4530.0 - Crime Victimisation, Australia, 2017-18

ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 13/02/2019

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Key findings In this issue + Who experienced personal and household crimes Physical assault Face-to-face threatened assault Non face-to-face threatened assault Contribution of alcohol (and other substances) to assault Robbery Break-in and Attempted break-in Motor vehicle theft and theft from a motor vehicle Malicious property damage Other theft + State and territory spotlights + Change in rates of crime over time Crime rates lower than a decade ago (Media Release) + Home Security Measures History of Changes About this Release	FACE-TO-FACE THREATENED ASSAULT WHO EXPERIENCED FACE-TO-FACE THREATENED ASSAULT IN 2017–18? (Table 13) During the 2017–18 reference period, 2.6% of Australians aged 15 years and over (500,600) experienced face-to-face threatened assault. Men (3.0% or 285,000) were more likely than women (2.1% or 212,300) to experience face-to-face threatened assault during this period. AGE The face-to-face threatened assault victimisation rate for 15 to 24 year olds was 3.1%, while for persons aged 65 years and over the victimisation rate was 0.8%. Those aged 65 years and over were significantly less likely than any other age group to have experienced face-to-face threatened assault. VICTIMISATION RATES, Face-to-face threatened assault by age, 2017–18 Australian Bureau of Statistics © Commonwealth of Australia 2019. OTHER SOCIO-DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS The following groups were more likely to experience face-to-face threatened assault in the last 12 months: persons born in Australia (2.9%) compared to persons born overseas (1.9%) persons with a non-school qualification (2.8%) compared to persons with no non-school qualification (2.2%). The face-to-face threatened assault victimisation rate was similar for persons living in a capital city (2.5%) and persons living in the balance of state/territory (2.7%). EXPERIENCE OF MULTIPLE VICTIMISATION (Table 9) Of all persons who experienced face-to-face threatened assault during the 2017-18 reference period: 47% (234,500) experienced a single incident 21% (106,700) experienced two incidents 32% (157,600) experienced three or more incidents. A similar proportion of women (43% or 91,600) and men (49% or 139,300) who experienced face-to-face threatened assault experienced a single incident. WHETHER MOST RECENT INCIDENT WAS REPORTED TO POLICE (Table 15) Approximately two out of five (38%) persons who experienced face-to-face threatened assault had their most recent incident reported to police. An estimated 34% of men and 46% of women had the most recent incident reported to police. The most common reasons for not reporting their most recent incident to police was that they thought it was too trivial/unimportant (26% of men and 12% of women). OTHER SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS OF MOST RECENT INCIDENT (Table 15) In the most recent incident of face-to-face threatened assault experienced by women: the perpetrator was most commonly a male (65%) the perpetrator was more commonly a known person (67%) than a stranger (33%) the known perpetrator was commonly an intimate partner (17%) the incident commonly occurred at the woman’s home (37%). WOMEN'S EXPERIENCE OF FACE-TO-FACE THREATENED ASSAULT IN THE LAST 12 MONTHS, Location of most recent incident, 2017–18 *Footnote(s):* (a) Includes incidents in person's or another person's car, place of study, train stations, bus stops or interchanges, shopping centres, unlicensed entertainment/recreation venues, entertainment/recreation venues where the person did not know whether it was licensed, and other locations. Australian Bureau of Statistics © Commonwealth of Australia 2019. In the most recent incident of face-to-face threatened assault experienced by men: the perpetrator was most commonly a male (90%) the perpetrator was more commonly a stranger (57%) than a known person (44%) frequent locations where the incident occurred included work (28%), person’s home (19%) and in the street or open land (19%). MEN'S EXPERIENCE OF FACE-TO-FACE THREATENED ASSAULT IN THE LAST 12 MONTHS, Location of most recent incident, 2017–18 *Footnote(s):* (a) Includes incidents in person's or another person's car, place of study, train stations, bus stops or interchanges, shopping centres, unlicensed entertainment/recreation venues, entertainment/recreation venues where the person did not know whether it was licensed, and other locations. Australian Bureau of Statistics © Commonwealth of Australia 2019 Document Selection These documents will be presented in a new window.