VICTIMISATION EXPERIENCES IN QUEENSLAND ^{Endnote1, Endnote2}

This section outlines the victimisation and reporting rates for selected crime types for Queensland. Comparisons with national estimates are discussed where statistically significant differences exist (refer to the Technical Note for more information regarding statistical significance). Detailed information has only been included below for the most prevalent of the selected personal and household crime types collected by the Crime Victimisation Survey. For further information about other types of crime, refer to Tables 4-8 and Table 10.

The reference period for all estimates was the 12 months prior to interview in 2016-17.

PERSONAL CRIME (Tables 4, 5 and 10)



Physical assault

During 2016-17, an estimated 2.4% of persons in Queensland (91,500) experienced physical assault. Of these, 58% (53,000) had the most recent incident reported to police. Less than half of all persons who experienced physical assault in Queensland experienced a single incident (47% or 43,400) and 33% (30,200) experienced three or more incidents.

Threatened assault

During 2016-17, an estimated 2.4% of persons in Queensland (91,100) experienced face-to-face threatened assault, and an estimated 1.0% of persons (36,900) experienced non face-to-face threatened assault. Of those who experienced face-to-face threatened assault, 42% (38,100) had their most recent incident reported to police.


HOUSEHOLD CRIME (Tables 6 and 7)



Break-in and attempted break-in

During 2016-17, 2.0% of households in Queensland (37,000) experienced a break-in. Of these, 75% (27,800) had the most recent incident reported to police.

During the same time period, an estimated 2.2% of households in Queensland (40,700) experienced an attempted break-in. Of these, 38% (15,300) had the most recent incident reported to police.

Theft from a motor vehicle

An estimated 1.6% of households in Queensland (29,000) experienced theft from a motor vehicle. Of these, 53% (15,400) had the most recent incident reported to police.

The theft from a motor vehicle victimisation rate in Queensland (1.6%) was lower than the national rate (2.8%).

Malicious property damage

In Queensland, an estimated 4.0% of households (73,900) experienced malicious property damage. Of these households, 52% (38,600) had the most recent incident reported to police.

The malicious property damage victimisation rate in Queensland (4.0%) was lower than the national rate (5.0%).


HOW HAVE CRIME RATES CHANGED SINCE 2015-16?

Victimisation and reporting rates for all personal and household crimes remained stable in Queensland between 2015-16 and 2016-17, with the exception of the victimisation rate for malicious property damage, which increased from 2.9% in 2015-16 to 4.0% in 2016-17.

ENDNOTES

Endnote 1 Only data with a relative standard error (RSE) of less than 25% are referred to in the text of this publication, as this data is considered sufficiently reliable for general use.

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. 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.