MULTIPLE VICTIMISATION ^{Endnote 1}

PERSONS WHO EXPERIENCED MULTIPLE VICTIMISATION IN 2015–16 (Tables 9, 10 and 11)

Persons can experience multiple incidents of the same personal crime type within the 12 months prior to interview:

• more than half (56%) of all persons aged 15 years and over who experienced assault (including physical and threatened assault) experienced multiple incidents
• more than half (57%) of all persons aged 15 years and over who experienced face-to-face threatened assault experienced multiple incidents
• nearly one-quarter (23%) of persons aged 15 years and over who experienced threatened assault (including both face-to-face and non face-to-face threatened assault) experienced six or more incidents
• one in ten people (11%) who experienced physical assault experienced six or more incidents.

Of the selected personal crime types, persons who experienced robbery were the most likely to experience a single incident only. Over two-thirds (68%) of persons who experienced robbery experienced one incident only, compared with half (50%) of persons who experienced physical assault.

Experience of multiple incidents of personal crime, Australia, 2015–16

Australian Bureau of Statistics
© Commonwealth of Australia 2017.

* Estimate has a relative standard error of 25% to 50% and should be used with caution.
Source(s): Crime Victimisation, Australia


HOUSEHOLDS THAT EXPERIENCED MULTIPLE VICTIMISATION IN 2015–16 (Table 12)

In the 12 months prior to interview, households were more likely to experience one incident than multiple incidents for all household crime types.

Experience of multiple incidents of household crime, Australia, 2015–16^(a)

Australian Bureau of Statistics
© Commonwealth of Australia 2017.

Footnote(s): (a) Data for motor vehicle theft are not shown, as estimates of the number of households experiencing multiple incidents of motor vehicle theft in the 12 months prior to interview are subject to high sampling error (for further details refer to the Technical Note).
Source(s): Crime Victimisation, Australia


ENDNOTES

Endnote 1 All comparisons discussed have been tested for statistical significance with a 95% level of confidence that there is a real difference in the two populations being tested. Only data with a relative standard error (RSE) of less than 25% are referred to in the text of this publication and these estimates are considered sufficiently reliable for general use. To determine whether there is a statistical difference between any other two estimates, significance testing should be undertaken. For further information, refer to the Technical Note.