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Australian Crime: Facts and Figures 2002

Location of sexual assaults

Sexual assault, type of location, 2001
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Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics 2002, Recorded crime Australia 2001, cat. no. 4510.0

What this chart shows

  • Of all recorded sexual assaults in Australia in 2001, 67% occurred in residential locations, particularly private dwellings (61%).
  • Twenty-three per cent of sexual assaults occurred in community locations. Sexual assaults on streets/footpaths accounted for 9% of all recorded sexual assaults.
  • Only 10% of recorded sexual assaults took place in other locations, including recreational facilities such as parks and ovals (5%).
  • This pattern remained relatively stable between 2000 and 2001.

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