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Australian Crime: Facts and Figures 2002

Trend in assault

Number of assaults, by month, 1995-2001
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Sources

  • Australian Bureau of Statistics 1981-2001, Population by age and sex: Australian states and territories (various issues), cat. no. 3201.0.
  • Australian Bureau of Statistics, Unpublished data.

What this chart shows

  • The number of assaults has grown by an average 5% each year between 1995 and 2001. This is almost five times the annual growth of the Australian population over the same period (upward trend was statistically significant, p<0.01).
  • Assault is seasonal. The number of assaults peaks in the spring and summer months of October, November, December and January, and declines in April, May, June and July.

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