Crime and Safety Survey
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Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) Survey of residents of private dwellings throughout Australia seeking information about selected household and personal crime and safety issues. Conducted as a supplement to the monthly labour force survey. Previous national surveys were conducted in 1975, 1983, 1993 and 1998. On each occasion the collection methodology has been different but similar data items have been collected. To obtain information on the perception of crime problems in the neighbourhood, fear of crime, the incidence of selected categories of crime and reporting behaviour. Persons aged 18 and over will be asked to provide information on sexual assault on a separate questionnaire, and they will be advised that there is no obligation to participate in this part of the survey.
SCOPE - Labour Force Survey The Labour Force Survey includes all persons aged 15 and over except: From July 1993 Jervis Bay Territory is also excluded from the scope of the survey. Before July 1993 it was included in estimates for the Australian Capital Territory.
From July 1997, all supplementary surveys excluded persons in remote and sparsely settled areas of Australia. The exclusion of these persons has only a minor effect on estimates for individual States or Territories.
COVERAGE - Labour Force Survey In the Labour Force Survey, coverage rules are applied which aim to ensure that each person is associated with only one dwelling, and hence has only one chance of selection. The chance of a person being enumerated at two separate dwellings in the one survey is considered to be negligible.
Persons who are away from their usual residence for six weeks or less at the time of interview are enumerated at their usual residence (relevant information may be obtained from other usual residents present at the time of the survey). Conceptual framework The collection will be conducted as a supplement to the ABS Monthly Population Survey (MPS). Main outputs -how safe or unsafe you feel at home by yourself during day/after dark -how safe or unsafe you feel walking or jogging alone in local area during day/after dark -made changes to way you live because of concern about crime and safety -whether incident/s became known to the police -whether most recent incident was reported to the police -main reason why it was not reported to the police -did police complete a crime report -whether considers incident to be a crime -as a result of incident have you made any changes to home/life -whether incident/s became known to the police -whether most recent incident was reported to the police -main reason why it was not reported to the police -did police complete a crime report -whether considers incident to be a crime -whether incident/s became known to the police -whether most recent incident was reported to the police -whether considers incident to be a crime -whether incident/s became known to the police -whether most recent incident was reported to the police -main reason why it was not reported to the police -did police complete a crime report -whether considers incident to be a crime -what was stolen -was a weapon used -were you physically injured -did you see offender/s -whether offender/s were known to the victim -how many offender/s + age/sex of offender/s -location of incident -reactions to incident -made changes to way you live -whether incident/s became known to the police -whether most recent incident was reported to the police -main reason why it was not reported to the police -did police complete a crime report -whether considers incident to be a crime -was a weapon used -were you physically injured -did you see offender/s -whether offender/s were known to the victim -how many offender/s + age/sex of offender/s -location of incident -day of week and time of day of incident -reactions to incident -made changes to way you live -sought advice/support as a result of incident -whether incident/s became known to the police -whether most recent incident was reported to the police -main reason why it was not reported to the police -did police complete a crime report -whether considers incident to be a crime -was a weapon used -were you physically injured -did you see offender/s -whether offender/s were known to the victim -how many offender/s + age/sex of offender/s -location of incident -reactions to incident -made changes to way you live -sought advice/support as a result of incident Classifications For the offence classifications, attempts are made to align the classifications as closely as possible with police classifications and the ABS' Australian Standard Offence Classification (ASOC). However, it should be emphasised that the responses obtained in this survey are based on respondent's perception of their having been a victim of an offence. The terms used summarise the wording of the questions asked of the respondent and may not necessarily correspond with the legal or police definitions which are used for each offence. Other concepts (summary) Not applicable Comments and/or Other Regions Not all data available for all areas. Frequency comments First conducted nationally (except NT) in 1975 with a 12 month reference period and conducted over 3 months, March - May 1975. Repeated in 1983 (12 months reference period & conducted over 12 months, February 1983 to January 1984), 1993 (12 month reference period to April 1993) and 1998 This topic was conducted as a national survey, in 1975, 1983, 1993 and 1998. Data availability comments Publication Crime & Safety, Australia (ABS Cat. No. 4509.0) Document Selection These documents will be presented in a new window.
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