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Australian Crime: Facts and Figures 2002

Trend in robbery

Number of robbery victims, by month, 1995-2001
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Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Unpublished data.

What this chart shows

  • As seen above, both armed and unarmed robberies display concurrent trends.
  • The number of armed robberies peaked in March 2001. This was the highest number recorded since May 1998.
  • Since March 2001 there has been an average 5% decline in the number of all robberies each month.
  • In June 1998, 48% of all robberies were armed. Since then the figure has stabilised at about 45%.

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