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Australian Crime: Facts and Figures 2002

Armed robbery

Victims of armed robbery, 2001
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Sources

  • Australian Bureau of Statistics 2002, Recorded crime Australia 2001, cat. no. 4510.0.
  • Australian Bureau of Statistics, Unpublished data.

What this chart shows

  • Thirty-eight per cent of armed robberies were committed against organisations, such as banks and chemists.
  • A person (male or female) was the victim of 61% of armed robberies. Males were more than twice as likely to be robbed than females.

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