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Australian Crime: Facts and Figures 2002

Unarmed robbery

Age and gender of unarmed robbery victims, rate per 100,000 persons, 2001
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Sources

  • Australian Bureau of Statistics 2002, Recorded crime Australia 2001, cat. no. 4510.0.
  • Australian Bureau of Statistics 2001, Population by age and sex: Australian states and territories, cat. no. 3201.0.

What this chart shows

  • Males aged 15 to 19 were the most likely victims of unarmed robbery. They experienced an increase in the rate of unarmed robbery from 415 per 100,000 in 2000 to 612 per 100,000 in 2001.
  • In general males had a higher risk of being a victim of unarmed robbery.

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