TASMANIA POLICE STATISTICS

DASHBOARD METADATA

Collection Type Administrative by-product

Geographic Coverage Tasmania

Frequency Annual

Data Availability Detailed publication / report publicly available

CONTACT DETAILS

Data custodian: Tasmania Police
Telephone: (03) 6230 2111
Email: tasmania.police@police.tas.gov.au
Web Address: https://www.police.tas.gov.au/

DESCRIPTION

Tasmania Police statistics includes a detailed breakdown of the offences reported or becoming known to Tasmania Police in the financial year ending 30 June.

COLLECTION HISTORY

Collection commenced: 2012-13
Breaks in series: Prior to 2012-13 the Crime Statistics Supplement was published as a part of the Department of Police and Emergency Management Annual Report. From 2012-13 the Supplement has been removed from the Annual Report and published as a separate document.
Other details:

COLLECTION METHODOLOGY

Statistics are extracted from the Offence Reporting System 2 of the Department of Police, Fire and Emergency Management, and are compiled according to the date an offence becomes known to police, which is not necessarily the date an offence was committed, nor the date a crime report was processed.

The basic counting unit for police statistics is the victim, which is defined according to the type of offence and can be a person, organisation, premise or motor vehicle.

SCOPE AND COVERAGE

Offences reported to and recorded by Tasmania Police.

DEFINITION OF FAMILY AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

N/A

DEFINITION OF SEXUAL VIOLENCE

Sexual assault is defined based on Tasmanian legislation and is largely consistent with the section of the same name in subdivision 31 of the Australian and New Zealand Standard Offence Classification (cat. no. 1234.0).

The specific offences in Tasmanian legislation that count towards sexual assault are the following:

Under the Criminal Code Act 1924:

• Sexual intercourse with a young person (Section 124(1));
• Permit unlawful sexual intercourse with a young person on premises (Section 125);
• Maintain a sexual relationship with a young person (Section 125A(2));
• Indecent act with a young person (Section 125B(1));
• Sexual intercourse with a person with a mental impairment (Section 126(1));
• Indecent assault (Section 127(1));
• Incest (Section 133(1));
• Permitting incest (Section 133(2)); and
• Rape (Section 185(1))

Under the Police Offences Act 1935:

• Assault with indecent intent (Section 35(3))

DATA AVAILABILITY AND DISSEMINATION

Online pdf reports available for download.

PUBLICATIONS

Annual Crime Statistics Supplement:

https://www.police.tas.gov.au/about-us/corporate-documents/crime-statistics-supplement/

HOW THE STATISTICAL COLLECTION INFORMS NATIONAL DATA INITIATIVES

This section provides an overview of if/how the statistical collection informs or aligns with key initiatives relating to family, domestic, and sexual violence statistics. These assessments are not an ABS endorsement or indication of data quality, but are intended to assist readers in determining whether the data will meet their data needs.

Relationship to 'Defining the Data Challenge for Family, Domestic, and Sexual Violence'

The summary table below is designed to indicate whether the data source informs the six statistical elements outlined in Defining the Data Challenge for Family, Domestic and Sexual Violence, 2013 (cat. no. 4529.0).

FDV - Family and domestic violence data
SV - Sexual violence data

STATISTICAL ELEMENTS	DATA AVAILABILITY
Context
Environmental factors
Psycho-social factors
Risk	SV
Community prevalence	SV
Community incidence	SV
Incident/Experience	SV
Characteristics of incident	SV
Responses
Formal responses
Informal responses
Impacts/Outcomes
Programs, Research, and Evaluation

Relationship to the 'Foundation for a National Data Collection and Reporting Framework for Family, Domestic, and Sexual Violence'

The three tables below provide an indication of which data items can be informed by the data source. The data items have been conceptually grouped into the key information units - Person, Event, and Transaction - as described in the Foundation for a National Data Collection and Reporting Framework for Family, Domestic, and, Sexual Violence, 2014 (cat. no. 4529.0.00.003).

PERSON

FDV - Family and domestic violence data
SV - Sexual violence data

DATA ITEMS	DATA AVAILABILITY
	Victim/Respondent
Socio-demographic	SV
Sex	SV
Age
Indigenous status
Cultural and linguistic diversity
Marital status
Disability status
Employment status
Educational attainment
Socioeconomic status
Mental health
Other

EVENT

FDV - Family and domestic violence data
SV - Sexual violence data

DATA ITEMS	DATA AVAILABILITY
Location	SV
Home/residential location	SV
Workplace/place of study
Public transport
At a place of entertainment or recreation
Other public place
Other
Relationship
Current partner/spouse
Previous partner/spouse
Boyfriend/girlfriend/date
Parent
Child
Sibling
Other relative/family member
Other known person
Stranger
Other
Other characteristics	SV
Weapon use	SV
Alcohol/other substance involved
Physical injuries sustained
Hospitalisation
Other

TRANSACTION

FDV - Family and domestic violence data
SV - Sexual violence data

DATA ITEMS	DATA AVAILABILITY
Detection and prosecution
Police
Courts
Corrections
Other
Formal support
Police
Doctor/other health professional
Counsellor/social worker/mental health professional
Legal/financial service
Refuge/shelter/resource centre
Government housing/community services
Other
Informal support
Friend/family member
Pastoral care
Helpline
Other