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Australian Crime: Facts and Figures 2002

Police staffing

Sworn police officers per 100,000 persons by jurisdiction, 30 June 2000 and 30 June 2001
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Sources:

  • Steering Committee for the Review of Commonwealth/State Service Provision 2002, Report on government services 2002, vol. 1, Productivity Commission, Canberra.
  • Australian Bureau of Statistics 2000-2001, Population by age and sex: Australian states and territories (various issues), cat. no. 3201.0.

What this chart shows

  • Generally there is little difference across jurisdictions in the number of sworn police officers per 100,000 population, with the exception of the Northern Territory which is well above the national average.
  • The Northern Territory had the largest number of police officers per 100,000 population (493), while the ACT had the smallest (186).
  • The number of police officers increased slightly in 2001 relative to 2000.

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