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Australian crime : facts and figures 2003

Location of crime

Number of violent crimes by type of location, 2002
Location	Homicide	Assault	Sexual assault	Robbery
Residential
Private dwelling	177	56,725	10,572	1,169
Other residential^*	26	9,028	1,135	323
Community
Street/footpath	55	36,261	1,382	8,610
Other community	57	22,850	2,300	3,645
Other
Retail	9	14,580	565	4,616
Recreational	23	14,166	855	1,312
Other location	10	2,974	301	803
Unspecified	6	2,964	740	483
Total
Total	363	159,548	17,850	20,961
^* Includes non-private dwellings, dwellings not further defined, and land and other structures (for example, driveways) that lie within the curtilage of a residential location. Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics 2003, Recorded crime : victims, Australia 2002, cat. no. 4510.0, ABS, Canberra.

In 2002, 41% of robberies and 23% of assaults occurred on streets or footpaths, compared with 15% of homicides and 8% of sexual assaults.
Fifty-nine per cent of sexual assaults, 49% of homicides and 36% of assaults occurred in private dwellings.