4510.0 - Recorded Crime - Victims, Australia, 2019
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This document was added or updated on 16/09/2020. 27 years of Recorded Crime – Victims data
The statistics presented are available as data tables in an Excel spreadsheet format and can be downloaded. Homicide and related offences The number of victims of homicide and related offences has decreased in Australia over the 27 years of data collection. In 1993 there were 697 recorded victims, by 2019 this had declined by two-fifths (40% or 281 victims) to 416 victims. Victims of homicide and related offences, Australia © Commonwealth of Australia 2019 In comparison to other offence types, the victimisation rate for homicide and related offences remained relatively low across the time series and ranged from about 4 victims per 100,000 persons to about 2 victims per 100,000 persons. This means that after accounting for population change, the victimisation rate for homicide has halved. The largest recorded number of victims for this offence was 809 in 2001. From 2002 the number of victims declined across most years. Attempted murder was the most common homicide offence type between 1993 and 2005. From 2006, murder was the most common homicide offence recorded nationally. Assault Accounting for population change from 1995 to 2019, the victimisation rate for assault almost doubled in:
The victimisation rate also increased in:
The victimisation rate remained relatively stable in South Australia with 918 victims per 100,000 persons in 1995 and 923 victims per 100,000 persons in 2019. In the Australian Capital Territory, there was a slight decline in the victimisation rates from 583 victims in 1996 to 562 victims per 100,000 persons. Assault, Victimisation rate(a), Selected states and territories(b) Footnotes: (a) Rate per 100,000 persons for the state/territory of interest. (b) Assault data not published for Victoria or Queensland and limited data published for Tasmania. Assault data for the Australian Capital Territory for 1995 not suitable for publication. © Commonwealth of Australia 2019 Sexual assault The number of recorded victims of sexual assault has increased nationally over a 27-year period. Since 1993 the number of victims of this offence has more than doubled, reaching the largest number recorded nationally in 2019 (26,892 victims). Accounting for population growth, the national victimisation rate went up from 69 to 106 victims per 100,000 persons. Sexual assault, Victimisation rate(a), Australia Footnote: (a) Rate per 100,000 persons for the state/territory of interest. © Commonwealth of Australia 2019 The victimisation rate increased across most jurisdictions between 1993 and 2019, the largest of which occurred in:
South Australia was the only jurisdiction where the victimisation rate declined for sexual assault, down from 108 to 89 victims per 100,00 persons. Robbery The number of victims of robbery have increased nationally over the last four years (between 2015 to 2019), following an eight-year period of decreases. The highest number of victims of robbery over the 27-year period was recorded in 2001 (26,590 victims). There was generally more unarmed than armed robberies recorded. Victims of robbery, Australia © Commonwealth of Australia 2019 Unlawful entry with intent Over 27 years, the number of victims of unlawful entry with intent more than halved (down 55%) to 173,344 victims in 2019. From the mid 90’s to the mid 2000’s, property was stolen in about three out of four (76%) reports of unlawful entry with intent. Victims of unlawful entry with intent, Australia © Commonwealth of Australia 2019 Motor vehicle theft The number of motor vehicles stolen across Australia declined by almost half (48%) over 27 years to 58,021 victims. Victims of this offence peaked nationally in 2001 (139,895 victims). Following this peak, records of vehicles stolen declined for nine consecutive years (down 61% or 85,076 victims by 2010). The number of vehicles recorded as stolen between 2010 to 2019 have remained relatively stable (increasing by 6% or 3,202 victims). Victims of motor vehicle theft, Australia © Commonwealth of Australia 2019 Between 1993 and 2019, all states and territories recorded a decrease in the number of motor vehicle theft victims. The number decreased by more than half in:
Victoria declined by 42% to 15,930 victims and the Australian Capital Territory was down by 32% (to 1,145 victims). Queensland, the Northern Territory and Tasmania recorded decreases under 10% (down 8%, 7% and 3%, respectively) across the 27 years. Other theft Between 1995 and 2019, victims of other theft offences increased nationally by 16% to 569,404 victims. Other theft includes offences such as theft from a person and theft from retail premises. Similar to the two other property crime offences included in this collection (unlawful entry with intent and motor vehicle theft), victims of other theft peaked in the early 2000’s, with 700,140 victims in 2001. Victims of other theft, Australia © Commonwealth of Australia 2019 The national increase over 25 years was contributed to by three jurisdictions:
The other five jurisdictions recorded decreases over the same time period:
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