SUMMARY

It is estimated that in the 12 months prior to interview in 2009-10, of those persons aged 15 years and over:

• 509,500 (2.9%) were victims of at least one physical assault
• 587,100 (3.4%) were victims of at least one threatened assault, including face-to-face and non face-to-face threatened assaults
• 71,600 (0.4%) were victims of at least one robbery.

Victimisation rates for most personal crimes decreased significantly between 2008-09 and 2009-10. The victimisation rate for robbery fell from 0.6% to 0.4%, face-to-face threatened assault from 3.9% to 3.1%, and non face-to-face threatened assault from 1.2% to 0.8%.

The percentage of victims who reported their most recent incident to police varied depending on the type of crime:

• 61% for robbery
• 51% for physical assault
• 37% for sexual assault
• 32% for face-to-face threatened assault.

The level of reporting was generally similar to 2008-09, although incidents of robbery were more highly reported in 2009-10, with 61% of victims reporting the latest incident to police, compared with 39% in 2008-09.

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