VICTIMISATION EXPERIENCES IN TASMANIA ^{Endnote1, Endnote2}

This section outlines the victimisation and reporting rates for selected crime types for Tasmania. 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 2.0% of persons in Tasmania (8,200) experienced physical assault. Of these, 55% (4,500) had their most recent incident reported to police.

Two in five persons who experienced physical assault experienced a single incident (40% or 3,300) while approximately half (50% or 4,100) experienced three or more incidents.

Threatened assault

An estimated 3.0% of persons in Tasmania (12,300) experienced face-to-face threatened assault and 1.2% (5,000) experienced non face-to-face threatened assault. Over a quarter (27% or 3,300) of persons who experienced face-to-face threatened assault had the most recent incident reported to the police, which was lower than the national reporting rate (41%).


HOUSEHOLD CRIME (Tables 6 and 7)



Break-in and attempted break-in

An estimated 2.0% of households in Tasmania (4,200) experienced a break-in during 2016-17. Of these, 67% (2,800) had the most recent incident reported to police, which was lower than the national reporting rate of 75%.

During the same time period, approximately 1.6% of households in Tasmania (3,300) experienced an attempted break-in.

Theft from motor vehicle

An estimated 1.6% of households in Tasmania (3,500) experienced theft from a motor vehicle. Of these, 63% (2,200) had the most recent incident reported to police.

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

Malicious property damage

In the 12 months prior to interview, an estimated 4.3% of households in Tasmania (9,200) experienced malicious property damage. Of these, 55% of households (5,100) had the most recent incident reported to police.


HOW HAVE CRIME RATES CHANGED SINCE 2015-16?

Victimisation and reporting rates for all personal and household crimes remained stable in Tasmania between 2015-16 and 2016-17, with the exception of the victimisation rate for malicious property damage, which decreased from 5.7% in 2015-16 to 4.3% 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.