4530.0 - Crime Victimisation, Australia, 2014-15 Quality Declaration 
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 17/02/2016   
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ABOUT THIS PUBLICATION

This release presents results from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) national Crime Victimisation Survey, conducted from July 2014 to June 2015 as part of the ABS Multipurpose Household Survey (MPHS). The survey collected data, via personal interview, about people’s experiences of crime victimisation for a selected range of personal and household crimes. The survey also collected data about whether persons experiencing crime reported these incidents to police, selected characteristics of persons experiencing crime, and selected characteristics of the most recent incident they experienced.

This is the seventh Crime Victimisation Survey conducted by the ABS since it was redesigned in 2008–09. This publication includes some data from previous surveys (refer to Time Series Data Cube). Comparisons between 2013-14 and 2014-15 are discussed in the text where there was a statistically significant difference in the estimate between the two reference periods.

All tables are available in Excel spreadsheet format from the Downloads tab. Information on the concepts and methods used in the survey, reliability of the results, definitions and interpretation are included in the Explanatory Notes, Technical Note, and Glossary. Differences between data items highlighted in the publication text are statistically significant (refer to the Significance Testing section of the Technical Note).


COMPARISONS WITH OTHER ABS CRIME SOURCES

The ABS publishes data about crime victimisation from a range of sources with differing measurement methodologies, and this can produce different estimates. As such, caution should be exercised when making comparisons with other sources. For more information, see the Data Comparability section in the Explanatory Notes.

ROUNDING

As estimates have been rounded, discrepancies may occur between the sum of component items and the published total. Published percentages are calculated prior to rounding and therefore some discrepancy may occur between these percentages and those that could be calculated from the rounded figures.

INQUIRIES

For further information about these and related statistics, contact the National Information and Referral Service.