RECORDED CRIME OFFENCES
The data in the chapter are sourced directly from Victoria Police. The counts provided below relate to recorded offences, not offenders. Therefore, multiple offences committed by the same perpetrator are counted as separate recorded offences. Also, offences are recorded against the Local Government Area (LGA) in which they were committed rather than the offenders' usual place of residence. Figures must be used with caution as not all offences might be reported to the police.
Victoria recorded 376,958 crime offences during the 2007-08 financial year, an increase of 758 (0.2%) from the previous financial year. The majority (74.6%) of offences recorded in 2007-08 occurred against property.
Data were provided by Victoria Police as aggregates at LGA level. It was not possible to derive exact data for Melbourne and Gippsland Statistical Divisions (SDs) as Yarra Ranges LGA is split across these two SDs. In this chapter, Yarra Ranges LGA as a whole was included with the other LGAs in Melbourne SD to form a region referred to as Melbourne Metropolitan Area (MMA). Consequently, Gippsland SD as presented here excludes Yarra Ranges (S) - Pt B Statistical Local Area (SLA).
Recorded crime offence rates were calculated per 100,000 population using estimated resident population as at 30 June 2007 (cat. no. 3218.0). Gippsland SD recorded the highest rate of 7,774 per 100,000 population. Mallee (7,710) and Central Highlands (7,693) SDs also recorded relatively high rates. The lowest rates were recorded in Western District (5,699), Barwon (5,729) and Ovens-Murray (6,093) SDs.
RECORDED CRIME OFFENCES, By Statistical Division
- 2007-08
The majority (75.8%) of offences in 2007-08 occurred in MMA. Within MMA, the highest rate of 36,393 offences per 100,000 population was recorded in Melbourne LGA. Yarra (18,007) and Maribyrnong (12,109) LGAs also recorded relatively high offence rates. Nillumbik (2,534), Manningham (2,941) and Yarra Ranges (3,890) LGAs recorded the lowest rates.
Outside MMA, the highest offence rates were recorded in Latrobe (10,777), Swan Hill (9,809) and Ballarat (9,475) LGAs. Golden Plains (1,649), West Wimmera (2,425) and Indigo (2,881) LGAs recorded the lowest offence rates.
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Recorded Crime Offences, By Local Government Area (file size 33kB).
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