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Australian crime : facts and figures 2003

Assault

Number of assaults, by month, 1995-2002
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Sources

  • Australian Bureau of Statistics 2002, Population by age and sex : Australian states and territories 1981 to 2001, cat. no. 3201.0, ABS, Canberra.
  • Australian Bureau of Statistics 2003, Population by age and sex : Australian states and territories 1997 to 2002, cat. no. 3201.0, ABS, Canberra.
  • Australian Bureau of Statistics, Recorded crime, 2002, [computer file].

What this chart shows

  • The number of assaults has grown by an average of 5% each year between 1995 and 2002. This is almost five times the annual growth of the Australian population over the same period.
  • Assault is seasonal. The number of assaults peaks in the spring and summer months of October to January, and declines from April through July.

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