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Australian Crime: Facts and Figures 2002

Recorded crime

Crimes known to police

Tables 1a and 1b show the number of victims recorded by police between 1995 and 2001 for the following seven major categories of offences: homicide, assault, sexual assault, robbery, unlawful entry with intent, motor vehicle theft and other theft. It is estimated that these crimes account for about 60% of all crime recorded by police.

Violent crime

Violent crime comprises homicide, assault, sexual assault and robbery.

Property crime

Property crime comprises unlawful entry with intent, motor vehicle theft and other theft.

Location of crime

The ABS classifies crime locations according to the function of the site where a criminal incident occurred, as follows:

  • residential location (for example, houses, garages/ carports, motels and hostels);
  • community location (for example, car parks, transport facilities, street/footpaths and schools); and
  • other location (for example, retail premises, recreational facilities, government offices and warehousing/storage).

Table 2 lists the number of violent offences (homicide, assault, sexual assault and robbery) that occurred within each type of location. Figure 4 shows the proportion of violent offences by the type of location.

Table 3 lists the number of property offences (unlawful entry with intent, motor vehicle theft and other theft) that occurred within each type of location. Figure 5 shows the proportion of property offences by the type of location.