The age and sex breakdowns of victims of crime in Tasmania for 2002 show that 58.0% of assault victims and 59.5% of individual robbery victims were male, while 84.3% of sexual assault victims were female.
In 2002, all three Regions recorded proportions of male victims of assault similar to the Tasmanian proportion, with the Greater Hobart-Southern recording 58.6%, the Northern Region 58.1% and Mersey-Lyell 58.1%.The Mersey-Lyell Region recorded the highest proportion of individual robbery victims who were male, recording 75.0%, compared to 62.5% in the Northern Region and 54.1% in the Greater Hobart-Southern Region. The Greater Hobart-Southern Region recorded the highest proportion of sexual assault victims who were female, with 89.0%, compared to 84.3% in Mersey-Lyell and 79.7% in the Northern Region.
For all three Regions the numbers of both male and female victims of assault were highest in the 25-34 years age group. Female victims of sexual assault were most numerous in the 20-24 years age group in the Greater Hobart-Southern Region, compared to the 15-19 years age group in the Northern and Mersey-Lyell Regions.
VICTIMS OF SELECTED OFFENCES, By sex and age: Tasmanian regions - 2002
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| | Assault
| Sexual assault
| Robbery
|
Age (years) | Males | Females | Persons | Males | Females | Persons | Males | Females | Persons |
|
Greater Hobart-Southern | | | | | | | | |
| 0-9 | 13 | 15 | 29 | 5 | 14 | 19 | - | - | - |
| 10-14 | 45 | 25 | 70 | 1 | 16 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 15-19 | 123 | 95 | 218 | - | 14 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 16 |
| 20-24 | 142 | 119 | 262 | - | 18 | 18 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| 25-34 | 250 | 167 | 418 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 15 |
| 35-44 | 140 | 117 | 257 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 45-54 | 75 | 37 | 113 | - | 1 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 10 |
| 55-64 | 27 | 20 | 47 | - | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 65 and over | 11 | 7 | 18 | - | - | - | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| Not specified | 152 | 35 | 237 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | - | 1 |
| Total | 978 | 637 | 1,669(a) | 10 | 89 | 100(a) | 40 | 33 | 73(a) |
|
Northern | | | | | | | | | |
| 0-9 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 12 | - | - | - |
| 10-14 | 24 | 25 | 49 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 2 | - | 2 |
| 15-19 | 81 | 69 | 151 | 2 | 17 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 20-24 | 103 | 61 | 164 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 25-34 | 159 | 106 | 268 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 35-44 | 82 | 84 | 166 | - | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 45-54 | 57 | 27 | 84 | - | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 55-64 | 19 | 14 | 33 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 65 and over | 6 | 1 | 7 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| Not specified | 127 | 40 | 223 | - | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | 1 |
| Total | 662 | 435 | 1,157(a) | 13 | 55 | 69(a) | 20 | 12 | 32(a) |
|
Mersey-Lyell | | | | | | | | | |
| 0-9 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 11 | 15 | - | - | - |
| 10-14 | 23 | 24 | 47 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 1 | - | 1 |
| 15-19 | 73 | 48 | 121 | 1 | 13 | 14 | 2 | - | 2 |
| 20-24 | 50 | 59 | 110 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 1 | - | 1 |
| 25-34 | 105 | 70 | 175 | 1 | 12 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 35-44 | 72 | 43 | 115 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 45-54 | 34 | 20 | 54 | - | - | - | 2 | - | 2 |
| 55-64 | 10 | 6 | 16 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| 65 and over | 5 | - | 5 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Not specified | 92 | 27 | 156 | - | - | - | 2 | - | 2 |
| Total | 471 | 302 | 811(a) | 13 | 60 | 73(a) | 12 | 4 | 16(a) |
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Tasmania | | | | | | | | | |
| 0-9 | 24 | 28 | 53 | 13 | 33 | 46 | - | - | - |
| 10-14 | 92 | 74 | 166 | 6 | 36 | 42 | 7 | 1 | 8 |
| 15-19 | 277 | 212 | 490 | 3 | 44 | 48 | 18 | 6 | 24 |
| 20-24 | 295 | 239 | 536 | 5 | 33 | 38 | 6 | 7 | 13 |
| 25-34 | 514 | 343 | 861 | 5 | 28 | 33 | 12 | 12 | 24 |
| 35-44 | 294 | 244 | 538 | 3 | 18 | 21 | 6 | 6 | 12 |
| 45-54 | 166 | 84 | 251 | - | 3 | 3 | 12 | 6 | 18 |
| 55-64 | 56 | 40 | 96 | - | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| 65 and over | 22 | 8 | 30 | - | - | - | 2 | 7 | 9 |
| Not specified | 371 | 102 | 616 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 4 | - | 4 |
| Total | 2,111 | 1,374 | 3,637(a) | 36 | 204 | 242(a) | 72 | 49 | 121(a) |
|
- nil or rounded to zero
(a) Totals include victims whose age and sex were not specified. Consequently there may be minor discrepancies between individual components and totals.
Source: Department of Police and Public Safety, extracted from the Crime Analysis System on 3 April 2003. |
FURTHER INFORMATION
Tasmania Police Annual Report 2001-2002