote 1}

2013-14 Household Crime Victimisation Rates, Australia




REPORTING TO POLICE (Table 1)

The proportion of households that reported the most recent incident of each type of household crime to police varied depending on the type of crime. In 2013-14:

• 88% of households that experienced motor vehicle theft reported the most recent incident to police
• 76% of households that experienced break-in reported the most recent incident to police
• 49% of households that experienced theft from a motor vehicle reported the most recent incident to police
• 50% of households that experienced malicious property damage reported the most recent incident to police
• 43% of households that experienced attempted break-in reported the most recent incident to police
• 39% of households that experienced other theft reported the most recent incident to police.

The reporting rate for motor vehicle theft was higher than for any of the other selected types of household crime. Other theft had the lowest reporting rate of the selected household crime types. Households that experienced attempted break-in were less likely to report their most recent incident to police than those that experienced break-in, malicious property damage, motor vehicle theft, theft from a motor vehicle or other theft.


2013-14 Reporting of Household Crimes to Police, Australia




EXPERIENCE OF MULTIPLE VICTIMISATION (Table 11)

For each type of household crime, the majority of household victims experienced only one incident within the 12 months prior to interview:

• Of households that experienced motor vehicle theft, 96% experienced a single incident
• Of households that experienced theft from a motor vehicle, 84% experienced a single incident
• Of households that experienced break-in, 81% experienced a single incident
• Of households that experienced other theft, 79% experienced a single incident
• Of households that experienced malicious property damage, 79% experienced a single incident
• Of households that experienced attempted break-in, 76% experienced a single incident.

Households were more likely to experience one incident than either two or three or more incidents of break-in, attempted break-in, theft from a motor vehicle, malicious property damage and other theft in the 12 months prior to interview in 2013-14.

Motor vehicle theft was excluded from this analysis due to high levels of sample error. ^{Endnote 2}




ENDNOTES

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.

Endnote 2 Due to the relatively small numbers of households experiencing two and three or more incidents of motor vehicle theft in the 12 months prior to interview, these estimates are subject to high sampling error (for further details refer to the Technical Note).