4530.0 - Crime Victimisation, Australia, 2015-16

ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 02/02/2017

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Key Findings In this issue Introduction + Overview of crime in Australia + Who experienced personal and household crimes + State and territory spotlights + Change in rates of crime over time Change in rates of crime over time in Australia Change in rates of crime over time in New South Wales Change in rates of crime over time in Victoria Change in rates of crime over time in Queensland Change in rates of crime over time in South Australia Change in rates of crime over time in Western Australia Change in rates of crime over time in Tasmania Change in rates of crime over time in the Northern Territory Change in rates of crime over time in the Australian Capital Territory Property crime continues to fall (Media Release) About this Release	SOUTH AUSTRALIA HOW HAVE PERSONAL CRIME VICTIMISATION RATES CHANGED OVER TIME? No fitted functions that met the inclusion criteria were identified for physical assault or face-to-face threatened assault in South Australia. VICTIMISATION RATES, Selected personal crimes, South Australia, 2008–09 to 2015–16^(a) Australian Bureau of Statistics © Commonwealth of Australia 2017. *Footnote(s):* (a) Data for non face-to-face threatened assault are not shown, as estimates for the number of persons experiencing non face-to-face threatened assault in the 12 months prior to interview are subject to high sampling error (for further details refer to the Technical Note). *Source(s):* Crime Victimisation, Australia HOW HAVE HOUSEHOLD CRIME VICTIMISATION RATES CHANGED OVER TIME? The fitted function analysis showed a decline in the victimisation rate for malicious property damage in South Australia since 2008–09. Victimisation rates for break-in and theft from a motor vehicle have generally declined, although these have now plateaued. No fitted functions that met the inclusion criteria were identified for attempted break-in, motor vehicle theft or other theft. VICTIMISATION RATES, Selected household crimes, South Australia, 2008–09 to 2015–16^(a)(b) Australian Bureau of Statistics © Commonwealth of Australia 2017. *Footnote(s):* (a) The fitted functions used to analyse patterns of change in victimisation rates over time have not taken into account the survey error associated with the annual victimisation rates. This is expected to have limited impact on the analysis, as only survey estimates with RSEs of 15% or less were included in the analysis. For further information on survey error refer to the Technical Note. (b) Fitted functions are: break-in is a polynomial function with equation y = 0.0417x² - 0.5107x + 3.7607 R² = 0.8625; theft from a motor vehicle is a polynomial function with equation y = 0.0482x² - 0.5946x + 4.7089 R² = 0.8894; malicious property damage is a polynomial function with equation y = 0.1042x² - 1.8649x + 13.723 R² = 0.9682. *Source(s):* Crime Victimisation, Australia Document Selection These documents will be presented in a new window.