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Includes: estimates of crime, crime trends, courts, imprisonments, community corrections, reoffenders, emergency services and people's perceptions about crime and safety. Detailed statistics are available in 1338.1 NSW in Focus - Crime and Justice - 2007 (29 Kb, xls).
Crime and Justice, NSW Summary table |
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| | | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | |
Crime survey estimates | |
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| Victims of personal crime | | | | | | | | | |
| 1. Robbery | % | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.7 | |
| 2. Assault | % | 3.6 | 4.2 | 4.8 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 4.8 | 3.5 | |
| 3. Sexual assault(a) | % | *0.2 | 0.5 | *0.4 | *0.5 | 0.4 | 0.5 | *0.2 | |
| 4. Total persons | % | 4.4 | 5.1 | 5.7 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 5.4 | 4.2 | |
| Victims of household crime | | | | | | | | | |
| 5. Break and enter | % | 5.6 | 6.3 | 5.0 | 5.1 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 3.5 | |
| 6. Attempted break and enter | % | 3.5 | 4.4 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 3.2 | 2.7 | 3.1 | |
| 7. Motor vehicle theft | % | 1.7 | 2.4 | 2.1 | 1.5 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 1.0 | |
| 8. Total households | % | 9.4 | 11.4 | 9.6 | 9.4 | 7.4 | 6.8 | 6.8 | |
Reported crime | |
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| Selected crime reports | | | | | | | | | |
| 9. Murder victims | no. | 103 | 104 | 97 | 92 | 69 | 81 | 90 | |
| 10. Assault victims | no. | 69 486 | 76 795 | 80 570 | 80 819 | 78 883 | 80 993 | 80 468 | |
| 11. Sexual assault victims | no. | 3 757 | 3 901 | 3 942 | 4 151 | 4 476 | 4 267 | 4 095 | |
| 12. Theft incidents(b) | no. | 457 550 | 462 776 | 410 195 | 365 472 | 327 199 | 303 061 | 296 402 | |
| Crime incidents cleared within 90 days | | | | | | | | | |
| 13. Murder victims | % | 72.8 | 64.4 | 67.0 | 56.5 | 68.1 | 76.5 | nya | |
| 14. Assault | % | 62.6 | 62.2 | 63.1 | 63.0 | 64.5 | 63.8 | nya | |
| 15. Sexual assault | % | 32.2 | 28.8 | 25.8 | 23.0 | 22.3 | 21.7 | nya | |
| 16. Theft(b) | % | 11.9 | 11.3 | 11.8 | 11.8 | 11.8 | 11.5 | nya | |
| 17. Sworn police officers(c) | no. | 13 172 | 13 296 | 13 716 | 14 091 | 15 009 | 14 643 | 14 634 | |
Courts | |
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| Local courts | | | | | | | | | |
| 18. Persons charged | no. | 121 362 | 130 888 | 130 555 | 133 105 | 135 808 | 139 407 | nya | |
| 19. Charges determined | no. | 203 807 | 238 595 | 240 525 | 237 487 | 241 210 | 246 386 | nya | |
| 20. Proportion of finalised cases with persons found guilty | % | r87.9 | r88.2 | r86.5 | r84.5 | 86.8 | 86.5 | nya | |
| 21. Average imprisonment(d) | months | 4.9 | 5.2 | 5.5 | 5.8 | 5.9 | 6.0 | nya | |
| Higher courts | | | | | | | | | |
| 22. Persons charged | no. | 3 831 | 3 733 | 3 664 | 3 673 | 3 623 | 3 556 | nya | |
| 23. Charges determined | no. | 6 812 | 6 808 | 7 014 | 7 248 | 7 386 | 7 687 | nya | |
| 24. Proportion of finalised cases with persons found guilty | % | r75.9 | r74.7 | 79.9 | 80.6 | 80.2 | 80.6 | nya | |
| 25. Average imprisonment(d) | months | 27.5 | 28.5 | 28.3 | 29.8 | 30.4 | 29.3 | nya | |
| 26. Adults convicted and reoffending within 24 months(e) | % | 30.9 | 30.5 | 29.8 | 28.3 | nya | nya | nya | |
Corrections | |
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| 27. Persons in corrective custody(f)(g) | no. | 8 545 | 8 717 | 8 604 | 8 811 | 9 271 | 9 760 | 9 911 | |
| 28. Persons in community based corrections | no. | na | 17 958 | 17 340 | 17 104 | 17 005 | 18 200 | 17 843 | |
| 29. Indigenous prisoners | % | 14.6 | 15.1 | 17.2 | 17.6 | 16.9 | 17.1 | 19.9 | |
| 30. Prisoners with prior imprisonment(h) | % | 51.5 | 54.3 | 54.4 | 53.3 | 55.8 | 61.8 | 57.3 | |
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| * estimate is subject to sampling variability too high for most practical purposes |
| na not available |
| nya not yet available |
| r revised |
| (a) Females aged 18 years and over only. |
| (b) Includes Break and enter dwelling, Receiving or handling stolen goods, Motor vehicle theft, Steal from motor vehicle, Steal from retail store, Steal from dwelling, Steal from person, Stock theft, Fraud and Other theft. |
| (c) Counts are headcounts at 30 June, except for 2002-03. |
| (d) Life imprisonments are excluded. |
| (e) The earliest appearance in each calendar year for each person is counted as the reference appearance. |
| (f) Includes persons in full-time custody and periodic detention. Includes ACT prisoners held in NSW prisons. |
| (g) From October 2006, custodial data includes prisoners in court cells administered by corrective services and transitional centres. |
| (h) Refers to prior adult imprisonment under sentence. |
| SOURCES: |
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| Data in this table are compiled from multiple sources. Information on these sources is available below. | Summary table indicators | |
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| ABS data available on request, ABS National Crime and Safety Survey | . . | |
| Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research, NSW Criminal Courts Statistics, 2005 | 18-25 | |
| Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research, Recorded Crime Statistics Database | 9-16 | |
| Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research, Reoffending Database | 26 | |
| Corrective Services, Australia (ABS cat. no. 4512.0) | 27-28 | |
| Crime and Safety, Australia (ABS cat. no. 4509.0) | 1-8 | |
| Crime and Safety, New South Wales (ABS cat. no. 4509.1) | 1-8 | |
| NSW Department of Corrective Services, Annual Reports 2003-04 - 2005-06 | 17 | |
| Prisoners in Australia (ABS cat. no. 4517.0) | 29-30 | |
| Steering Committee for the Review of Government Services Provision (SCRGSP) 2007, Report on Government Services, 2007, Productivity Commission, Canberra | . . | |
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| . . not applicable |
For links to the ABS publications cited above, see Related Information.
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