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Australian Crime: Facts and Figures 2002

Location of motor vehicle theft

Motor vehicle theft, type of location*, 2001
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*Excludes unspecified location (n=5,676).
**Includes private dwellings and other residential locations.

Sources

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  • Australian Bureau of Statistics, Unpublished data.

What this chart shows

  • The majority of motor vehicle thefts occurred in community locations (61%), particularly streets/footpaths (42%) and car parks (11%).
  • Retail locations accounted for 13% of motor vehicle thefts in 2001.
  • Twenty-one per cent of motor vehicle thefts occurred at a residential location.
  • The number of incidents of motor vehicle theft occurring in residential locations increased in 2001, relative to 2000, by 10%. The number occurring on streets/footpaths also increased (4%).
  • The number of incidents of motor vehicle theft occurring in 'other community' locations decreased in 2001, relative to 2000 (9% decrease), as did those occurring in car parks (8% decrease), retail (7% decrease) and other locations (4% decrease).

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