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Sworn police officers rate per 100,000 persons by jurisdiction, 30 June 2001 and 30 June 2002
Sources
- Australian Bureau of Statistics 2003, Population by age and sex : Australian states and territories 1997 to 2002, cat. no. 3201.0, ABS, Canberra.
- Australian Institute of Criminology 2002, The composition of Australia's police services as at June 30 2002, Australian Institute of Criminology, Canberra. <http://www.aic.gov.au/stats/cjs/police/police2002.pdf>
What this chart shows
- Generally there is little difference across jurisdictions in the number of sworn police officers per 100,000 population, with the exception of the Northern Territory which is well above the national average.
- The Northern Territory had the largest number of police officers per 100,000 population (474), while the ACT had the smallest (196). However, the ACT had 325 police officers per 1,000 square km, while the Northern Territory had only one.
- The number of police officers increased slightly in 2002 relative to 2001 in all jurisdictions except for Western Australia and the Northern Territory.