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Crime against businesses

Concern is increasing both here and internationally about crimes against small business, such as fraud, cybercrime, robbery, shoplifting and theft. Australia has some 1,961,337 small businesses however proportionally more crimes are committed against businesses than households with the most common being burglary followed by shoplifting. To help small businesses prevent crime, this website links to two National Crime Prevention Program kits filled with useful preventative advice, particularly relating to e-crime and general business security.

Recent publications

• Computer security threats faced by small businesses in Australia
  07 February 2012
• Crime against businesses in two ethnically diverse communities
  04 October 2006
• Reporting of crime against small business
  18 February 2003
• Implementing Business Watch: problems and solutions
  04 February 2003
• Reporting of crime against small retail businesses
  04 December 2002
• Financial and psychological costs of crime for small retail businesses
  04 June 2002
• Patterns of victimisation among small retail businesses
  04 March 2002
• Crimes against businesses in Australia
  04 June 1995

Recent events

• Crime in the professions
  21 February 2000