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Australian crime : facts and figures 2003

Robbery

Types of robbery, 2002
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Source

  • Australian Bureau of Statistics 2003, Recorded crime : victims, Australia 2002, cat. no. 4510.0, ABS, Canberra.

What this chart shows

  • Police recorded 20,961 victims of robbery during 2002, a rate of 107 per 100,000 population. This represents a 21% decrease over the number recorded in 2001.
  • Of the incidents recorded during 2002, 63% were unarmed robberies and 37% were committed with some type of weapon. This was similar to the pattern of weapon use in 2001.

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