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Australian Crime: Facts and Figures 2002

Location of crime

Number of violent crimes by type of location, 2001
Location Homicide Assault Sexual assault Robbery
Residential
Private dwelling 188 53,212 9,837 1,422
Other residential* 28 8,506 949 368
Community
Street/footpath 48 34,528 1,365 10,150
Other community 32 21,358 2,136 4,523
Other
Retail 14 13,545 493 6,863
Recreational 18 13,632 861 1,529
Other location 5 2,915 293 956
Unspecified 7 4,057 810 754
Total 340 151,753 16,744 26,565
* Includes non-private dwellings, dwellings not further defined, and land and other structures (for example, driveways) that lie within the curtilage of a residential location.
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics 2002, Recorded crime Australia 2001, cat. no. 4510.0

What this table shows

  • Streets or footpaths accounted for 38% of robberies and 23% of assaults.
  • Private dwellings accounted for 35% of assaults, 59% of sexual assaults and 55% of homicides.

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