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Australian crime : facts and figures 2004

Violent crime rate

Figure 2: Violent crimes, rate per 100,000 persons, 1996-2003

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Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics 2004. Recorded crime: victims, Australia 2003 cat no 4510.0. Canberra: ABS
Australian Bureau of Statistics 2002. Population by age and sex: Australian states and territories 1981 to 2001 cat no 3201.0. Canberra: ABS
Australian Bureau of Statistics 2003. Population by age and sex: Australian states and territories 1997 to 2002 cat no 3201.0. Canberra: ABS
Australian Bureau of Statistics 2003. Population by age and sex: Australian states and territories 2003 cat no 3201.0. Canberra: ABS

What this chart shows

  • The rate of assault increased steadily from 623 victims per 100,000 people in 1996 to 815 per 100,000 in 2002 before declining by 2% to 798 per 100,000 in 2003.
  • The rate for robbery peaked at 137 per 100,000 in 2001, the highest recorded since 1996. Rates have declined since 2001 by 28% to 99 per 100,000.
  • In 2003 the rate of sexual assault was 92 per 100,000, which is higher than any previous year and 15% higher than in 1996.
  • The homicide rate was 1.91 in 1996 and was at its highest in 1999 at 2.04 per 100,000, before dropping to 1.7 in 2003.

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