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Australian crime : facts and figures 2003
Robbery
Age and gender of armed robbery victims, rate per 100,000 persons, 2002
Sources
- Australian Bureau of Statistics 2003, Recorded crime : victims, Australia 2002, cat. no. 4510.0, 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.
What this chart shows
- In all age categories, males were at higher risk of being a victim of armed robbery than were females.
- Males aged 15 to 24 years were more than twice as likely to be a victim of armed robbery than males or females in any other age category.
- Among males, the victimisation rate decreased between 2001 and 2002 across all age groups, with the exception of those 14 years of age and under.
- Similar to males, females aged 15 to 24 years were at the highest risk of victimisation.