GLOSSARY
Assault
An incident, other than a robbery, where the respondent was physically attacked or threatened with force or violence.
Attempted break-in
An incident where an attempt was made to break into the respondent's home, garage or shed.
Break-in
An incident where the respondent's home was broken into. The respondent's home was defined to include their garage or shed. Break-in offences relating to their car or garden were excluded.
Break-in/attempted break-in
Where a household was a victim of either a break-in or an attempted break-in, or both.
Household
A group of persons resident in a private dwelling who share common facilities and meals and who consider themselves to be a household. It is possible for a dwelling to contain more than one household, for example, where regular provision is made for groups to take meals separately and where persons consider their households to be separate.
Household crime
Specifically, a break-in, attempted break-in or motor vehicle theft, in which a household is considered to be the victim of the crime.
Incidence rate
The total number of incidents of an offence that occurred in the reference period expressed as a percentage of the relevant population.
Incident
A single occurrence of a crime event, such as a break-in, an attempted break-in, the theft of a motor vehicle, or an act of robbery, assault or sexual assault.
Labour force status
The situation of respondents in relation to the labour force at the time of the survey. Categories include:
- Employed - had a job or business, or undertook work without pay in a family business in the week prior to the survey, including being absent from a job or business that they had
- Unemployed - not employed but actively looked for work in the four weeks prior to the survey, and available to start work in the week prior to the survey
- Not in the labour force - persons who were neither employed nor unemployed, e.g. retired persons, persons keeping house (unpaid), and persons who are voluntarily inactive or permanently unable to work.
Motor vehicle theft
An incident where a motor vehicle was stolen from any member of the household. It includes privately owned motor vehicles as well as business/company vehicles used exclusively by members of the household.
Neighbourhood
The definition of this term was left to the interpretation of the respondent.
Offence
A crime committed against either a person or a household.
Personal crime
Specifically, a robbery, assault or sexual assault, in which an individual is considered to be the victim of the crime.
Reporting rate
The total number of victims of an offence who reported the most recent incident to police, expressed as a percentage of the total victims of that offence.
Robbery
An incident where someone stole (or tried to steal) property from a respondent by physically attacking them or threatening them with force or violence.
Sexual assault
An incident of a sexual nature involving physical contact, including rape, attempted rape, indecent assault, and assault with the intent to sexually assault. Sexual harassment (that did not lead to sexual assault) was excluded. Only persons aged 18 years and over were asked questions about sexual assault.
Victim
A household or person reporting at least one of the offences surveyed. Victims were counted once only for each type of offence, regardless of the number of incidents of that type.
Victimisation prevalence rate
The total number of victims of an offence in a given population expressed as a percentage of that population.
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