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Location of violent crime statistics
The Australian Bureau of Statistics classifies crime locations according to the function of the site where a criminal incident occurred. There are three broad locations:
- residential (including houses, garages/carports, motels and hostels)
- community (including car parks, transport facilities, street/footpaths and schools)
- other (including retail premises, recreational facilities, government offices and warehousing/storage).
| Murder | Assault | Sexual assault | Robbery | Kidnapping | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| a: Total includes not further defined | |||||
| n.a.: not available | |||||
| Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics 1997-2007. Recorded crime, victims, Australia (various years; title varies). ABS cat. no. 4510.0. Canberra: ABS | |||||
| Residential | |||||
| Dwelling | 171 | n.a. | n.a. | 1,261 | 237 |
| Outbuilding/residential land | 7 | n.a. | n.a. | 132 | 13 |
| Total residential (a) | 184 | 77,157 | 12,168 | 1,411 | 253 |
| Community | |||||
| Transport | 7 | n.a. | n.a. | 1,427 | 29 |
| Street/footpath | 35 | n.a. | n.a. | 7,767 | 291 |
| Other community | 21 | n.a. | n.a. | 613 | 39 |
| Total community (a) | 68 | 58,317 | 3,374 | 9,864 | 362 |
| Other | |||||
| Retail | 8 | n.a. | n.a. | 4,173 | 59 |
| Recreational | 9 | n.a. | n.a. | 1,303 | 37 |
| Other location | 4 | n.a. | n.a. | 309 | 6 |
| Total other (a) | 21 | 34,419 | 2,021 | 5,898 | 105 |
| Unspecified location | 6 | 1,014 | 648 | 111 | 5 |
| (Total) | (279) | (170,907) | (18,211) | (17,284) | (725) |
- The majority of murders (66%, n=184) occurred in a residential location, while most robberies (92%, n=15,873) occurred outside the home.
- In 2006, 45% (n=7,767) of robberies and 40% (n=291) of kidnappings occurred on streets or footpaths, compared with 13% (n=35) of murders.
- Assaults were more likely to occur in residential (45%) and community (34%) locations.
- The majority of sexual assaults occurred in residential locations (67%).
Selected violent crimes by type of location, 2000-06 (number)
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics 1997-2007. Recorded crime, victims, Australia (various years; title varies). ABS cat. no. 4510.0. Canberra: ABS
- Between 2000 and 2006, violent crimes declined overall in most categories of location, although the decrease was not uniform across all location types.
- Violent crimes carried out at transport and retail locations declined the most, by 49% and 32%, respectively.
- Violent crimes that occurred on the street/footpath and at recreational locations decreased by 7% and 3% respectively between 2000 and 2006.
- Violent crime rose by 3% at residential locations.