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Australian crime : facts and figures 2003

Robbery

Robbery, type of weapon, 2002
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Other weapon includes type of weapon not specified (n=962).

Source

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

What this chart shows

  • Most weapons used in robbery were knives followed by other types of weapons. Robberies involving firearms made up 6% of total robberies in 2002. A small percentage were syringes.
  • Between 1993 and 2002 the number of firearm robberies declined by 41% while the number involving personal force (unarmed) and other types of weapons almost doubled.

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