4530.0 - Crime Victimisation, Australia, 2014-15 Quality Declaration 
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MULTIPLE VICTIMISATION Endnote 1


PERSONS WHO EXPERIENCED MULTIPLE VICTIMISATION 2014-15 (Tables 8, 9 and 10)

Persons can experience multiple incidents of the same personal crime type within the 12 months prior to interview.

    • Victims of assault were more likely to experience multiple incidents than one incident:
      • 58% of all persons who experienced assault experienced multiple incidents, compared with 40% who experienced only one incident
      • 57% of persons who experienced face-to-face threatened assault experienced multiple incidents, compared with 41% who experienced only one incident
    • Over one-quarter (27%) of persons who experienced threatened assault (including both face-to-face and non face-to-face threatened assault) experienced six or more incidents of threatened assault. one in seven (14%) victims of physical assault experienced six or more incidents
    • Of the selected personal crime types, persons who experienced robbery were the most likely to experience a single incident only. Three in five (61%) robbery victims experienced one incident only compared with around half (48%) of physical assault victims.


Experience of Multiple Incidents of Personal Crime, Australia, 2014-15

Graph: shows that proportion of persons experiencing a single incident of select personal crimes is between 35% and 48%

Australian Bureau of Statistics
© Commonwealth of Australia 2016.


Source(s): EXPERIENCE OF MULTIPLE INCIDENTS OF PERSONAL CRIME, Australia, 2014-15 Experience of multiple victimisation - personal crimes



HOUSEHOLDS THAT EXPERIENCED MULTIPLE VICTIMISATION 2014-15 (Table 11)

Households can experience multiple incidents of the same household crime type within the 12 months prior to interview.

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, 91% experienced a single incident
    • Of households that experienced theft from a motor vehicle, 85% experienced a single incident
    • Of households that experienced break-in, 78% experienced a single incident
    • Of households that experienced other theft, 78% experienced a single incident
    • Of households that experienced malicious property damage, 79% experienced a single incident
    • Of households that experienced attempted break-in, 77% experienced a single incident.
Households were more likely to experience one incident than either two incidents 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 2014-15.


Experience of Multiple Incidents of Household Crime, Australia, 2014-15(a)
Graph: shows that proportion of persons experiencing a single incident of select household crimes is between 77% and 85%

Australian Bureau of Statistics
© Commonwealth of Australia 2016.

Footnote(s): (a) Data for motor vehicle theft are not shown, as estimates of the number of households experiencing two and three or more incidents of motor vehicle theft in the 12 months prior to interview are subject to high sampling error (for further details refer to the Technical Note).

Source(s): EXPERIENCE OF MULTIPLE INCIDENTS OF HOUSEHOLD CRIME, Australia, 2014-15 Experience of multiple victimisation - household crimes




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% are 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.