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Crime Statistics2011/2012

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Crime Statistics 2011/2012. All figures were extracted from the LEAP database on 18 J uly 2012 and are subject to variation.

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Contents

1 PREAMBLE 2

2 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 32.1 State-wide crime statistics 2011/2012 33 TOTAL CRIME 53.1 Across Victoria 53.2 By region 83.3 Where crime occurred 133.4 Alleged offenders processed 163.5 Victims of Crime 183.6 Family Incidents 204 CRIME AGAINST THE PERSON 224.1 Overall 224.2 Homicide 244.3 Rape 254.4 Sex (non-rape) 264.5 Robbery 274.6 Assault 294.7 Abduction/kidnap 315 CRIME AGAINST PROPERTY 335.1 Overall 335.2 Arson 345.3 Property damage 355.4 Burglary (aggravated) 365.5 Burglary (residential) 375.6 Burglary (other) 375.7 Deception 385.8 Handle stolen goods 385.9 Theft from motor vehicle 395.10 Theft (shopsteal) 405.11 Theft of motor vehicle 405.12 Theft (bicycle) 415.13 Theft (other) 416 DRUG OFFENCES 436.1 Overall 436.2 Drug (cultivate/manufacture/traffick) 446.3 Drug (possess/use) 457 OTHER CRIME 468 APPENDIX 1 518.1 Definitions and Explanatory Notes 519 APPENDIX 2 549.1 Changes to Clearance Rates 54


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1 Preamble

Victoria Police Crime Statistics Official Release is prepared for release each year by Corporate Statistics,and includes statistical summaries of offences recorded by police in Victoria for the previous financial year.This release contains crime statistics for the 2011/2012 financial year, and includes data from recentfinancial years for basic trend analysis.

The purpose of this document is to provide a summary of current crime trends, and not to comment onVictoria Police performance, or to assess or evaluate Victoria Police operational strategies.

Statistics included in this publication were compiled from data stored on the Law Enforcement AssistanceProgram (LEAP) and extracted on 18 July 2012.

LEAP is a dynamic database designed primarily for operational policing purposes. Victoria Police updateexisting records with new information as it becomes available, and revise records when investigationidentifies additional information. The Central Data Entry Bureau of Victoria Police also amends records whenquality control checks identify inaccurate or incomplete information.

Due to the dynamic nature of LEAP, statistics produced at different times from the same data may vary.Because of this, statistics produced in this publication for previous financial years will differ slightly fromthose previously published.

Recorded crime consists of those offences recorded on LEAP during the reporting period, regardless ofwhen the offence occurred or when it was reported to police. Information contained in this publication relatesonly to those crimes reported to or detected by Victoria Police.

The method of recording crime clearances has been changed this financial year in accordance withrecommendations made by the Office of Police Integrity in the Report of investigation into Victoria Policecrime records and statistical reporting (May 2011). Further details on this change can be found in Appendix2.

All figures are rounded to one decimal place. Because of this, percentage point differences in clearancerates may appear different than when calculated from the rounded figures in the tables and graphs.

Care should be taken in interpreting misleadingly large percentage changes where figures are small, asthese changes may not be statistically significant.

Detailed crime classification rules and definitions are included in Appendix 1 to provide assistance in theinterpretation of statistics.

As the information presented in this document is by no means exhaustive, any requests for additionalinformation should be directed to the Chief Statistician, Corporate Statistics.

Ms Uma RaoChief StatisticianGroup Manager - Corporate StatisticsBusiness Services DepartmentVictoria PolicePO Box 415Melbourne 3005Victoria, Australia

Phone: (03) 9247 6703Fax: (03) 9247 6045Email: [email protected]


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2 Executive summary2.1 State-wide crime statistics 2011/2012

Overall crime

In 2011/2012, Victoria Police recorded 391,325 offences state-wide. This was an increase of 8.2% from the

number of offences recorded in 2010/2011. The 2011/2012 crime rate per 100,000 population was 7020.0,an increase of 6.8% compared with 2010/2011. This is the first time that the annual crime rate has risensince 2000/2001.

However, the crime rate in 2011/2012 is still significantly lower than in past years. Over the last ten financialyears, the crime rate per 100,000 population has decreased by 18.4%. The total number of recordedoffences has decreased by 7.0% over the same period.

Of the 391,325 offences recorded during 2011/2012, 168,200 were cleared within the same financial year. Afurther 34,054 offences which had been recorded in previous years were also cleared in 2011/12. This givesa total clearance rate of 51.7% (0.5 percentage points higher than the total clearance rate recorded in2010/2011). Victoria Police has changed its method of calculating clearance rates this year, in accordancewith recommendations made by the Office of Police Integrity in the Report of investigation into Victoria Policecrime records and statistical reporting (May 2011). Please see Appendix 2 for further details on thesechanges.

While total offences increased by 8.2%, Victoria Police processed 10.6% more offenders compared with2010/2011. A total of 178,897 alleged offenders were processed in 2011/2012.

In 2011/2012, 208,100 persons were recorded as victims of total crime, an increase of 6.2% from2010/2011.Of these, 46,807 were victims of crime against the person (e.g. homicides, rapes or assaults).This was an increase of 14.1% on the previous year. There were also 77,676 business victims of crimerecorded in 2011/2012.

Crime against the person

The number of crime against the person offences has increased by 11.8% during the last financial year, to54,454 offences recorded in 2011/2012. As a rate per 100,000 population, this represents an increase of10.3%.

The increase in crime against the person was primarily driven by a rise in family violence-related crime. Thenumber of these offences increased by 39.9% between 2010/2011 and 2011/2012. In contrast, crime againstthe person offences not arising from family incidents increased by 1.7%. Offences arising from familyincidents accounted for 33.1% of all crime against the person offences during 2011/2012.

All categories of crime against the person except for robbery increased between 2010/2011 and 2011/2012.

Homicide offences increased by 14.6% from 151 in 2010/11 to 173 in 2011/12. 140 of these offences were

substantive, while 33 were attempted, conspiracy or incitement offences. The most common type ofhomicide offence was murder, with 91 offences.

There were 2,044 rape offences recorded in 2011/2012, an increase of 11.8% on the 1,828 offencesrecorded in 2010/2011. As a rate per 100,000 population, rape increased by 10.3%. The number of rapeoffences which were recorded as arising from family incidents accounted for 23.6% of rape offences, andincreased by 39.6% in 2011/2012. Female victims accounted for 88.7% of rape victims.

Sex (non-rape)offences also increased, rising 4.7% during the last financial year.As a rate per 100,000population, sex (non-rape) rose by 3.3%. Female victims accounted for 79.5% of sex (non-rape) offencevictims.

Robbery decreased by 2.0%, from 3,353 in 2010/2011 to 3,286 in 2011/2012. The rate per 100,000

population decreased by 3.3%. The majority of robbery victims were male (74.8%). A significant proportionof robbery offenders (40.3%) were juveniles.


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Armed robberies accounted for 1,597 (48.6%) of all robberies in 2011/2012, an increase of 3.9% since2010/2011. The most common weapon used in armed robberies was a knife (50.7%). 17.0% of all weaponsused in robberies were a firearm (including imitation firearms), an increase of 10.1%.

During 2011/2012, the number of assault offences increased by 14.0%, while the rate of assaults per100,000 population increased by 12.5%. Much of this increase can be attributed to the growth in assaultoffences arising from family incidents (43.3%). However, assaults not arising from family incidents also

increased, by 1.3%. The most common type of location where assaults occurred was in residential locations.The number of assaults occurring in residential locations increased by 27.8% between 2010/2011 and2011/2012. The majority (51.8%) of assault victims were male, but the number of female victims grew at afaster rate since 2010/2011, increasing by 24.2%.

Family IncidentsDuring 2011/2012, there were 50,382 incidents where police submitted family incident reports. This was23.4% higher than the 40,839 reports submitted in 2010/2011. There has been a steady rise in the reportingof family incidents since the introduction of the Code of Practice for the Investigation of Family Violence inAugust 2004, and legislative change brought about by the Family Violence Protection Act 2008. Offencesrelated to family incidents, such as assaults and abduction/kidnap, have risen as a result of this increasedreporting.

Crime against propertyIn 2011/2012 there were 265,472 offences against property, an increase of 4.7% compared with 2010/2011.Crime against property has increased as a rate per 100,000 population by 3.3%.

In 2011/2012, there were 49,027 offences of property damage recorded by Victoria Police, a decrease of1.8% compared to 2010/2011.Property damage offences arising from family incidents increased by 37.9%,while those not arising from family incidents decreased by 0.8%. Property damage offences arising fromfamily incidents make up 9.2% of all property damage offences.

Aggravated burglaries and residential burglaries both increased over the last financial year, by 16.3% and6.2% respectively. The number of aggravated burglaries involving weapons or injuries increased by 6.7% in2011/2012, and accounted for 21.7% of aggravated burglaries.

The number of theft from motor vehicle offences recorded in 2011/2012 (46,696) was 4.6% higher than thatrecorded in 2010/2011. An increase of 8.1% was seen in theft of number plates, which was the mostcommon type of property stolen. The number of theft of motor vehicle offences recorded in 2011/2012(15,663) was 9.0% higher than the 14,374 recorded in 2010/2011, reversing the downward trend that hasbeen seen over the past decade.

Shopsteal offences were the only type of crime against property that decreased over the last financial year.This category of offence decreased by 3.6%, to 19,828 offences.

Drug offencesIn 2011/2012 there were 18,732 drug offences recorded, an increase of 22.8% compared with 2010/2011.There was an increase of 11.3% for cultivation, manufacture or trafficking of drugs, and an increase of

27.3% for possession or use of drugs. Cannabis was the most common type of drug found in bothpossess/use offences and cultivation/manufacture/trafficking offences.

Other offencesOther offences increased by 19.6% in the last financial year. The largest percentage increase in thiscategory of crime was in harassment, which increased by 35.0% compared with 2010/2011.

The number of offences recorded under the behaviour in public offence category in 2011/2012 (6,414) was7.1% lower than the number recorded in 2010/2011. Behaviour in public offences peaked in 2010/2011, afterthe introduction of Penalty Infringement Notices (PINs) and Official Offender Warnings (OWRs) for offencesBehaves in a riotous indecent offensive or insulting manner and Uses profane indecent or obscenelanguage or insulting words on 1 J uly 2008.

There were 25,563 justice procedure offences in 2011/2012, an increase by 27.7% compared with2010/2011. J ustice procedure offences arising from family incidents increased by 41.9%, while those notarising from family incidents increased by 20.4%.


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3 Total crime3.1 Across Victoria

During 2011/2012, 391,325 offences were recorded as occurring in Victoria. The total number of offencesrecorded in 2011/2012 was 8.2% higher than in 2010/2011. There were 7020.0 recorded offences per100,000 population in 2011/2012. This crime rate was 6.8% higher than the crime rate recorded during

2010/2011. This is the first time the annual crime rate has risen since 2000/01.

Figure 1: Summary of offences recorded and cleared, 2010/2011 and 2011/2012

Total Clearances

% C hange R ate per 100,000 % C hange Si ng le Year

No. No. from Population* from Clearances**

2010/2011 2011/2012 2010/2011 2010/2011 2011/2012 2010/2011 2011/2012

Homicide 151 173 14.6 2.7 3.1 13.0 120 40 92.5 -2.2

Rape 1,828 2,044 11.8 33.2 36.7 10.3 1,249 650 92.9 5.4

Sex (non rape) 5,982 6,264 4.7 108.8 112.4 3.3 4,016 1,816 93.1 3.1

Robbery 3,353 3,286 -2.0 61.0 58.9 -3.3 1,492 464 59.5 3.2

Assault 36,907 42,076 14.0 671.2 754.8 12.5 27,686 7,877 84.5 -3.2Abduction / Kidnap 491 611 24.4 8.9 11.0 22.8 444 85 86.6 5.7

Sub-total 48,712 54,454 11.8 885.8 976.8 10.3 35,007 10,932 84.4 -1.5

Arson 2,899 3,091 6.6 52.7 55.4 5.2 547 140 22.2 -3.3

Property damage 48,169 49,027 1.8 876.0 879.5 0.4 11,458 2,869 29.2 0.6

Burglary (aggravated) 2,163 2,516 16.3 39.3 45.1 14.7 954 234 47.2 -3.2

Burglary (residential) 27,519 29,235 6.2 500.4 524.4 4.8 3,447 947 15.0 -0.8

Burglary (other) 14,929 14,977 0.3 271.5 268.7 -1.0 2,544 826 22.5 -3.3

Deception 19,895 22,773 14.5 361.8 408.5 12.9 15,633 2,944 81.6 -2.8

Handle stolen goods 5,752 7,323 27.3 104.6 131.4 25.6 6,695 395 96.8 -10.8

Theft from motor vehicle 44,654 46,696 4.6 812.0 837.7 3.2 3,730 1,015 10.2 -1.6

Theft (shopsteal) 20,567 19,828 -3.6 374.0 355.7 -4.9 13,306 1,962 77.0 -2.2

Theft of motor vehicle 14,374 15,663 9.0 261.4 281.0 7.5 2,887 924 24.3 -0.8

Theft of bicycle 4,023 4,187 4.1 73.2 75.1 2.7 289 103 9.4 -1.5

Theft (other) 48,655 50,156 3.1 884.8 899.7 1.7 10,288 3,968 28.4 1.2

Sub-total 253,599 265,472 4.7 4,611.7 4,762.3 3.3 71,778 16,327 33.2 -0.6

Drug (cult., manuf., traff.) 4,258 4,741 11.3 77.4 85.0 9.8 4,405 324 99.7 -0.6

Drug (possess, use) 10,994 13,991 27.3 199.9 251.0 25.5 12,816 905 98.1 -0.8

Sub-total 15,252 18,732 22.8 277.4 336.0 21.2 17,221 1,229 98.5 -0.8

Going equipped to steal 403 489 21.3 7.3 8.8 19.7 445 34 98.0 -7.3

Justice procedures 20,021 25,563 27.7 364.1 458.6 26.0 21,104 3,208 95.1 -0.2

Regulated public order 1,382 1,354 -2.0 25.1 24.3 -3.4 1,138 203 99.0 -6.2

Weapons / Explosives 6,915 8,697 25.8 125.7 156.0 24.1 7,833 798 99.2 -2.1

Harassment 2,805 3,786 35.0 51.0 67.9 33.1 2,720 407 82.6 -5.9

Behav iour in public 6,901 6,414 -7.1 125.5 115.1 -8.3 6,144 271 100.0 0.7

Other 5,621 6,364 13.2 102.2 114.2 11.7 4,810 645 85.7 -6.2

Sub-total 44,048 52,667 19.6 801.0 944.8 17.9 44,194 5,566 94.5 -1.9

TOTAL 361,611 391,325 8.2 6,575.9 7,020.0 6.8 168,200 34,054 51.7 0.5

Othercrime

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2011/12

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Offen ces Reco rd ed Rates p er 100,000

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ainsttheperson

Crimeagainstproperty

Drug

offences

* Rates were calculated using estimated resident population figures as at 31 December 2010 and 31 December 2011 obtained from theAustralian Bureau of Statistics (ABS Cat. No. 3101.0).** Defined as the number of offences recorded during the reporting period which were cleared within the same period.*** While the sub-groups of crime against the person, crime against property, drug offences and other crime experienced decreases inthe total clearance rate, the total clearance rate for total crime increased. This is because crime against property, which tends to havelow clearance rates, comprised a smaller proportion of total crime than in 2010/11. This phenomenon is known as Simpsons Paradox.

The method of recording crime clearances has been changed this year in accordance with recommendations made by the

Ombudsman in May 2011. Because the clearance rate now includes clearances from previous years, the rate can be over 100%.Further details on this change can be found in Appendix 2.


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Recorded offences

Despite the recent rise in offences, over the past decade, the total number of recorded offences hasdecreased by 7.0%.

Figure 2: Total offences recorded, 2002/2003 to 2011/2012

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As a rate of offences per 100,000 population, total crime has decreased by 18.4% since 2002/2003.

Figure 3: Total offences recorded per 100,000 population, 2002/2003 to 2011/2012

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Cleared of fences

Victoria Police has changed its method of calculating clearance rates this year, in accordance withrecommendations made by the Office of Police Integrity in the Report of investigation into Victoria Policecrime records and statistical reporting (May 2011). Offences which were listed as having an Intent toSummons pending authorisation at the end of the financial year are now no longer counted as cleared.

Of the 391,325 offences recorded during 2011/2012, 168,200 were cleared within the same financial year. A

further 34,054 offences which had been recorded in previous years were also cleared in 2011/12. This givesa total clearance rate of 51.7% (0.5 percentage points higher than the clearance rate recorded in2010/2011).

Figure 4: Recorded and total cleared

offences, 2007/2008 to 2011/2012

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Total Recorded Total Cleared

380,451 384,945 370,016 361,611 391,325

50.9% 51.5% 53.1% 51.2% 51.7%

Figure 5: Offences recorded, by status of invest igation, 2011/2012Offences Recorded Pr ior

Reco rd ed In tent to Offen der Com pl ain t No Offen ce to 2011/12 and

No. 2011/12 Unso lved Summons P rocessed Wi thdrawn Detec ted Other C leared in 2011/12

Homicide 173 29 24 119 0 1 0 40

Rape 2,044 521 274 633 371 222 23 650

Sex (non rape) 6,264 1,522 726 3,001 440 488 87 1,816

Robbery 3,286 1,694 100 1,302 114 67 9 464Assault 42,076 8,468 5,922 23,079 3,333 980 294 7,877

Abduction / Kidnap 611 119 48 369 24 50 1 85

Sub-to tal 54,454 12,353 7,094 28,503 4,282 1,808 414 10,932

Arson 3,091 2,477 67 501 21 0 25 140

Property damage 49,027 35,635 1,934 10,451 741 199 67 2,869

Burglary (aggravated) 2,516 1,475 87 875 45 31 3 234

Burglary (residential) 29,235 25,585 203 3,073 113 254 7 947

Burglary (other) 14,977 12,291 142 2,468 20 48 8 826

Deception 22,773 6,076 1,064 15,290 110 196 37 2,944

Handle stolen goods 7,323 146 482 6,687 0 7 1 395

Theft from motor vehicle 46,696 42,703 263 3,507 35 173 15 1,015

Theft (shopsteal) 19,828 5,503 1,019 13,150 73 58 25 1,962

Theft of motor vehicle 15,663 12,490 286 2,123 128 616 20 924

Theft of bicycle 4,187 3,865 33 245 14 24 6 103Theft (other) 50,156 38,611 1,257 8,789 503 957 39 3,968

Sub-to tal 265,472 186,857 6,837 67,159 1,803 2,563 253 16,327

Drug (cult., manuf., traff.) 4,741 146 190 4,399 0 5 1 324

Drug (possess, use) 13,991 359 816 12,763 4 27 22 905

Sub-to tal 18,732 505 1,006 17,162 4 32 23 1,229

Going equipped to steal 489 13 31 430 0 15 0 34

Justice procedures 25,563 2,225 2,234 20,762 112 188 42 3,208

Regulated public order 1,354 104 112 1,090 10 30 8 203

Weapons / Explosives 8,697 275 589 7,808 5 8 12 798

Harassment 3,786 833 233 2,519 107 84 10 407

Behaviour in public 6,414 147 123 6,087 6 5 46 271

Other 6,364 987 567 4,723 44 33 10 645

Sub-to tal 52,667 4,584 3,889 43,419 284 363 128 5,566

TOTAL 391,325 204,299 18,826 156,243 6,373 4,766 818 34,054


Drug

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3.2 By region

For management of police responses, tasking and coordination, Victoria is divided into four geographicalregions:

Eastern RegionNorth West Metro Region

Southern Metro RegionWestern Region

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Figure 6: Victoria Police region boundaries


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Eastern Region

Eastern Region experienced a 7.2% increase in the number of offences during 2011/2012, to 84,095offences. Crime against the person rose by 13.0% to 12,189 offences. The largest increases were seen inhandle stolen goods offences (which rose by 60.0%), going equipped to steal (57.1% increase) and drugpossession/use offences (36.2% increase). The largest percentage decreases were seen in behaviour inpublic offences (16.5% decrease), regulated public order (15.6% decrease) and homicide (15.2% decrease).

Of the offences recorded in Eastern Region during 2011/2012, 38,793 were cleared within the same financialyear. A further 7,384 offences which had been recorded in previous years were also cleared in 2011/12. Thisgives a total clearance rate of 54.9% (2.6 percentage points higher than the clearance rate recorded in2010/2011).

Figure 7: Eastern Region offences recorded and cleared, 2010/2011 and 2011/2012

Total Clearances

% Change Rate per 100,000 % Change Single Year


2010/2011 2011/2012 2010/2011 2010/2011 2011/2012 2010/2011 2011/2012

Homicide 46 39 -15.2 3.0 2.5 -15.5 26 7 84.6 -30.6

Rape 428 469 9.6 27.6 30.2 9.2 308 131 93.6 11.8

Sex (non rape) 1,666 1,683 1.0 107.5 108.2 0.7 1,077 418 88.8 0.8

Robbery 494 491 -0.6 31.9 31.6 -1.0 245 62 62.5 -0.4

Assault 8,046 9,403 16.9 519.2 604.6 16.4 6,652 1,493 86.6 -2.2

Abduction / Kidnap 102 104 2.0 6.6 6.7 1.6 72 15 83.7 0.3

Sub-total 10,782 12,189 13.0 695.8 783.8 12.6 8,380 2,126 86.2 -1.1

Arson 665 698 5.0 42.9 44.9 4.6 132 31 23.4 -8.4

Property damage 11,873 12,450 4.9 766.2 800.6 4.5 3,371 655 32.3 3.4

Burglary (aggravated) 415 457 10.1 26.8 29.4 9.7 206 40 53.8 -1.1

Burglary (residential) 5,873 6,038 2.8 379.0 388.3 2.4 789 192 16.2 0.1

Burglary (other) 3,750 3,425 -8.7 242.0 220.2 -9.0 636 200 24.4 -4.5

Deception 4,005 4,380 9.4 258.5 281.6 9.0 3,242 949 95.7 17.8Handle stolen goods 1,129 1,806 60.0 72.9 116.1 59.4 1,738 54 99.2 -1.7

Theft from motor vehicle 8,843 9,309 5.3 570.7 598.6 4.9 884 212 11.8 -1.0

Theft (shopsteal) 4,647 4,121 -11.3 299.9 265.0 -11.6 2,785 444 78.4 -3.7

Theft of motor vehicle 2,558 2,764 8.1 165.1 177.7 7.7 615 156 27.9 -1.2

Theft of bicycle 674 710 5.3 43.5 45.7 5.0 62 23 12.0 -5.1

Theft (other) 10,066 9,938 -1.3 649.6 639.0 -1.6 2,175 929 31.2 1.2

Sub-total 54,498 56,096 2.9 3,516.9 3,607.1 2.6 16,635 3,885 36.6 1.7

Drug (cult., manuf., traff.) 840 944 12.4 54.2 60.7 12.0 888 47 99.0 -2.1

Drug (possess, use) 1,963 2,673 36.2 126.7 171.9 35.7 2,454 139 97.0 -1.2

Sub-total 2,803 3,617 29.0 180.9 232.6 28.6 3,342 186 97.5 -1.6


Justice procedures 4,716 5,890 24.9 304.3 378.7 24.4 5,026 698 97.2 2.2

Regulated public order 410 346 -15.6 26.5 22.2 -15.9 300 48 100.6 -3.3


Harassment 702 896 27.6 45.3 57.6 27.2 638 75 79.6 -10.5


Other 1,370 1,682 22.8 88.4 108.2 22.3 1,333 177 89.8 3.9

Sub-total 10,373 12,193 17.5 669.4 784.0 17.1 10,436 1,187 95.3 0.5

TOTAL 78,456 84,095 7.2 5,062.9 5,407.5 6.8 38,793 7,384 54.9 2.6

Othercrime


Cleared fro m

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cleared

Total Rate

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2010/11

Crimeagainsttheperson


Drug

offences

* Rates for Police Regions were calculated using estimated resident population figures as at 30 June 2011 obtained from the AustralianBureau of Statistics (ABS Cat. No. 3218.0).** Defined as the number of offences recorded during the reporting period which were cleared within the same period.




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North West Metro Region

North West Metro Region experienced a 10.6% increase in the number of offences during 2011/2012, to156,633 offences. Crime against the person rose by 10.2% to 19,771 offences. The largest percentageincreases were seen in abduction/kidnap offences (which rose by 28.8%), drug possession/use offences(26.7% increase), and weapons/explosives offences (26.4% increase). The largest percentage decreaseswere seen in regulated public order (23.9% decrease), homicide (7.4% decrease) and robbery offences(3.9%).

Of the offences recorded in North West Metro Region during 2011/2012, 62,197 were cleared within thesame financial year. A further 13,940 offences which had been recorded in previous years were also clearedin 2011/12. This gives a total clearance rate of 48.6% (0.6 percentage points higher than the clearance raterecorded in 2010/2011).

Figure 8: North West Metro Region of fences recorded and cleared, 2010/2011 and 2011/2012

Total Clearances

% Change Rat e per 100, 000 % Change Sing le Year


2010/2011 2011/2012 2010/2011 2010/2011 2011/2012 2010/2011 2011/2012

Homicide 54 50 -7.4 3.2 2.9 -9.5 35 14 98.0 14.7

Rape 567 668 17.8 33.3 38.3 15.1 388 201 88.2 -0.7

Sex (non rape) 1,781 1,762 -1.1 104.6 101.1 -3.4 1,056 519 89.4 -3.7

Robbery 1,858 1,785 -3.9 109.1 102.4 -6.2 715 300 56.9 4.5

Assault 13,461 15,215 13.0 790.7 873.1 10.4 9,251 3,222 82.0 -2.7


Sub-total 17,947 19,771 10.2 1,054.2 1,134.5 7.6 11,656 4,298 80.7 -1.5

Arson 1,048 1,075 2.6 61.6 61.7 0.2 158 49 19.3 2.3

Property damage 15,620 16,426 5.2 917.5 942.5 2.7 3,234 1,049 26.1 -0.9

Burglary (aggravated) 882 1,049 18.9 51.8 60.2 16.2 356 94 42.9 -1.3

Burglary (residential) 11,590 12,729 9.8 680.8 730.4 7.3 1,258 378 12.9 -0.3

Burglary (other) 4,894 5,351 9.3 287.5 307.0 6.8 792 253 19.5 -4.2

Deception 8,260 10,163 23.0 485.2 583.2 20.2 6,904 1,241 80.1 -4.6


Theft from motor vehicle 19,589 20,563 5.0 1,150.6 1,179.9 2.5 1,188 401 7.7 -1.6

Theft (shopsteal) 8,225 8,516 3.5 483.1 488.7 1.1 5,498 877 74.9 0.8

Theft of motor vehicle 6,645 7,741 16.5 390.3 444.2 13.8 1,105 425 19.8 0.2

Theft of bicycle 1,710 1,906 11.5 100.4 109.4 8.9 125 42 8.8 0.8

Theft (other) 20,457 21,512 5.2 1,201.6 1,234.4 2.7 4,265 1,749 28.0 4.1

Sub-total 101,480 110,092 8.5 5,960.9 6,317.2 6.0 27,562 6,773 31.2 0.0

Drug (cult., manuf., traff.) 1,918 2,171 13.2 112.7 124.6 10.6 1,992 158 99.0 -0.9

Drug (possess, use) 4,882 6,186 26.7 286.8 355.0 23.8 5,605 481 98.4 0.0

Sub-total 6,800 8,357 22.9 399.4 479.5 20.1 7,597 639 98.6 -0.3


Justice procedures 6,955 9,051 30.1 408.5 519.4 27.1 7,526 1,208 96.5 3.5Regulated public order 318 242 -23.9 18.7 13.9 -25.7 193 52 101.2 -4.4


Harassment 952 1,063 11.7 55.9 61.0 9.1 664 185 79.9 -7.8

Behav iour in public 2,251 2,303 2.3 132.2 132.1 -0.1 2,197 115 100.4 0.3

Other 2,017 2,149 6.5 118.5 123.3 4.1 1,617 270 87.8 -9.2

Sub-total 15,370 18,413 19.8 902.8 1,056.6 17.0 15,382 2,230 95.6 -0.5

TOTAL 141,597 156,633 10.6 8,317.3 8,987.8 8.1 62,197 13,940 48.6 0.6

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Southern Metro Region experienced a 6.9% increase in the number of offences during 2011/2012, to 90,152offences. Crime against the person rose by 9.8% to 13,057 offences. The largest percentage increase wasseen in homicide offences, which rose by 96.0% to 49 offences, though these made up less than 0.1% oftotal crime in the region. Other offence categories which experienced large percentage increases wereharassment (73.3% increase) and regulated public order (51.4% increase). Offence categories which

decreased included shopsteal (7.5% decrease), other theft (4.0% decrease) and robbery (3.2% decrease).

Of the offences recorded in Southern Metro Region during 2011/2012, 40,304 were cleared within the samefinancial year. A further 7,765 offences which had been recorded in previous years were also cleared in2011/12. This gives a total clearance rate of 53.3% (0.9 percentage points higher than the clearance raterecorded in 2010/2011).

Figure 9: Southern Metro Region offences recorded and cleared, 2010/2011 and 2011/2012

Total Clearances

% Change Rate per 100,000 % Change Single Year


2010/2011 2011/2012 2010/2011 2010/2011 2011/2012 2010/2011 2011/2012

Homicide 25 49 96.0 1.9 3.7 93.6 29 6 71.4 -8.6

Rape 473 556 17.5 35.8 41.6 16.1 327 182 91.5 4.2

Sex (non rape) 1,334 1,458 9.3 101.0 109.0 7.9 932 462 95.6 13.5

Robbery 800 774 -3.2 60.6 57.9 -4.4 403 85 63.0 3.7

Assault 9,157 10,088 10.2 693.4 754.5 8.8 6,568 1,985 84.8 -1.8


Sub-total 11,892 13,057 9.8 900.5 976.5 8.4 8,354 2,738 85.0 0.8

Arson 655 665 1.5 49.6 49.7 0.3 128 28 23.5 -0.1

Property damage 10,824 10,788 -0.3 819.7 806.8 -1.6 2,596 643 30.0 1.4

Burglary (aggravated) 525 635 21.0 39.8 47.5 19.5 213 57 42.5 -10.4

Burglary (residential) 6,052 6,345 4.8 458.3 474.5 3.5 815 216 16.2 -2.7

Burglary (other) 3,357 3,270 -2.6 254.2 244.6 -3.8 525 222 22.8 -1.0

Deception 5,338 6,508 21.9 404.2 486.7 20.4 4,384 546 75.8 -4.8


Theft from motor vehicle 10,484 10,810 3.1 793.9 808.5 1.8 965 237 11.1 -1.8

Theft (shopsteal) 5,233 4,839 -7.5 396.3 361.9 -8.7 3,402 420 79.0 -3.0

Theft of motor vehicle 3,293 3,306 0.4 249.4 247.3 -0.8 717 203 27.8 -1.6

Theft of bicycle 950 972 2.3 71.9 72.7 1.0 47 20 6.9 -2.1

Theft (other) 10,622 10,194 -4.0 804.4 762.4 -5.2 1,982 779 27.1 -2.0

Sub-total 58,578 59,922 2.3 4,435.9 4,481.5 1.0 17,251 3,459 34.6 -0.9

Drug (cult., manuf., traff.) 927 1,030 11.1 70.2 77.0 9.7 965 83 101.7 3.3

Drug (possess, use) 2,712 3,475 28.1 205.4 259.9 26.5 3,196 209 98.0 -1.1

Sub-total 3,639 4,505 23.8 275.6 336.9 22.3 4,161 292 98.8 -0.1


Justice procedures 5,002 6,075 21.5 378.8 454.3 19.9 4,802 846 93.0 -2.6

Regulated public order 317 480 51.4 24.0 35.9 49.5 406 36 92.1 -14.5


Harassment 703 1,218 73.3 53.2 91.1 71.1 943 75 83.6 -0.3

Behaviour in public 1,349 1,386 2.7 102.2 103.7 1.5 1,344 43 100.1 0.2

Other 1,152 1,330 15.5 87.2 99.5 14.0 1,050 103 86.7 -2.2

Sub-total 10,193 12,668 24.3 771.9 947.4 22.7 10,538 1,276 93.3 -2.5

TOTAL 84,302 90,152 6.9 6,383.9 6,742.3 5.6 40,304 7,765 53.3 0.9

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Western Region experienced a 5.6% increase in the number of offences during 2011/2012, to 60,272offences. Crime against the person also rose, by 16.6%. The largest increase was seen in abduction/kidnapoffences (38.3%), justice procedures (36.3%) and harassment (35.7%). The largest decreases were seen indeception offences (25.1% decrease), behaviour in public (18.5%) and regulated public order (15.1%).

Of the offences recorded in Western Region during 2011/2012, 28,895 were cleared within the samefinancial year. A further 4,900 offences which had been recorded in previous years were also cleared in2011/12. This gives a total clearance rate of 52.8% (1.7 percentage points lower than the clearance raterecorded in 2010/2011).

Figure 10: Western Region offences recorded and cleared, 2010/2011 and 2011/2012

Total Clearances

% Change Rat e per 100, 000 % Change Sing le Year


2010/2011 2011/2012 2010/2011 2010/2011 2011/2012 2010/2011 2011/2012

Homicide 26 34 30.8 2.9 3.8 30.2 29 13 123.5 31.2

Rape 359 349 -2.8 40.1 38.8 -3.2 225 127 100.9 12.0

Sex (non rape) 1,200 1,360 13.3 134.0 151.2 12.9 951 392 98.8 8.8

Robbery 201 236 17.4 22.4 26.2 16.9 129 15 61.0 1.3

Assault 6,242 7,369 18.1 696.8 819.2 17.6 5,215 1,176 86.7 -5.9


Sub-total 8,088 9,431 16.6 902.8 1,048.4 16.1 6,615 1,733 88.5 -2.7

Arson 531 653 23.0 59.3 72.6 22.5 129 32 24.7 -12.3

Property damage 9,852 9,363 -5.0 1,099.8 1,040.9 -5.4 2,257 521 29.7 -1.0

Burglary (aggravated) 341 375 10.0 38.1 41.7 9.5 179 43 59.2 3.5

Burglary (residential) 4,004 4,123 3.0 447.0 458.4 2.5 585 157 18.0 -0.1

Burglary (other) 2,928 2,931 0.1 326.8 325.8 -0.3 591 143 25.0 -1.9

Deception 2,272 1,701 -25.1 253.6 189.1 -25.4 1,096 208 76.7 -23.2

Handle stolen goods 818 865 5.7 91.3 96.2 5.3 800 34 96.4 -4.4Theft from motor vehicle 5,659 5,946 5.1 631.7 661.0 4.6 693 162 14.4 -1.3

Theft (shopsteal) 2,462 2,352 -4.5 274.8 261.5 -4.9 1,621 220 78.3 -5.2

Theft of motor vehicle 1,878 1,852 -1.4 209.6 205.9 -1.8 450 136 31.6 0.7

Theft of bicycle 689 599 -13.1 76.9 66.6 -13.4 55 18 12.2 -1.3

Theft (other) 7,449 8,437 13.3 831.5 937.9 12.8 1,866 510 28.2 -1.2

Sub-total 38,883 39,197 0.8 4,340.4 4,357.5 0.4 10,322 2,184 31.9 -3.6

Drug (cult., manuf., traff.) 573 596 4.0 64.0 66.3 3.6 560 36 100.0 -1.7

Drug (possess, use) 1,437 1,657 15.3 160.4 184.2 14.8 1,561 76 98.8 -0.4

Sub-total 2,010 2,253 12.1 224.4 250.5 11.6 2,121 112 99.1 -0.8

Going equipped to steal 54 59 9.3 6.0 6.6 8.8 57 4 103.4 5.2

Justice procedures 3,336 4,546 36.3 372.4 505.4 35.7 3,750 456 92.5 -5.9

Regulated public order 337 286 -15.1 37.6 31.8 -15.5 239 66 106.6 6.0


Harassment 448 608 35.7 50.0 67.6 35.2 474 72 89.8 3.0


Other 1,080 1,203 11.4 120.6 133.7 10.9 810 95 75.2 -14.8

Sub-total 8,098 9,391 16.0 904.0 1,044.0 15.5 7,837 871 92.7 -4.9

TOTAL 57,079 60,272 5.6 6,371.6 6,700.4 5.2 26,895 4,900 52.8 -1.7

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3.3 Where crime occurred

In 2011/2012, 36.9% of all offences occurred in residential locations. This was the most common type oflocation where offences occurred, followed by street/lane/footpaths (17.1%) and retail/financial locations(16.2%).

Residential locations increased in the number of offences by 12.4% between 2010/2011 and 2011/2012. In

particular, crime against the person increased in residential locations by 22.7%. A large majority of thisincrease can be attributed to the rise in family incident reports.

Other location types that experienced large percentage increases during 2011/2012 were public transport(15.2%) and open space locations (16.8%). Licensed premises and educational/health/religious locationsdecreased in offences in 2011/2012.

Figure 11: Offences recorded, by type of location, 2011/2012

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Crime Against The Pers on

Homicide 59 4 85 3 1 2 0 3 5 0 11 173

Rape 1,446 8 123 76 12 33 10 25 106 5 200 2,044

Sex (non rape) 3,417 240 666 326 213 71 122 36 369 3 801 6,264

Robbery 187 778 1,379 22 307 132 52 64 214 0 151 3,286

Assault 20,532 2,574 9,921 935 1,231 909 489 1,418 707 47 3,313 42,076

Abduction / Kidnap 305 29 159 7 17 12 15 13 15 2 37 611

Sub-Total 25,946 3,633 12,333 1,369 1,781 1,159 688 1,559 1,416 57 4,513 54,454

Crime Against Propert y

Arson 950 91 684 157 28 279 107 5 495 4 291 3,091Property Damage 21,451 4,382 9,527 2,150 2,244 2,557 715 398 980 168 4,455 49,027

Burglary (Aggravated) 2,409 40 4 13 0 0 4 9 1 0 36 2,516

Burglary (Residential) 29,235 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 29,235

Burglary (Other) 0 5,327 33 2,359 30 82 1,218 306 240 111 5,271 14,977

Deception 2,581 10,682 1,246 375 305 95 265 185 10 16 7,013 22,773

Handle Stolen Goods 2,390 549 1,810 22 89 230 28 32 55 0 2,118 7,323

Theft FromMotor Vehicle 17,585 1,016 13,105 351 878 5,745 341 103 486 51 7,035 46,696

Theft (Shopsteal) 28 18,460 37 12 10 10 22 531 2 8 708 19,828

Theft Of Motor Vehicle 4,238 793 6,719 67 713 979 78 114 67 0 1,895 15,663

Theft Of Bicycle 2,153 159 699 266 344 199 48 18 91 7 203 4,187

Theft (Other) 13,424 15,848 2,667 2,461 1,140 715 1,753 2,313 1,348 232 8,255 50,156

Sub-Total 96,444 57,347 36,531 8,233 5,781 10,891 4,579 4,014 3,775 597 37,280 265,472

Drug Offen ces

Drug (Cult., Manuf., Traff.) 2,592 66 1,100 10 33 196 14 31 46 0 653 4,741

Drug (Possess, Use) 3,262 367 5,302 140 523 1,483 242 108 382 4 2,178 13,991

Sub-Total 5,854 433 6,402 150 556 1,679 256 139 428 4 2,831 18,732

Other Crim e

Going Equipped To Steal 48 80 196 2 17 16 2 2 6 0 120 489

J ustice Procedures 9,520 535 2,556 157 209 162 82 94 193 24 12,031 25,563

Regulated Public Order 421 25 296 20 45 28 17 149 119 0 234 1,354

Weapons / Explosives 2,551 365 3,106 83 385 404 61 94 192 3 1,453 8,697

Harassment 1,654 192 331 60 37 14 14 9 29 0 1,446 3,786

Behaviour in Public 286 368 4,142 68 248 193 101 180 157 6 665 6,414

Other 1,855 537 977 386 715 168 156 261 158 15 1,136 6,364

Sub-Total 16,335 2,102 11,604 776 1,656 985 433 789 854 48 17,085 52,667

TOTAL 144,579 63,515 66,870 10,528 9,774 14,714 5,956 6,501 6,473 706 61,709 391,325

Percentage (%) 36.9% 16.2% 17.1% 2.7% 2.5% 3.8% 1.5% 1.7% 1.7% 0.2% 15.8% 100.0%

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Figure 12: Percentage change in recorded offences, by type of location, 2010/2011 to 2011/2012

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Crime Against The Person

Homicide 0.0 300.0 18.1 200.0 n/a -33.3 -100.0 200.0 66.7 n/a 22.2 14.6

Rape 14.5 -66.7 18.3 52.0 -14.3 -10.8 11.1 38.9 -5.4 400.0 2.0 11.8Sex (non rape) 2.8 6.7 20.2 29.4 8.1 -22.0 -6.2 -14.3 0.3 -57.1 1.1 4.7

Robbery 14.0 5.0 -9.0 22.2 -16.1 36.1 100.0 16.4 28.9 -100.0 -26.0 -2.0

Assault 27.8 12.7 -0.5 -1.1 -5.4 -3.0 -3.6 -4.9 4.9 30.6 23.1 14.0

Abduction / Kidnap 14.2 3.6 57.4 75.0 21.4 0.0 114.3 160.0 -6.3 n/a 0.0 24.4

Sub-Total 22.7 10.0 0.1 7.8 -5.9 -1.5 1.0 -3.3 5.8 26.7 14.8 11.8

Crime Against Property

Arson 7.5 -10.8 9.6 8.3 -20.0 21.3 25.9 150.0 14.8 -60.0 -17.1 6.6

Property Damage 3.8 -13.5 0.1 -10.6 62.3 0.0 6.6 -6.1 21.7 -10.2 -0.8 1.8

Burglary (Aggravated) 15.7 21.2 -60.0 116.7 n/a -100.0 300.0 80.0 n/a n/a 50.0 16.3

Burglary (Residential) 6.2 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 6.2

Burglary (Other) n/a -3.4 65.0 -6.5 3.4 43.9 6.1 -18.8 27.0 -7.5 6.4 0.3

Deception -18.0 33.7 66.1 21.4 30.9 3.3 301.5 17.8 -28.6 220.0 -1.7 14.5

Handle Stolen Goods 78.4 13.0 38.0 -53.2 -2.2 53.3 21.7 60.0 120.0 n/a -6.2 27.3

Theft FromMotor Vehicle 12.4 4.0 0.7 15.8 -8.3 -9.2 -1.4 -1.9 2.5 -8.9 9.2 4.6

Theft (Shopsteal) 40.0 -0.8 -26.0 -25.0 25.0 -28.6 10.0 -6.7 -33.3 700.0 -43.3 -3.6

Theft Of Motor Vehicle 13.2 1.5 5.9 13.6 7.5 9.0 21.9 2.7 3.1 -100.0 15.4 9.0

Theft Of Bicycle 5.2 -11.2 15.0 -5.7 17.0 -10.4 -18.6 12.5 -5.2 -22.2 -4.2 4.1

Theft (Other) 6.4 0.4 3.8 -9.4 -4.4 2.9 5.1 -10.1 14.8 7.4 10.9 3.1

Sub-Total 7.5 3.3 4.9 -6.6 18.3 -3.1 10.3 -7.9 15.2 -1.3 3.0 4.7

Drug Offences

Drug (Cult., Manuf., Traff .) 14.3 -9.6 22.2 42.9 22.2 75.0 -17.6 47.6 31.4 -100.0 -18.0 11.3

Drug (Possess, Use) 31.2 32.5 31.8 -19.1 33.8 42.2 53.2 36.7 34.5 100.0 4.8 27.3

Sub-Total 23.1 23.7 30.0 -16.7 33.0 45.4 46.3 39.0 34.2 0.0 -1.5 22.8

Other Crim e

Going Equipped To Steal 84.6 105.1 27.3 -50.0 -10.5 -23.8 n/a n/a 200.0 -100.0 -12.4 21.3

J ustice Procedures 27.5 33.4 15.0 1.9 30.6 29.6 36.7 -5.1 78.7 -77.6 31.9 27.7

Regulated Public Order 32.0 -49.0 -23.7 33.3 -41.6 -9.7 -55.3 4.2 58.7 n/a -5.3 -2.0

Weapons /Explosives 33.5 25.4 34.9 23.9 28.3 37.4 74.3 54.1 37.1 200.0 -4.0 25.8

Harassment 9.6 65.5 25.4 15.4 68.2 -17.6 -30.0 125.0 52.6 n/a 84.9 35.0

Behaviour in Public 36.8 4.2 -2.3 9.7 14.8 -32.5 -9.8 -12.6 0.6 100.0 -37.3 -7.1

Other 15.4 10.7 5.7 -13.1 45.3 40.0 59.2 24.3 46.3 650.0 0.4 13.2

Sub-Total 25.2 21.2 10.6 -2.8 28.8 10.2 19.3 9.1 40.5 -57.9 22.1 19.6

TOTAL 12.4 4.3 6.9 -4.8 15.2 1.7 10.9 -4.3 16.8 -8.1 8.3 8.2

Figure 13: Offences recorded as rate per 100,000 population, by type of location, 2011/2012

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Crime Against The Person

Homicide 1.1 0.1 1.5 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.2 3.1

Rape 25.9 0.1 2.2 1.4 0.2 0.6 0.2 0.4 1.9 0.1 3.6 36.7

Sex (non rape) 61.3 4.3 11.9 5.8 3.8 1.3 2.2 0.6 6.6 0.1 14.4 112.4

Robbery 3.4 14.0 24.7 0.4 5.5 2.4 0.9 1.1 3.8 0.0 2.7 58.9

Assault 368.3 46.2 178.0 16.8 22.1 16.3 8.8 25.4 12.7 0.8 59.4 754.8

Abduction / Kidnap 5.5 0.5 2.9 0.1 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.0 0.7 11.0

Sub-Total 465.4 65.2 221.2 24.6 31.9 20.8 12.3 28.0 25.4 1.0 81.0 976.8

Crime Against Property

Arson 17.0 1.6 12.3 2.8 0.5 5.0 1.9 0.1 8.9 0.1 5.2 55.4

Property Damage 384.8 78.6 170.9 38.6 40.3 45.9 12.8 7.1 17.6 3.0 79.9 879.5

Burglary (Aggravated) 43.2 0.7 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.6 45.1

Burglary (Residential) 524.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 524.4

Burglary (Other) 0.0 95.6 0.6 42.3 0.5 1.5 21.8 5.5 4.3 2.0 94.6 268.7

Deception 46.3 191.6 22.4 6.7 5.5 1.7 4.8 3.3 0.2 0.3 125.8 408.5

Handle Stolen Goods 42.9 9.8 32.5 0.4 1.6 4.1 0.5 0.6 1.0 0.0 38.0 131.4

Theft FromMotor Vehicle 315.5 18.2 235.1 6.3 15.8 103.1 6.1 1.8 8.7 0.9 126.2 837.7

Theft (Shopsteal) 0.5 331.2 0.7 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.4 9.5 0.0 0.1 12.7 355.7

Theft Of Motor Vehicle 76.0 14.2 120.5 1.2 12.8 17.6 1.4 2.0 1.2 0.0 34.0 281.0

Theft Of Bicycle 38.6 2.9 12.5 4.8 6.2 3.6 0.9 0.3 1.6 0.1 3.6 75.1

Theft (Other) 240.8 284.3 47.8 44.1 20.5 12.8 31.4 41.5 24.2 4.2 148.1 899.7

Sub-Total 1,730.1 1,028.7 655.3 147.7 103.7 195.4 82.1 72.0 67.7 10.7 668.8 4,762.3

Drug Offences

Drug (Cult., Manuf., Traff.) 46.5 1.2 19.7 0.2 0.6 3.5 0.3 0.6 0.8 0.0 11.7 85.0

Drug (Possess , Use) 58.5 6.6 95.1 2.5 9.4 26.6 4.3 1.9 6.9 0.1 39.1 251.0

Sub-Total 105.0 7.8 114.8 2.7 10.0 30.1 4.6 2.5 7.7 0.1 50.8 336.0

Other Crim e

Going Equipped To Steal 0.9 1.4 3.5 0.0 0.3 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 2.2 8.8

J ustice Procedures 170.8 9.6 45.9 2.8 3.7 2.9 1.5 1.7 3.5 0.4 215.8 458.6

Regulated Public Order 7.6 0.4 5.3 0.4 0.8 0.5 0.3 2.7 2.1 0.0 4.2 24.3

Weapons / Explosives 45.8 6.5 55.7 1.5 6.9 7.2 1.1 1.7 3.4 0.1 26.1 156.0

Harassment 29.7 3.4 5.9 1.1 0.7 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.5 0.0 25.9 67.9

Behaviour in Public 5.1 6.6 74.3 1.2 4.4 3.5 1.8 3.2 2.8 0.1 11.9 115.1

Other 33.3 9.6 17.5 6.9 12.8 3.0 2.8 4.7 2.8 0.3 20.4 114.2

Sub-Total 293.0 37.7 208.2 13.9 29.7 17.7 7.8 14.2 15.3 0.9 306.5 944.8

TOTAL 2,593.6 1,139.4 1,199.6 188.9 175.3 264.0 106.8 116.6 116.1 12.7 1,107.0 7,020.0

Percentage (%) 36.9% 16.2% 17.1% 2.7% 2.5% 3.8% 1.5% 1.7% 1.7% 0.2% 15.8% 100.0% * Includes: Justice, Administrative/Professional, Wholesale, Warehouse/Storage, Manufacturing, Agricultural, Other Location andunspecified locations.


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Crime on Public Transport

As shown in Figure 12, crime in public transport locations increased by 15.2% in 2011/2012. However,several other crime categories increased in the same period, including sex (non-rape) offences andabduction/kidnap offences, by 8.1% and 21.4% respectively. Theft of motor vehicle and theft of bicycle alsoincreased, by 7.5% and 17.0% respectively.

However, there were decreases in rape offences (14.3%), robbery (by 16.1%), assaults (by 5.4%) andregulated public order (by 41.6%).

The offence category that experienced the largest increase in 2011/2012 in public transport locations wasproperty damage, which increased by 62.3% to 2,244 offences. This may reflect increased detection bypolice, particularly of graffiti offences. 1,436 of these offences were graffiti-related in 2011/2012, up 112.4%from 676 graffiti offences in 2010/2011.

Figure 14: Offences occurring at publ ic transport locations, by type of offence, 2011/2012

% Change from

2007/2008 2008/2009 2009/2010 2010/2011 2011/2012 2010/2011

Graffiti offences 619 726 666 676 1,436 112.4%Other property damage offences 772 714 690 707 808 14.3%

Total property damage offences 1,391 1,440 1,356 1,383 2,244 62.3%

Other offence categories 8,300 8,056 7,572 7,098 7,530 6.1%

Total offences 9,691 9,496 8,928 8,481 9,774 15.2%

No. Offences Recorded

The most common location that public transport offences occurred in was train stations. Train stations, alongwith trains, were also the two location types that increased the most between 2010/2011 and 2011/2012 (by27.9% and 43.6% respectively). However, the amount of offences occurring in railway carparks, taxis,depot/terminals and public transport offices decreased between 2010/2011 and 2011/2012.

Figure 15: Offences occurring at public transport locations, by type of location, 2011/2012

% Change

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2010/2011 2011/2012 2010/2011

Train station 3,970 5,078 27.9%

Railway carpark 1,940 1,785 -8.0%

Train 792 1,137 43.6%

Bus/bus stop 708 781 10.3%

Tram/tram stop 377 428 13.5%

Taxi 415 371 -10.6%

Depot/terminal 195 155 -20.5%

Freight yard 24 24 0.0%

Office 60 15 -75.0%

Total Publ ic Transport 8,481 9,774 15.2%

No. Offences Recorded

Protective Service Officers were introduced in February 2012, to help improve safety in high risk trainstations and train lines. Victoria Police aims to introduce 940 Protective Service Officers by the end of 2014.


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3.4 Alleged offenders processed

While total offences increased by 8.2%, Victoria Police processed 10.6% more offenders compared with2010/2011. A total of 178,897 alleged offenders were processed in 2011/2012.

Figure 16: Al leged offenders processed, 2007/2008 to 2011/2012

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There were 147,994 adult offenders processed during 2011/2012, which was an increase of 14.4% on the129,421 processed in 2010/2011. There were 29,867 juvenile offenders processed in 2011/2012, which wasa decrease of 4.8% on the 31,375 processed in 2010/2011.

Figure 17: Alleged offenders processed, by age group and offence, 2010/2011 and 2011/2012Juven i les (


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18-24 year olds represented a large proportion of offenders (27.3%) in 2011/2012. In particular, young malesin this age group are significantly over-represented, comprising 22.9% of all offenders, while only making up5.5% of the total Victorian population*.

Figure 18: Alleged offenders processed, by age group and sex, 2010/2011 and 2011/2012

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< 18 years 24,219 23,329 -3.7% 7,121 6,502 -8.7% 31,375 29,867 -4.8%

18-24 years 36,394 40,846 12.2% 6,946 7,766 11.8% 43,389 48,680 12.2%

25-29 years 17,260 20,926 21.2% 3,872 4,645 20.0% 21,165 25,616 21.0%

30-59 years 48,943 56,495 15.4% 13,015 13,927 7.0% 62,122 70,634 13.7%

60+ years 2,086 2,389 14.5% 618 625 1.1% 2,745 3,064 11.6%

Unknown 579 711 22.8% 211 219 3.8% 897 1,036 15.5%

Total o ffenders 129,481 144,696 11.8% 31,783 33,684 6.0% 161,693 178,897 10.6%

Total PersonsFemalesMales

While juvenile offenders decreased between 2010/2011 and 2011/2012, young adult age groups 18-24years and 25-29 years increased. The age group 18-24 years rose by 12.2%, to 48,680, while 25-29 yearsrose by 21.0% to 25,616 offenders.

Figure 19: Al leged offenders processed, by age, 2010/2011 and 2011/2012

*Estimated resident population figures as at 30 J une 2011 obtained from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS Cat. No. 3101.0).


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3.5 Victims of Crime

In 2011/2012, 208,100 persons were recorded as victims of crime. This was 6.2% higher than number ofvictims recorded in 2010/2011.

Figure 20: Recorded person vict ims of crime, 2007/2008 to 2011/2012

209,998204,648 199,655 195,943

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There were also 77,676 business victims of crime, and 64,733 crimes against statute offences.

Figure 21: Victims of crime, by vict im type and offence, 2010/2011 and 2011/2012

% Change % Change % Change % Change % Change

No. from No. from No. from No. from No. f rom

2011/12 2010/11 2011/12 2010/11 2011/12 2010/11 2011/12 2010/11 2011/12 2010/11

Homicide 167 14.4 n/a n/a 0 -100.0 5 66.7 172 14.7

Rape 1,662 14.8 n/a n/a n/a n/a 9 12.5 1,671 14.8

Sex (non rape) 4,051 18.8 n/a n/a 694 24.6 71 61.4 4,816 20.1

Robbery 2,882 -3.0 341 12.9 1 n/a 28 -41.7 3,252 -2.0Assault 37,486 14.9 n/a n/a 849 -7.3 1,514 17.6 39,849 14.5

Abduction / Kidnap 559 23.1 n/a n/a 4 0.0 11 266.7 574 24.5

Sub-total 46,807 14.1 341 12.9 1,548 11.0 1,638 17.6 50,334 13.8

Arson 1,530 5.2 972 18.7 46 84.0 520 4.4 3,068 9.7

Property damage 32,052 2.1 14,550 1.5 505 -16.0 521 16.6 47,628 1.8

Burglary (aggravated) 2,407 16.6 66 22.2 4 -33.3 15 -40.0 2,492 15.9

Burglary (residential) 26,780 5.5 2,285 16.4 3 -62.5 94 23.7 29,162 6.3

Burglary (other) 1,614 6.3 13,176 0.4 5 -54.5 65 -18.8 14,860 0.9

Deception 3,475 15.6 5,792 3.5 1,888 34.9 683 43.8 11,838 13.0

Handle stolen goods n/a n/a 50 51.5 5,143 20.8 33 -31.3 5,226 20.5

Theft frommotor vehicle 43,121 4.3 3,084 13.0 8 100.0 307 -1.6 46,520 4.8

Theft (shopsteal) 240 -12.4 18,623 -2.9 29 -6.5 185 -6.6 19,077 -3.0

Theft of motor vehicle 14,053 7.7 1,488 23.3 1 -50.0 79 -4.8 15,621 8.9

Theft of bicycle 4,034 3.8 35 -10.3 0 n/a 71 6.0 4,140 3.7

Theft (other) 29,398 0.5 16,950 13.1 17 0.0 636 17.3 47,001 4.9

Sub-total 158,704 4.0 77,071 4.1 7,649 17.9 3,209 12.6 246,633 4.5

Drug (cult., manuf., traff.) n/a n/a n/a n/a 3,554 7.8 7 -58.8 3,561 7.4

Drug (possess, use) n/a n/a n/a n/a 12,649 27.5 15 -70.0 12,664 27.0

Sub-total n/a n/a n/a n/a 16,203 22.1 22 -67.2 16,225 22.1

Going equipped to steal n/a n/a n/a n/a 404 18.1 1 -80.0 405 16.7

Justice procedures 58 5.5 7 -58.8 19,763 33.1 47 -7.8 19,875 32.7

Regulated public order 29 0.0 18 100.0 894 -18.1 5 -58.3 946 -17.1

Weapons / Explosives 25 8.7 6 -14.3 7,630 27.6 13 -51.9 7,674 27.1

Harassment 1,619 16.1 6 -33.3 860 31.5 52 30.0 2,537 21.0

Behaviour in public 44 -17.0 7 -78.8 6,018 -5.3 4 -80.0 6,073 -6.0

Other 814 14.8 220 -1.3 3,764 21.9 89 -2.2 4,887 18.9

Sub-total 2,589 14.4 264 -11.4 39,333 21.3 211 -14.2 42,397 20.6

TOTAL 208,100 6.2 77,676 4.0 64,733 21.2 5,080 11.5 355,589 8.2

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Victims of Crimes Against the Person

There were 46,807 people who were victims of crimes against the person in 2011/12. This was an increaseof 14.1% on the previous year.

Female victims of crimes against the person increased by 21.0% in 2011/12, a larger increase than malevictims (8.0%). Female victims now comprise over half (50.5%) of all victims of crimes against the person. Of

these female victims, 75.4% were victims of assault and 19.9% were victims of rape and sex (non-rape)offences. This result contrasts with male victims, of whom 85.0% were victims of assault offences, and 4.3%were victims of rape and sex (non-rape) offences.

Of all victims of crime against the person, 9,170 (19.6%) were juvenile (under 18 years of age). This was anincrease of 17.5% on the number of juvenile victims in 2010/2011, and was the largest increase of any agegroup. Adult victims over the age of 60 years experienced an increase of 16.9%.

Figure 22: Victims of crime against the person, by sex, age group and offence,2010/2011 and 2011/2012

% Change % Change % Change

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2010/11 2011/12 2010/11 2010/11 2011/12 2010/11 2010/11 2011/12 2010/11

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3.6 Family Incidents

Victoria Police formed the Violence Against Women and Children Strategy Group in order to comply with theCode of Practice for the Investigation of Family Violence, which was launched in 2004 and updated inDecember 2010. The Code of Practice was designed to improve police response to family violence andencourage community confidence to report these offences to police. Since the introduction of the Code ofPractice, family incident reports have been increasing steadily.

During 2011/2012, there were 50,382 incidents where police submitted family incident reports. This was23.4% higher than the 40,839 reports submitted in 2010/2011.

Figure 23: Family Incidents Reports, 2002/2003 to 2011/2012

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Family violence safety notices (FVSNs) were introduced on 8 December 2008 under the Family ViolenceProtection Act 2008. According to Section 31 of the Act, an FVSN is considered to be an application for afamily violence intervention order (IVO). Victoria Police keeps separate statistics on IVOs and FVSNs so thatno double counting occurs; however, for an accurate picture of IVOs, the two figures have been combined.In 2011/2012, police sought an IVO or issued an FVSN in 12,987 incidents, which was an increase of 25.6%from the previous financial year.

In 2011/2012, there were 17,528 family incidents attended by police which resulted in charges being laidagainst one or more parties involved. This was a 45.1% increase from the previous year.

Figure 24: Family Incident Reports, 2010/2011 and 2011/2012

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35,586 offences arose from family incident reports in 2011/12, an increase of 42.3% from 2010/11. Of all theoffences arising from family incidents reported in 2011/2012, 45.1% were assaults. After assaults, justiceprocedures and property damage were the most common types of offences to arise from family incidents.

Figure 25: Offences arising from family incidents , by offence, 2011/2012

Assault45.1%

J usticeProcedures

27.1%

PropertyDamage12.6%

Sex Offences*3.6%

Other types of

offences11.6%

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4 Crime against the person4.1 Overall

In 2011/2012, there were 54,454 offences which fall into the category of crime against the person, which wasan increase of 11.8% compared with 2010/2011. Crime against the person has increased by 52.4% since2002/2003.

Figure 26: Crime against the person offences, 2002/2003 to 2011/2012

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52.4%

In 2011/2012, total crime against the person offences expressed as a rate per 100,000 population increasedby 10.3% compared with 2010/2011, and has increased by 33.8% since 2002/2002.

Figure 27: Crime against the person as a rate per 100,000 populat ion , 2002/2003 to 2011/2012

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This broad offence group had a total clearance rate of 84.4%, which was 1.5 percentage points lower thanthe clearance rate recorded in 2010/2011.

Figure 28: Crime against the person offences, recorded and total cleared, 2007/2008 to 2011/2012

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43,335 44,226 45,978 48,712

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The number of crime against the person offences arising from family incidents has increased at a faster ratethan non-family incident crime against the person offences. Since 2002/2003, the rate per 100,000population of family incident-related crime against the person has increased by 288.2%, while the rate ofoffences not arising from family incidents has increased by only 1.1%. Offences arising from family incidentsaccounted for nearly a third (33.1%) of all crime against the person offences in 2011/2012.

Figure 29: Crime against the person offences, by whether arising from family incidents,2010/11 and 2011/12

% change

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Arising fromfamily incidents 12,875 18,007 39.9% 234.1 323.0 38.0%Not arising fromfamily incidents 35,837 36,447 1.7% 651.7 653.8 0.3%

Total Crimes against the person 48,712 54,454 11.8% 885.8 976.8 10.3%

% of Crimes against the person arising fromfamily incidents 26.4% 33.1%

No. of of fences recorded Rate per 100,000 Popu lation

Figure 30: Crime against the person, by whether arising from family incidents, 2002/03 to 2011/12

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11.4% 11.3%17.6% 19.6%

18.3% 18.5%19.4% 21.3%

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4.2 Homicide

There were 173 homicide offences recorded in 2011/2012, an increase of 14.6% on the 151 offencesrecorded in 2010/2011. Of the 173 homicide offences recorded during 2011/2012, 120 were cleared withinthe financial year. An additional 40 homicide offences from previous years were also cleared, making a totalclearance rate of 92.5%. This was 2.2 percentage points lower than the total clearance rate in 2010/2011.

Figure 31: Homicide offences, recorded and total cleared

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112.7% 93.4% 104.8% 94.7% 92.5%

The most common offence within homicide was murder, which increased 8.3% to 91 in 2011/2012 from the81 recorded murders in 2010/2011. After murder, culpable driving or other dangerous driving offences wasthe next largest contributor to homicide offences. There were 70 culpable driving and related offencesrecorded in 2011/2012; an increase of 20.7% on the 58 offences recorded in 2010/2011.

Figure 32: Homicide offences, by offence, 2010/2011 and 2011/2012

% change

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Accident - Fail To Assist - Death 4 3 -25.0

Accident - Fail To Stop - Death 2 5 150.0

Murder 84 91 8.3

Accessory After The Fact To Murder 4 2 -50.0

Manslaughter 5 10 100.0

Culpable Driving 14 0 -100.0

Drive In Manner Dangerous Causing Death 21 21 0.0

Drive At Dangerous Speed Causing Death 3 3 0.0

Culpable Driving Causing Death 14 38 171.4

Total Homicide 151 173 14.6

No. of o ffences recorded

In 2011/12, 140 (80.9%) of homicide offences were substantive, and 28 (16.2%) were attempted. A further 5offences were conspiracy or incitement offences.

Figure 33: Homicide offences, by degree, 2010/2011 and 2011/2012% change

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Substantive 109 140 28.4

Attempted 38 28 -26.3

Conspiracy 3 3 0.0

Incitement 1 2 100.0

Total Homicide 151 173 14.6

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4.3 Rape

There were 2,044 rape offences recorded in 2011/2012, which was an increase of 11.8% on the 1,828offences recorded in 2010/2011.

Of the rape offences recorded in 2011/2012, 1,249 were cleared during the same period, and a further 650rape offences from previous years were cleared in 2011/12. This gave a total clearance rate of 92.9%, which

was 5.4 percentage points higher than the total clearance rate in 2010/2011.

Figure 34: Rape offences, recorded and total cleared, 2007/2008 to 2011/2012

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Offences recorded during 2011/2012 were cleared by the processing of offenders in 633 offences, and 222offences resulted in no offence being detected. The complaint was withdrawn in 371 offences and 23 werecleared by other means.

Victoria Police recorded 1,662 rape victims* during 2011/2012, an increase of 14.8% on the 1,448 recordedin 2010/2011. There were 1,474 female victims (up 10.8% since 2010/2011) and 179 male victims (up by55.7%). J uvenile and adult (18-59 years) victims increased between 2010/2011 and 2011/2012, while olderadult victims decreased by 6.3% to 30 victims.

The increase in rape offences is primarily driven by a rise in family incident-related offences. Between2010/2011 and 2011/2012, the number of family incidents reports submitted by police rose 23.4% to 50,382(see page 21). This increase in reporting may have increased the reporting of offences such as rape andassault, which often involve family violence. In 2011/12, family incident-related rapes rose by 39.6%, whileother rape offences rose by 5.3%. The percentage of rape offences that were attributable to family incidentswas 23.6% in 2011/2012, up from 18.9% in 2010/2011.

Figure 35: Rape offences, by whether arising from family incidents, 2010/2011 and 2011/2012

% chang e from

2010/2011 2011/2012 2010/2011

Arising fromfamily incidents 346 483 39.6%

Not arising fromfamily incidents 1,482 1,561 5.3%

Total rape of fences 1,828 2,044 11.8%

% of rape offences arising fromfamily incidents 18.9% 23.6%

No. of offences recorded


Ombudsman in May 2011. Because the clearance rate now includes clearances from previous years, the rate can be over 100%.Further details on this change can be found in Appendix 2.*Note: the number of victims differs significantly from the number of offences recorded due to some victims reporting multiple counts of

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In 2011/2012, the victim and offender(s) were related, living together, or in a relationship in 739 (35.7%) rapeoffences. This was an increase from 638 (34.4%) in the previous financial year.

Figure 36: Rape offences, by relationship of offender to victim, 2010/2011 and 2011/2012

Relat ionship of of fender to vict im % change from

2010/11 2011/12 2010/11

Related, living with or in a relationship with* 638 739 15.8%Other known** 773 823 6.5%

Not known 269 280 4.1%

Cannot be determined 175 227 29.7%

Number of offences recorded

* Related, living with or in a relationship with includes the following categories: Parent/child, Step-parent/child, Spouse, Defacto,Former spouse/defacto, Sibling, Other lineal relationship, Boyfriend/girlfriend, Co-resident, Former boyfriend/girlfriend, Gay domesticpartner, Lesbian domestic partner.** Other known includes the following categories: Employer/employee, Acquaintance, Neighbour, Other known.Note: The above table includes offences with multiple offenders, and as such, the sum of the categories of relationships does not equalthe total number of offences recorded.

Rape offences at residential locations have also increased, by 14.5% since 2010/11. In 2011/2012residential locations accounted for 70.7% (1,446) of all rape offences.

Figure 37: Rape offences, by location, 2010/2011 and 2011/2012

Locat ion of rape offence % change from

2010/11 2011/12 2010/11

Residential 1,263 1,446 14.5%

Non-residential 483 551 14.1%

Unspecified 82 47 -42.7%

Total 1,828 2,044 11.8%


4.4 Sex (non-rape)

There were 6,264 sex (non-rape) offences recorded in 2011/2012, an increase of 4.7% on the 5,982offences recorded in 2010/2011.

Of the 6,264 sex (non-rape) offences recorded in 2011/2012, 4,016 were cleared during the same period,and an additional 1,816 offences were cleared that had been reported in previous years. This gave a totalclearance rate of 93.1%, which was 3.1 percentage point increase from the total clearance rate in2010/2011.

Figure 38: Sex (non-rape) offences, recorded and total cleared, 2007/2008 to 2011/2012

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As for rape, family-violence related sex (non-rape) offences increased at a faster rate than other sex (non-rape) offences. Sex offences arising from family incidents increased by 7.8% compared to 2010/2011, whileother sex offences increased by 4.0%.

Figure 39: Sex (non-rape) offences, by whether arising from family incidents,2010/2011 and 2011/2012

% chang e

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2010/2011 2011/2012 2010/2011

Arising fromfamily incidents 1,140 1,229 7.8%

Not arising fromfamily incidents 4,842 5,035 4.0%

Total sex (non-rape) of fences 5,982 6,264 4.7%

% of sex (non-rape) offences arising fromfamily incidents 19.1% 19.6%

No. of off ences recorded

The most common location that sex (non-rape) offences occurred was residential locations, whichaccounted for 3,417 (54.5%) offences, followed by street/lane/footpath locations, which accounted for 666(10.6%) offences.

The number of victims* of sex (non-rape) offences recorded during 2011/2012 was 4,051, an increase of

18.8% from the 3,410 victims recorded in 2010/2011.

Female victims increased by 13.5% in 2011/2012, to 3,219. Male victims increased by 47.1%, to 799. Allvictim age groups increased in 2011/2012, but the largest increase was seen in juvenile victims, whichincreased by 22.0% to 2,939 victims in 2011/2012.

4.5 Robbery

Robbery offences recorded in 2011/2012 decreased by 2.0% from 3,353 to 3,286. The rate per 100,000population decreased by 3.3%. This was the only category of crime against the person to see a decrease in2011/2012.

Of all the robbery offences recorded in 2011/2012, 1,492 were cleared during the same period, and anadditional 464 offences were cleared that had been reported in previous years. This gave a total clearancerate of 59.5%, which was a 3.2 percentage point increase on 2010/2011.

Figure 40: Robbery offences, recorded and total cleared, 2007/2008 to 2011/2012

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52.6% 56.2% 56.8% 56.3% 59.5%

*As with rape offences, the number of victims differs significantly from the number of offences recorded due to some victims reporting

multiple counts of victimisation.

The method of recording crime clearances has been changed this year in accordance with recommendations made by theOmbudsman in May 2011. Because the clearance rate now includes clearances from previous years, the rate can be over 100%.Further details on this change can be found in Appendix 2.


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Armed robberies accounted for 1,597 (48.6%) of all robberies in 2011/2012, an increase of 3.9% comparedwith 2010/2011. The number of unarmed robberies recorded during 2011/2012 was 1,689, a decrease of7.0% from 1,816 unarmed robberies recorded in 2010/2011.

Figure 41: Robbery offences, by offence and degree, 2010/2011 and 2011/2012

Subs tan t ive At t emp t ed Consp iracy To t al Subs t an t ive At t emp t ed Consp iracy To t al % Change

Armed Robbery 1,235 300 2 1,537 1,285 298 14 1,597 3.9%

Accessory To Robbery 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -100.0%

Robbery 1,439 333 0 1,772 1,340 315 0 1,655 -6.6%

Assault With Intent To Rob 42 1 0 43 34 0 0 34 -20.9%

Robbery Total 2,717 634 2 3,353 2,659 613 14 3,286 -2.0%

2010/11 2011/12

The main locations for robberies occurring are on street/lane/footpaths. Robberies at these locationsaccounted for 42.0% (1,379) of all robberies in 2011/2012. Retail/financial locations accounted for 23.7%(778) of robbery offences in 2011/2012, while 9.3% (307) robberies occurred at public transport locations.

Female victims increased by 2.0% between 2010/2011 and 2011/2012, while male victims decreased by4.0%. All victim age groups decreased between 2010/2011 and 2011/2012, particularly the under 18 years

age group, which decreased by 11.2%.

In 2011/2012, 650 knives were used/threatened/displayed during robberies, a decrease of 1.7% incomparison to 2010/2011. Knives accounted for 50.7% of all weapons in robberies. There was a 10.1%increase in firearms involved in robberies (including imitation firearms), from 198 in 2010/2011 to 218 in2011/2012. 17.0% of all weapons used/threatened/displayed during robberies were firearms.

Figure 42: Type of weapon used/threatened/displayed in robbery offences,2010/2011 and 2011/2012

Type of Weapon% chang e

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2010/11 2011/12 2010/11

Rifle 10 14 40.0Air Rifle/Gun 3 4 33.3

Shotgun 28 32 14.3

Handgun 108 121 12.0

Machine Gun 1 2 100.0

Sawnoff Firearm 24 15 -37.5

Imitation Firearm 8 11 37.5

Other Firearm 16 19 18.8

Knife 661 650 -1.7

Axe/Tomahawk 17 35 105.9

Bat/Bar/Club 78 90 15.4

Knuckleduster/Numchuks 7 4 -42.9

Bottle/Glass 58 12 -79.3

Vehicle 2 3 50.0

Syringe 57 34 -40.4

Other Weapon 161 138 -14.3

Other Edged Weapon 95 84 -11.6

Laser Pointer 1 0 -100.0

Explosive Device 3 3 0.0

Aerosol Spray 1 5 400.0

Unknown Weapon 1 5 400.0

Total 1,340 1,281 -4.4

No. of off ences recorded

Note: Multiple weapons can be used in robberies, or multiple victims can be recorded for the same robbery. Therefore, the number of

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4.6 Assault

The number of recorded assaults in 2011/2012 (42,076) was 14.0% higher than the number recorded in2010/2011 (36,907).

Of the assault offences recorded during 2011/2012, 27,686 were cleared during the same period, and anadditional 7,877 offences were cleared which were recorded in previous years. This gave a total clearance

rate of 84.5%, which was 3.2 percentage points lower than in 2010/2011.

Figure 43: Assault offences, recorded and total cleared, 2007/2008 to 2011/2012

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33,686 35,06736,907

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96.3% 90.1% 92.2% 87.8% 84.5%

Despite the increase in assault offences, juvenile assault offenders decreased in 2011/2012, by 4.6%. Adultoffenders increased during the same period, by 16.4%.

J uvenile victims increased by 18.8% since 2010/2011, while adult victims aged between 18 and 59increased by 14.3%. There was also a 21.2% increase in victims who are aged over 60. Female victimsincreased at a faster rate than male victims (by 24.2% and 7.8% respectively).

Assaults at residential locations account for 48.8% of all assaults in 2011/2012. Assaults at these locationshave increased by 27.8% since 2010/2010. After residential locations, the most common location type whereassaults occurred was a street/lane/footpath (23.6%). Assaults at these locations have decreased by 0.5%since 2010/2011. During 2011/2012 there were 1,418 assaults occurring at licensed premises, 4.9% lowerthan in 2010/2011.

Assaults at public transport locations accounted for 2.9% (1,231) of all assaults in 2011/2012, and overallhave decreased by 5.4%. Within this location type, assaults on trains decreased by 4.6%, assaults at trainstations have decreased by 14.0%, and assaults at railway car parks have decreased by 8.0%. However,assaults on trams or tram stops have increased by 5.3%.

Figure 44: Assault offences in publ ic transport locations, by location, 2010/2011 and 2011/2012

% change fro m

2010/11 2011/12 2010/11

Train 152 145 -4.6

Train Station 795 684 -14.0

Railway Carpark 50 46 -8.0

Tram/TramStop 94 99 5.3

Bus/Bus Stop 160 198 23.8

Depot/Terminal 5 11 120.0

Taxi 45 48 6.7

Total 1301 1231 -5.4

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The number of weapons used/threatened/displayed during assaults increased by 1.9% (to 4,167) incomparison to 2010/2011. Knives accounted for 1,202 (28.8%) of all weapons used/threatened/displayedduring assaults, an increase of 14.3% on 2010/2011. 292 firearms (including imitation firearms) wereinvolved in assaults in 2011/12. The use/threat/display of firearms in assaults increased 9.0% in 2011/2012.

Figure 45: Type of weapon used/threatened/displayed in assaults , 2010/2011 and 2011/2012

Type of W eapon% change

from2010/11 2011/12 2010/11

Rifle 45 30 -33.3

Air Rifle/Gun 8 9 12.5

Shotgun 37 63 70.3

Handgun 84 106 26.2

Machine Gun 1 1 0.0

Sawnoff Firearm 22 14 -36.4

Imitation Firearm 30 23 -23.3

Other Firearm 41 46 12.2

Knife 1,052 1,202 14.3

Axe/Tomahawk 45 94 108.9

Bat/Bar/Club 458 505 10.3Knuckleduster/Numchuks 21 28 33.3

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