Crime Statistics 2012-13

Crime Statistics 2012/2013

Embargo: 28 August 2013

Crime Statistics 2012/13. All figures were extracted from the LEAP database on 18 July 2013 and are subject to variation. 1


Contents

1 PREAMBLE 3

2 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 4 2.1 State-wide crime statistics 2012/13 4

3 TOTAL CRIME 6 3.1 Across Victoria 6 3.2 By region 9 3.3 Where crime occurred 14 3.4 Alleged offenders processed 17 3.5 Victims of Crime 19 3.6 Family Incidents 21

4 CRIME AGAINST THE PERSON 23 4.1 Overall 23 4.2 Homicide 25 4.3 Rape 26 4.4 Sex (non-rape) 27 4.5 Robbery 28 4.6 Assault 30 4.7 Abduction/kidnap 32

5 CRIME AGAINST PROPERTY 34 5.1 Overall 34 5.2 Arson 35 5.3 Property damage 36 5.4 Burglary (aggravated) 37 5.5 Burglary (residential) 38 5.6 Burglary (other) 38 5.7 Deception 39 5.8 Handle stolen goods 39 5.9 Theft from motor vehicle 40 5.10 Theft (shopsteal) 41 5.11 Theft of motor vehicle 41 5.12 Theft (bicycle) 42 5.13 Theft (other) 42

6 DRUG OFFENCES 44 6.1 Overall 44 6.2 Drug (cultivate/manufacture/traffick) 45 6.3 Drug (possess/use) 46

7 OTHER CRIME 47

8 APPENDIX 1 52 8.1 Definitions and Explanatory Notes 52

9 APPENDIX 2 55 9.1 Changes to Clearance Rates 55


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 2012/13 financial year, and includes data from recent financial years for basic trend analysis. The purpose of this document is to provide a summary of current crime trends, and not to comment on Victoria 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 Assistance Program (LEAP) and extracted on 18 July 2013. LEAP is a dynamic database designed primarily for operational policing purposes. Victoria Police update existing records with new information as it becomes available, and revise records when investigation identifies additional information. The Central Data Entry Bureau of Victoria Police also amends records when quality 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 from those previously published. Recorded crime consists of those offences recorded on LEAP during the reporting period, regardless of when the offence occurred or when it was reported to police. Information contained in this publication relates only to those crimes reported to or detected by Victoria Police. The method of recording crime clearances has been changed since 2011/12 (see Appendix 2). All figures are rounded to one decimal place. Because of this, percentage point differences in clearance rates may appear different than when calculated from the rounded figures in the tables and graphs. Care should be taken in interpreting large percentage changes where actual counts are small, as these changes may not be statistically significant. Detailed crime classification rules and definitions are included in Appendix 1 to provide assistance in the interpretation of statistics. As the information presented in this document is by no means exhaustive, any requests for additional information should be directed to the Chief Statistician, Corporate Statistics.

Ms Uma Rao Chief Statistician Group Manager - Corporate Statistics Corporate Strategy and Governance Victoria Police PO Box 415 Melbourne 3005 Victoria, Australia Phone: (03) 9247 6703 Fax: (03) 9247 6045 Email: [email protected]


2 Executive summary 2.1 State-wide crime statistics 2012/13 Overall crime In 2012/13, Victoria Police recorded 406,497 offences state-wide, an increase of 3.4% from the number of offences recorded in 2011/12. The 2012/13 crime rate per 100,000 population was 7157.1, an increase of 1.6% compared with 2011/12. Despite the increase in crime rate in two consecutive years, the 2012/13 rate is still significantly lower than in past years. Over the last ten financial years, the crime rate per 100,000 population has decreased by 12.0% since 2003/04, however the total number of recorded offences has increased by 1.9% over the same period. Of the 406,497 offences recorded during 2012/13, 189,065 were cleared (see Appendix 2 for clearance definition) within the same financial year. A further 39,479 offences which had been recorded in previous years were also cleared in 2012/13. This gives a total clearance rate of 56.2% (4.9% higher than the total clearance rate recorded in 2011/12). While total offences increased by 3.4%, Victoria Police processed 12.2% more offenders compared with 2011/12. A total of 200,380 alleged offenders were processed in 2012/13. In 2012/13, 207,020 persons were recorded as victims of total crime, a decrease of 0.2% from 2011/12. Of these, 51,048 were victims of crime against the person (e.g. homicides, rapes or assaults). This was an increase of 9.8% on the previous year. There were also 77,301 business victims of crime recorded in 2012/13. Crime against the person The number of crime against the person offences has increased by 7.2% during the last financial year, to 58,312 offences recorded in 2012/13. As a rate per 100,000 population, this represents an increase of 5.3%. The increase in crime against the person was primarily driven by a rise in family violence-related crime. The number of these offences increased by 18.4% between 2011/12 and 2012/13. In contrast, crime against the person offences not arising from family incidents increased by just 1.0%. Offences arising from family incidents accounted for 39.4% of all crime against the person offences during 2012/13. All categories of crime against the person except for rape and robbery increased between 2011/12 and 2012/13. Homicide offences increased by 6.6% from 167 in 2011/12 to 178 in 2012/13. 138 of these offences were substantive, while 40 were attempted, conspiracy or incitement offences. The homicide crime category consists of offences such as accident (fail to assist death), murder, aid and abet suicide, manslaughter, culpable driving and abortion. The most common type of homicide offence was murder, with 94 offences, an increase of 8.0% from 2011/12. There were 1,985 rape offences recorded in 2012/13, a decrease of 3.1% on the 2,049 offences recorded in 2011/2012. As a rate per 100,000 population, rape also decreased by 4.8%. The number of rape offences which were recorded as arising from family incidents decreased by 7.5%, and accounted for 29.2% of rape offences. Female victims accounted for 88.6% of rape victims. Sex (non-rape) offences also increased, rising 2.4% during the last financial year. As a rate per 100,000 population, sex (non-rape) rose by 0.6%. Female victims accounted for 79.5% of sex (non-rape) offence victims. Robbery decreased by 14.2%, from 3,281 in 2011/12 to 2,815 in 2012/13. The rate per 100,000 population decreased by 15.7%. The majority of robbery victims were male (76.4%). A significant proportion of robbery offenders (36.2%) were juveniles. Armed robberies accounted for 1,447 (51.4%) of all robberies in 2012/13, a decrease of 9.3% since 2011/12. The most common weapon used in armed robberies was a knife (47.0%). 15.8% of all weapons used in robberies were a firearm (including imitation firearms), a decrease of 0.7%.


During 2012/13, the number of assault offences increased by 10.0%, while the rate of assaults per 100,000 population increased by 8.0%. Much of this increase can be attributed to the growth in assault offences arising from family incidents (up 19.1%). However, assaults not arising from family incidents also increased, by 3.9%. The most common type of location where assaults occurred was in residential locations. The number of assaults occurring in residential locations increased by 16.0% between 2011/12 and 2012/13. The majority (50.8%) of assault victims were male, but the number of female victims grew at a faster rate since 2011/12, increasing by 15.0%. Family Incidents During 2012/13, there were 60,829 incidents where police submitted family incident reports. This was 21.6% higher than the 50,016 reports submitted in 2011/12. There has been a steady rise in the reporting of family incidents since the introduction of the Code of Practice for the Investigation of Family Violence in August 2004, and legislative change brought about by the Family Violence Protection Act 2008. Offences related to family incidents, such as assaults and abduction/kidnap, have risen as a result of this increased reporting. Crime against property In 2012/13 there were 263,577 offences against property, a decrease of 1.2% compared with 2011/12. Crime against property has also decreased as a rate per 100,000 population by 3.0%. In 2012/13, there were 45,580 offences of property damage recorded by Victoria Police, a decrease of 6.8% compared to 2011/12. Property damage offences arising from family incidents increased by 29.0%, while those not arising from family incidents decreased by 10.7%. Property damage offences arising from family incidents make up 13.4% of all property damage offences, up from 9.7% in 2011/12. The number of aggravated burglaries offences recorded increased by 8.6% in 2012/13, while residential burglaries decreased by 1.1%. The number of aggravated burglaries involving weapons or injuries increased by 21.6% in 2012/13, and accounted for 24.1% of aggravated burglaries. The number of theft from motor vehicle offences recorded in 2012/13 (42,965) was 8.0% lower than that recorded in 2011/12. A decrease of 3.1% was seen in theft of number plates, which was the most common type of property stolen. The number of theft of motor vehicle offences recorded in 2012/13 (14,671) was 6.2% lower than the 15,647 recorded in 2011/12. Drug offences In 2012/13 there were 21,469 drug offences recorded, an increase of 14.0% compared with 2011/12. There was an increase of 9.0% for cultivation, manufacture or trafficking of drugs, and an increase of 15.7% for possession or use of drugs. Other offences Other offences increased by 19.4% in the last financial year. The largest percentage increase in this category of crime was in weapons/explosives, which increased by 30.2% compared with 2011/12 to 11,376 offences.. Regulated Public Order offences were the only category to show a decrease for the current financial year, down 4.5%. Behaviour in Public offences, significantly down last year, increased again in 2012/13 by 3.9%. There were 30,795 justice procedure offences in 2012/13, an increase by 20.4% compared with 2011/12. Justice procedure offences arising from family incidents increased by 41.8%, while those not arising from family incidents increased by just 4.7%.


3 Total crime 3.1 Across Victoria During 2012/13, 406,497 offences were recorded as occurring in Victoria. The total number of offences recorded in 2012/2013 was 3.4% higher than in 2011/12. There were 7,157.1 recorded offences per 100,000 population in 2012/2013, this crime rate being 1.6% higher than that recorded during 2011/12. This is the second year in a row in which the crime rate has risen since 2000/01.

Figure 1: Summary of offences recorded and cleared1, 2011/12 and 2012/13

Total Clearances% Change Rate per 100,000 % Change Single Year

No. No. from Population* from Clearances**2011/12 2012/13 2011/12 2011/12 2012/13 2011/12 2012/13

Homicide 167 178 6.6 3.0 3.1 4.7 125 50 98.3 4.3Rape 2,049 1,985 -3.1 36.7 34.9 -4.8 1,235 621 93.5 1.7Sex (non rape) 6,373 6,526 2.4 114.2 114.9 0.6 4,335 1,536 90.0 -1.3Robbery 3,281 2,815 -14.2 58.8 49.6 -15.7 1,392 405 63.8 4.8Assault 41,940 46,122 10.0 751.6 812.1 8.0 31,370 9,618 88.9 4.9Abduction / Kidnap 599 686 14.5 10.7 12.1 12.5 519 86 88.2 2.2

Sub-total 54,409 58,312 7.2 975.1 1,026.7 5.3 38,976 12,316 88.0 4.3Arson 3,091 3,312 7.1 55.4 58.3 5.3 645 163 24.4 2.2Property damage 48,920 45,580 -6.8 876.7 802.5 -8.5 12,160 3,564 34.5 5.4Burglary (aggrav ated) 2,500 2,716 8.6 44.8 47.8 6.7 1,130 259 51.1 4.1Burglary (residential) 29,231 28,915 -1.1 523.8 509.1 -2.8 3,412 1,089 15.6 0.6Burglary (other) 14,997 15,082 0.6 268.8 265.5 -1.2 2,537 848 22.4 0.0Deception 23,337 26,177 12.2 418.2 460.9 10.2 16,706 4,196 79.8 -1.4Handle stolen goods 7,433 8,174 10.0 133.2 143.9 8.0 7,615 643 101.0 5.0Theft from motor v ehicle 46,702 42,965 -8.0 836.9 756.5 -9.6 4,105 1,167 12.3 2.1Theft (shopsteal) 19,861 20,673 4.1 355.9 364.0 2.3 13,390 1,955 74.2 -2.5Theft of motor v ehicle 15,647 14,671 -6.2 280.4 258.3 -7.9 3,129 1,207 29.6 5.3Theft of bicy cle 4,188 4,664 11.4 75.1 82.1 9.4 360 78 9.4 0.0Theft (other) 50,964 50,648 -0.6 913.3 891.7 -2.4 12,571 3,925 32.6 4.6

Sub-total 266,871 263,577 -1.2 4,782.6 4,640.7 -3.0 77,760 19,094 36.7 3.6Drug (cult., manuf., traff.) 4,829 5,263 9.0 86.5 92.7 7.1 4,822 354 98.3 0.3Drug (possess, use) 14,009 16,206 15.7 251.1 285.3 13.7 14,981 1,121 99.4 1.8

Sub-total 18,838 21,469 14.0 337.6 378.0 12.0 19,803 1,475 99.1 1.4Going equipped to steal 488 601 23.2 8.7 10.6 21.0 545 42 97.7 0.3Justice procedures 25,582 30,795 20.4 458.5 542.2 18.3 25,365 3,876 95.0 0.5Regulated public order 1,415 1,352 -4.5 25.4 23.8 -6.1 1,065 229 95.7 1.0Weapons / Ex plosiv es 8,739 11,376 30.2 156.6 200.3 27.9 10,326 829 98.1 -0.5Harassment 3,819 4,875 27.7 68.4 85.8 25.4 3,289 548 78.7 -2.6Behav iour in public 6,437 6,685 3.9 115.4 117.7 2.0 6,244 231 96.9 -2.6Other 6,420 7,455 16.1 115.1 131.3 14.1 5,692 839 87.6 3.0

Sub-total 52,900 63,139 19.4 948.0 1,111.7 17.3 52,526 6,594 93.6 0.0TOTAL 393,018 406,497 3.4 7,043.2 7,157.1 1.6 189,065 39,479 56.2 4.9

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1 The method of recording crime clearances was changed in 2011/12 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%.


Recorded offences Total recorded offences have risen by 1.9% over those recorded a decade ago, with the last two financial years recording significant increases. A 3.4% increase was observed between 2011/12 and 2012/13.

Figure 2: Total offences recorded, 2003/04 to 2012/13

Despite the increase in recorded offences, as a rate per 100,000 population Victoria has continued to see a decline over the past decade. While the overall crime rate increased 1.6% between 2011/12 to 2012/13, the rate has decreased 12.0% since 2003/04.

Figure 3: Total offences recorded per 100,000 population, 2003/04 to 2012/13


Cleared offences

Victoria Police has changed its method of calculating clearance rates in 2011/12, in accordance with recommendations made by the Office of Police Integrity in the Report of investigation into Victoria Police crime records and statistical reporting (May 2011). Offences which were listed as having an Intent to Summons pending authorisation at the end of the financial year are now no longer counted as cleared. Of the 406,497 offences recorded during 2012/13, 189,065 were cleared within the same financial year. A further 39,479 offences which had been recorded in previous years were also cleared in 2012/13. This gives a total clearance rate of 56.2% (4.9 percentage points higher than the clearance rate recorded in 2011/12).

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Figure 5: Offences recorded, by status of investigation, 2012/13

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No. 2012/13 Unsolved Summons Processed Withdrawn Detected Other Cleared in 2012/13

Homicide 178 22 31 116 2 2 5 50Rape 1,985 482 268 617 359 227 32 621Sex (non rape) 6,526 1,422 769 3,100 472 671 92 1,536Robbery 2,815 1,330 93 1,232 96 61 3 405Assault 46,122 8,298 6,454 26,873 2,823 1,308 366 9,618Abduction / Kidnap 686 129 38 448 25 44 2 86

Sub-total 58,312 11,683 7,653 32,386 3,777 2,313 500 12,316Arson 3,312 2,587 80 586 32 0 27 163Property damage 45,580 31,354 2,066 11,246 644 219 51 3,564Burglary (aggrav ated) 2,716 1,504 82 1,035 58 32 5 259Burglary (residential) 28,915 25,262 241 3,028 101 276 7 1,089Burglary (other) 15,082 12,410 135 2,481 12 38 6 848Deception 26,177 8,275 1,196 16,258 209 189 50 4,196Handle stolen goods 8,174 237 322 7,605 0 9 1 643Theft from motor v ehicle 42,965 38,468 392 3,874 37 173 21 1,167Theft (shopsteal) 20,673 6,384 899 13,205 75 54 56 1,955Theft of motor v ehicle 14,671 11,214 328 2,347 158 597 27 1,207Theft of bicy cle 4,664 4,257 47 298 18 39 5 78Theft (other) 50,648 36,917 1,160 11,068 505 956 42 3,925

Sub-total 263,577 178,869 6,948 73,031 1,849 2,582 298 19,094Drug (cult., manuf., traff.) 5,263 241 200 4,816 0 5 1 354Drug (possess, use) 16,206 391 834 14,943 1 22 15 1,121

Sub-total 21,469 632 1,034 19,759 1 27 16 1,475Going equipped to steal 601 15 41 545 0 0 0 42Justice procedures 30,795 2,797 2,633 25,009 82 211 63 3,876Regulated public order 1,352 177 110 980 23 40 22 229Weapons / Ex plosiv es 11,376 368 682 10,252 16 39 19 829Harassment 4,875 1,138 448 2,902 271 95 21 548Behav iour in public 6,685 184 257 6,172 15 8 49 231Other 7,455 1,203 560 5,547 51 66 28 839

Sub-total 63,139 5,882 4,731 51,407 458 459 202 6,594TOTAL 406,497 197,066 20,366 176,583 6,085 5,381 1,016 39,479

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3.2 By region

For management of police responses, tasking and coordination, Victoria is divided into four geographical regions: Eastern Region North West Metro Region Southern Metro Region Western Region .

Figure 6: Victoria Police region boundaries


Eastern Region Eastern Region experienced a 4.2% increase in the number of offences during 2012/13, to 87,879 offences. Crime against the person rose by 8.7% to 13,308 offences. The largest increases were seen in harassment offences (up 39.3%), weapons/explosives (37.1%) and drug possession/use offences (29.5% increase). The largest decreases were seen in handle stolen goods offences (down 17.5%), theft of motor vehicle (10.2%) and property damage (8.7% decrease). Of the offences recorded in Eastern Region during 2012/13, 42,424 were cleared within the same financial year. A further 7,578 offences which had been recorded in previous years were also cleared in 2012/13. This gives a total clearance rate of 56.9% (2.3% higher than the clearance rate recorded in 2011/12).

Figure 7: Eastern Region offences recorded and cleared1, 2011/12 and 2012/13

Total Clearances

% Change Rate per 100,000 % Change Single YearNo. No. from Population* from Clearances**

2011/12 2012/13 2011/12 2011/12 2012/13 2011/12 2012/13

Homicide 36 34 -5.6 2.3 2.2 -6.2 23 13 105.9 17.0Rape 467 475 1.7 30.0 30.3 1.0 257 116 78.5 -14.6Sex (non rape) 1,766 1,705 -3.5 113.6 108.9 -4.1 1,067 421 87.3 2.5Robbery 496 469 -5.4 31.9 29.9 -6.1 240 56 63.1 1.4Assault 9,373 10,494 12.0 602.7 670.1 11.2 7,523 1,936 90.1 4.0Abduction / Kidnap 105 131 24.8 6.8 8.4 23.9 93 17 84.0 2.1

Sub-total 12,243 13,308 8.7 787.2 849.7 7.9 9,203 2,559 88.4 3.2Arson 696 802 15.2 44.8 51.2 14.4 218 28 30.7 7.4Property damage 12,424 11,337 -8.7 798.9 723.9 -9.4 3,052 785 33.8 1.6Burglary (aggrav ated) 446 512 14.8 28.7 32.7 14.0 235 48 55.3 1.7Burglary (residential) 6,042 6,580 8.9 388.5 420.1 8.1 845 207 16.0 -0.2Burglary (other) 3,429 3,661 6.8 220.5 233.8 6.0 673 169 23.0 -1.3Deception 4,393 4,245 -3.4 282.5 271.0 -4.0 2,935 638 84.2 -11.1Handle stolen goods 1,866 1,540 -17.5 120.0 98.3 -18.0 1,466 78 100.3 1.7Theft from motor v ehicle 9,314 8,739 -6.2 598.9 558.0 -6.8 779 216 11.4 -0.4Theft (shopsteal) 4,140 4,561 10.2 266.2 291.2 9.4 2,907 407 72.7 -5.1Theft of motor v ehicle 2,763 2,481 -10.2 177.7 158.4 -10.8 577 200 31.3 3.4Theft of bicy cle 713 717 0.6 45.8 45.8 -0.1 89 13 14.2 2.3Theft (other) 9,986 10,436 4.5 642.1 666.4 3.8 3,066 658 35.7 4.4

Sub-total 56,212 55,611 -1.1 3,614.5 3,550.8 -1.8 16,842 3,447 36.5 -0.1Drug (cult., manuf., traff.) 962 1,181 22.8 61.9 75.4 21.9 1,110 74 100.3 3.4Drug (possess, use) 2,665 3,452 29.5 171.4 220.4 28.6 3,189 199 98.1 1.6

Sub-total 3,627 4,633 27.7 233.2 295.8 26.8 4,299 273 98.7 2.0Going equipped to steal 88 91 3.4 5.7 5.8 2.7 86 10 105.5 15.7Justice procedures 5,870 6,782 15.5 377.5 433.0 14.7 5,665 737 94.4 -2.3Regulated public order 393 406 3.3 25.3 25.9 2.6 314 68 94.1 5.5Weapons / Ex plosiv es 1,863 2,555 37.1 119.8 163.1 36.2 2,347 164 98.3 1.1Harassment 895 1,247 39.3 57.6 79.6 38.4 901 114 81.4 2.4Behav iour in public 1,441 1,499 4.0 92.7 95.7 3.3 1,420 45 97.7 -1.4Other 1,690 1,747 3.4 108.7 111.5 2.6 1,347 161 86.3 -2.7

Sub-total 12,240 14,327 17.1 787.1 914.8 16.2 12,080 1,299 93.4 -1.0TOTAL 84,322 87,879 4.2 5,422.1 5,611.2 3.5 42,424 7,578 56.9 2.3

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North West Metro Region North West Metro Region experienced a 1.2% increase in the number of offences during 2012/13, to 159,798 offences. Crime against the person rose by 5.4% to 20,803 offences. The largest percentage increases were seen in harassment (up 66.4%), homicide (62.5%), and regulated public order offences (39.1% increase). The largest percentage decreases were seen in robbery and theft from motor vehicle (both down 13.9%), and residential burglaries (8.0%). Of the offences recorded in North West Metro Region during 2012/13, 70,507 were cleared within the same financial year. A further 15,735 offences which had been recorded in previous years were also cleared in 2012/13. This gives a total clearance rate of 54.0% (5.9 percentage points higher than the clearance rate recorded in 2011/12).

Figure 8: North West Metro Region offences recorded and cleared1, 2011/12 and 2012/13

Total Clearances% Change Rate per 100,000 % Change Single Year

No. No. from Population* from Clearances**2011/12 2012/13 2011/12 2011/12 2012/13 2011/12 2012/13

Homicide 48 78 62.5 2.8 4.4 58.4 54 15 88.5 -11.5Rape 672 649 -3.4 38.6 36.3 -5.9 440 242 105.1 18.2Sex (non rape) 1,771 1,928 8.9 101.6 107.8 6.1 1,280 426 88.5 -0.1Robbery 1,779 1,531 -13.9 102.1 85.6 -16.1 715 219 61.0 4.4Assault 15,183 16,330 7.6 871.2 913.2 4.8 10,250 3,658 85.2 3.7Abduction / Kidnap 278 287 3.2 16.0 16.0 0.6 213 42 88.9 2.5

Sub-total 19,731 20,803 5.4 1,132.2 1,163.3 2.7 12,952 4,602 84.4 4.2Arson 1,071 1,116 4.2 61.5 62.4 1.5 174 58 20.8 1.5Property damage 16,397 15,044 -8.3 940.9 841.2 -10.6 3,702 1,254 32.9 7.0Burglary (aggrav ated) 1,047 1,097 4.8 60.1 61.3 2.1 399 112 46.6 4.1Burglary (residential) 12,724 11,701 -8.0 730.1 654.3 -10.4 1,240 439 14.3 1.5Burglary (other) 5,359 5,229 -2.4 307.5 292.4 -4.9 821 311 21.6 2.2Deception 10,592 11,423 7.8 607.8 638.8 5.1 7,004 1,574 75.1 -2.4Handle stolen goods 3,098 3,742 20.8 177.8 209.2 17.7 3,443 400 102.7 9.5Theft from motor v ehicle 20,561 17,699 -13.9 1,179.8 989.7 -16.1 1,587 501 11.8 4.1Theft (shopsteal) 8,535 8,201 -3.9 489.7 458.6 -6.4 5,088 823 72.1 -2.4Theft of motor v ehicle 7,729 7,146 -7.5 443.5 399.6 -9.9 1,359 617 27.7 7.9Theft of bicy cle 1,906 2,264 18.8 109.4 126.6 15.8 136 25 7.1 -1.7Theft (other) 22,256 22,733 2.1 1,277.1 1,271.2 -0.5 5,842 1,950 34.3 7.3

Sub-total 111,275 107,395 -3.5 6,385.1 6,005.5 -5.9 30,795 8,064 36.2 5.4Drug (cult., manuf., traff.) 2,215 2,091 -5.6 127.1 116.9 -8.0 1,860 170 97.1 -0.3Drug (possess, use) 6,193 6,659 7.5 355.4 372.4 4.8 6,128 545 100.2 2.2

Sub-total 8,408 8,750 4.1 482.5 489.3 1.4 7,988 715 99.5 1.6Going equipped to steal 228 290 27.2 13.1 16.2 24.0 263 25 99.3 2.8Justice procedures 9,083 11,029 21.4 521.2 616.7 18.3 9,049 1,294 93.8 -2.1Regulated public order 238 331 39.1 13.7 18.5 35.5 263 35 90.0 -12.9Weapons / Ex plosiv es 3,391 4,083 20.4 194.6 228.3 17.3 3,639 364 98.0 -0.9Harassment 1,094 1,820 66.4 62.8 101.8 62.1 1,187 215 77.0 -0.1Behav iour in public 2,317 2,341 1.0 133.0 130.9 -1.5 2,119 88 94.3 -5.3Other 2,164 2,956 36.6 124.2 165.3 33.1 2,252 333 87.4 0.7

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Figure 9: Southern Metro Region offences recorded and cleared1, 2011/12 and 2012/2013

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Homicide 48 32 -33.3 3.6 2.4 -34.5 22 17 121.9 51.0Rape 553 466 -15.7 41.4 34.2 -17.2 298 142 94.4 2.9Sex (non rape) 1,467 1,508 2.8 109.7 110.8 1.0 1,010 328 88.7 -5.9Robbery 771 608 -21.1 57.7 44.7 -22.5 329 108 71.9 9.5Assault 10,065 10,662 5.9 752.7 783.3 4.1 7,353 2,408 91.5 7.4Abduction / Kidnap 132 157 18.9 9.9 11.5 16.8 119 19 87.9 2.3

Sub-total 13,036 13,433 3.0 974.9 986.9 1.2 9,131 3,022 90.5 6.1Arson 665 751 12.9 49.7 55.2 10.9 127 28 20.6 -2.8Property damage 10,764 10,426 -3.1 805.0 766.0 -4.8 2,816 891 35.6 5.7Burglary (aggrav ated) 631 689 9.2 47.2 50.6 7.3 283 68 50.9 8.3Burglary (residential) 6,344 6,548 3.2 474.5 481.1 1.4 761 284 16.0 -0.2Burglary (other) 3,279 3,410 4.0 245.2 250.5 2.2 562 198 22.3 -0.5Deception 6,601 6,663 0.9 493.7 489.5 -0.8 3,545 1,473 75.3 0.3Handle stolen goods 1,598 1,850 15.8 119.5 135.9 13.7 1,733 99 99.0 1.0Theft from motor v ehicle 10,809 10,555 -2.3 808.4 775.5 -4.1 997 287 12.2 1.1Theft (shopsteal) 4,874 5,686 16.7 364.5 417.7 14.6 3,932 469 77.4 -0.9Theft of motor v ehicle 3,307 3,231 -2.3 247.3 237.4 -4.0 773 266 32.2 4.4Theft of bicy cle 971 1,118 15.1 72.6 82.1 13.1 74 23 8.7 1.8Theft (other) 10,153 10,062 -0.9 759.3 739.3 -2.6 2,252 808 30.4 3.3

Sub-total 59,996 60,989 1.7 4,487.0 4,480.8 -0.1 17,855 4,894 37.3 2.8Drug (cult., manuf., traff.) 1,051 1,177 12.0 78.6 86.5 10.0 1,097 80 100.0 0.2Drug (possess, use) 3,491 4,135 18.4 261.1 303.8 16.4 3,821 289 99.4 2.6

Sub-total 4,542 5,312 17.0 339.7 390.3 14.9 4,918 369 99.5 2.0Going equipped to steal 114 143 25.4 8.5 10.5 23.2 129 4 93.0 -8.7Justice procedures 6,083 7,410 21.8 454.9 544.4 19.7 5,927 1,140 95.4 3.2Regulated public order 487 337 -30.8 36.4 24.8 -32.0 279 76 105.3 14.4Weapons / Ex plosiv es 2,074 2,821 36.0 155.1 207.3 33.6 2,604 186 98.9 0.2Harassment 1,223 925 -24.4 91.5 68.0 -25.7 658 138 86.1 2.9Behav iour in public 1,389 1,392 0.2 103.9 102.3 -1.6 1,335 41 98.9 -0.6Other 1,345 1,407 4.6 100.6 103.4 2.8 1,072 150 86.9 1.3

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Figure 10: Western Region offences recorded and cleared1, 2011/12 and 2012/13

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Homicide 34 34 0.0 3.8 3.7 -0.9 26 5 91.2 -32.4Rape 355 395 11.3 39.5 43.5 10.2 240 116 90.1 -7.3Sex (non rape) 1,368 1,382 1.0 152.1 152.2 0.1 976 339 95.2 -2.6Robbery 235 207 -11.9 26.1 22.8 -12.7 108 21 62.3 1.9Assault 7,318 8,633 18.0 813.5 950.8 16.9 6,243 1,612 91.0 4.8Abduction / Kidnap 83 111 33.7 9.2 12.2 32.5 94 7 91.0 -0.6

Sub-total 9,393 10,762 14.6 1,044.2 1,185.3 13.5 7,687 2,100 90.9 3.1Arson 659 643 -2.4 73.3 70.8 -3.3 126 49 27.2 2.8Property damage 9,335 8,772 -6.0 1,037.8 966.1 -6.9 2,590 632 36.7 7.2Burglary (aggrav ated) 376 418 11.2 41.8 46.0 10.1 213 31 58.4 -0.7Burglary (residential) 4,121 4,086 -0.8 458.1 450.0 -1.8 566 153 17.6 -0.4Burglary (other) 2,930 2,782 -5.1 325.7 306.4 -5.9 481 161 23.1 -1.9Deception 1,730 3,778 118.4 192.3 416.1 116.4 3,172 507 97.4 4.3Handle stolen goods 870 1,040 19.5 96.7 114.5 18.4 971 61 99.2 3.0Theft from motor v ehicle 5,949 5,880 -1.2 661.3 647.6 -2.1 742 162 15.4 1.0Theft (shopsteal) 2,312 2,225 -3.8 257.0 245.1 -4.7 1,463 256 77.3 -2.3Theft of motor v ehicle 1,848 1,813 -1.9 205.4 199.7 -2.8 420 121 29.8 -1.7Theft of bicy cle 598 565 -5.5 66.5 62.2 -6.4 61 17 13.8 1.6Theft (other) 8,493 7,309 -13.9 944.2 805.0 -14.7 1,411 504 26.2 -1.7

Sub-total 39,221 39,311 0.2 4,360.2 4,329.6 -0.7 12,216 2,654 37.8 5.2Drug (cult., manuf., traff.) 601 814 35.4 66.8 89.7 34.2 755 30 96.4 -3.1Drug (possess, use) 1,660 1,959 18.0 184.5 215.8 16.9 1,843 88 98.6 0.0

Sub-total 2,261 2,773 22.6 251.4 305.4 21.5 2,598 118 97.9 -0.9Going equipped to steal 58 77 32.8 6.4 8.5 31.5 67 2 89.6 -13.8Justice procedures 4,545 5,570 22.6 505.3 613.5 21.4 4,723 704 97.4 5.3Regulated public order 297 277 -6.7 33.0 30.5 -7.6 208 49 92.8 -9.2Weapons / Ex plosiv es 1,411 1,917 35.9 156.9 211.1 34.6 1,736 115 96.6 -2.9Harassment 606 883 45.7 67.4 97.3 44.4 543 81 70.7 -17.6Behav iour in public 1,290 1,453 12.6 143.4 160.0 11.6 1,370 57 98.2 -1.1Other 1,221 1,344 10.1 135.7 148.0 9.1 1,020 193 90.3 16.6

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Crime Against The PersonHomicide 68 2 87 6 0 1 0 1 2 0 11 178Rape 1,420 24 125 64 11 48 23 18 96 1 155 1,985Sex (non rape) 3,726 172 678 333 268 92 90 54 391 7 715 6,526Robbery 197 713 1,179 22 248 107 42 59 151 0 97 2,815Assault 23,610 2,626 9,867 1,022 1,311 947 440 1,436 687 49 4,127 46,122Abduction / Kidnap 336 20 166 14 7 32 11 4 23 0 73 686

Sub-Total 29,357 3,557 12,102 1,461 1,845 1,227 606 1,572 1,350 57 5,178 58,312Crime Against Property

Arson 975 116 639 175 28 280 93 1 676 7 322 3,312Property Damage 21,239 3,806 8,196 1,857 1,996 2,272 667 337 978 197 4,035 45,580Burglary (Aggravated) 2,570 67 10 5 0 0 4 9 3 0 48 2,716Burglary (Residential) 28,915 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 28,915Burglary (Other) 0 5,721 38 2,160 25 116 1,125 301 265 103 5,228 15,082Deception 3,278 11,978 1,382 241 142 170 255 298 48 6 8,379 26,177Handle Stolen Goods 2,308 593 2,008 37 141 238 37 36 55 1 2,720 8,174Theft From Motor Vehicle 16,405 981 11,396 328 774 4,988 255 66 563 34 7,175 42,965Theft (Shopsteal) 23 19,374 44 11 15 6 19 586 5 4 586 20,673Theft Of Motor Vehicle 4,133 733 6,245 70 495 788 59 97 61 1 1,989 14,671Theft Of Bicycle 2,235 223 811 291 442 265 61 23 117 11 185 4,664Theft (Other) 12,521 15,210 2,435 4,960 1,264 796 1,655 1,961 1,408 246 8,192 50,648

Sub-Total 94,602 58,802 33,204 10,135 5,322 9,919 4,230 3,715 4,179 610 38,859 263,577Drug Offences

Drug (Cult., Manuf., Traff.) 2,844 74 1,241 23 21 247 21 45 72 0 675 5,263Drug (Possess, Use) 3,745 482 5,995 162 579 1,953 261 120 446 2 2,461 16,206

Sub-Total 6,589 556 7,236 185 600 2,200 282 165 518 2 3,136 21,469Other Crime

Going Equipped To Steal 33 71 227 9 19 32 4 2 4 0 200 601Justice Procedures 12,341 625 2,880 251 267 206 111 85 92 8 13,929 30,795Regulated Public Order 535 39 249 70 28 20 13 38 132 0 228 1,352Weapons / Explosives 3,418 502 3,931 92 426 616 69 97 244 5 1,976 11,376Harassment 2,559 219 369 63 48 12 27 10 64 1 1,503 4,875Behaviour in Public 318 415 3,870 95 417 241 125 245 226 2 731 6,685Other 1,960 547 1,216 389 773 160 119 365 261 3 1,662 7,455

Sub-Total 21,164 2,418 12,742 969 1,978 1,287 468 842 1,023 19 20,229 63,139TOTAL 151,712 65,333 65,284 12,750 9,745 14,633 5,586 6,294 7,070 688 67,402 406,497

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Figure 12: Percentage change in recorded offences, by type of location, 2011/12 to 2012/13

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Arson 2.4 27.5 -6.6 11.5 0.0 0.4 -13.1 -80.0 36.6 75.0 11.4 7.1Property Damage -0.7 -13.0 -13.9 -13.6 -10.5 -11.1 -6.6 -16.2 -0.3 17.3 -9.0 -6.8Burglary (Aggravated) 7.4 71.8 150.0 -64.3 n/a n/a 0.0 0.0 200.0 n/a 37.1 8.6Burglary (Residential) -1.1 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a -1.1Burglary (Other) n/a 7.0 15.2 -8.3 -16.7 39.8 -7.9 -1.6 10.4 -8.0 -0.8 0.6Deception 24.7 10.2 11.0 -53.5 -16.5 77.1 -3.8 59.4 380.0 -62.5 14.3 12.2Handle Stolen Goods -4.5 7.6 10.3 85.0 60.2 -1.7 27.6 9.1 0.0 n/a 24.9 10.0Theft From Motor Vehicle -6.7 -3.4 -13.1 -6.6 -11.9 -13.2 -25.2 -35.9 16.1 -33.3 2.1 -8.0Theft (Shopsteal) -17.9 4.9 18.9 -21.4 50.0 -33.3 -13.6 7.3 150.0 -50.0 -17.5 4.1Theft Of Motor Vehicle -2.3 -7.6 -7.0 4.5 -30.6 -19.3 -23.4 -15.7 -9.0 n/a 5.0 -6.2Theft Of Bicycle 3.8 41.1 15.9 9.4 28.5 33.8 27.1 27.8 28.6 57.1 -9.3 11.4Theft (Other) -6.7 -6.2 -8.5 101.6 11.1 11.5 -5.4 -14.6 4.1 6.5 -6.2 -0.6

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Drug (Cult., Manuf., Traff.) 8.0 2.8 11.2 130.0 -36.4 19.9 50.0 45.2 60.0 n/a 1.0 9.0Drug (Possess, Use) 14.3 32.1 12.8 16.5 10.3 32.2 8.3 11.1 14.1 -33.3 13.4 15.7

Sub-Total 11.5 27.2 12.5 24.2 7.5 30.7 10.6 18.7 18.8 -33.3 10.5 14.0Other Crime

Going Equipped To Steal -29.8 -11.3 14.6 350.0 11.8 88.2 100.0 0.0 -33.3 n/a 70.9 23.2Justice Procedures 29.3 16.6 13.3 58.9 25.9 25.6 33.7 -15.0 -53.1 -66.7 15.8 20.4Regulated Public Order 10.1 56.0 -15.6 250.0 -37.8 -28.6 -23.5 -74.8 10.9 n/a -0.4 -4.5Weapons /Explosives 33.1 37.2 26.1 10.8 10.4 50.6 11.3 3.2 26.4 66.7 35.5 30.2Harassment 53.8 13.5 11.5 3.3 29.7 -14.3 92.9 11.1 120.7 n/a 2.5 27.7Behaviour in Public 10.4 11.3 -6.9 39.7 64.2 24.9 23.8 37.6 43.0 -66.7 10.3 3.9Other 5.0 3.0 23.7 -2.8 6.9 -3.0 -25.6 39.8 62.1 -80.0 43.9 16.1

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Arson 17.2 2.0 11.3 3.1 0.5 4.9 1.6 0.0 11.9 0.1 5.7 58.3Property Damage 374.0 67.0 144.3 32.7 35.1 40.0 11.7 5.9 17.2 3.5 71.0 802.5Burglary (Aggravated) 45.2 1.2 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.8 47.8Burglary (Residential) 509.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 509.1Burglary (Other) 0.0 100.7 0.7 38.0 0.4 2.0 19.8 5.3 4.7 1.8 92.0 265.5Deception 57.7 210.9 24.3 4.2 2.5 3.0 4.5 5.2 0.8 0.1 147.5 460.9Handle Stolen Goods 40.6 10.4 35.4 0.7 2.5 4.2 0.7 0.6 1.0 0.0 47.9 143.9Theft From Motor Vehicle 288.8 17.3 200.6 5.8 13.6 87.8 4.5 1.2 9.9 0.6 126.3 756.5Theft (Shopsteal) 0.4 341.1 0.8 0.2 0.3 0.1 0.3 10.3 0.1 0.1 10.3 364.0Theft Of Motor Vehicle 72.8 12.9 110.0 1.2 8.7 13.9 1.0 1.7 1.1 0.0 35.0 258.3Theft Of Bicycle 39.4 3.9 14.3 5.1 7.8 4.7 1.1 0.4 2.1 0.2 3.3 82.1Theft (Other) 220.5 267.8 42.9 87.3 22.3 14.0 29.1 34.5 24.8 4.3 144.2 891.7

Sub-Total 1,665.6 1,035.3 584.6 178.4 93.7 174.6 74.5 65.4 73.6 10.7 684.2 4,640.7Drug Offences

Drug (Cult., Manuf., Traff.) 50.1 1.3 21.9 0.4 0.4 4.3 0.4 0.8 1.3 0.0 11.9 92.7Drug (Possess, Use) 65.9 8.5 105.6 2.9 10.2 34.4 4.6 2.1 7.9 0.0 43.3 285.3

Sub-Total 116.0 9.8 127.4 3.3 10.6 38.7 5.0 2.9 9.1 0.0 55.2 378.0Other Crime

Going Equipped To Steal 0.6 1.3 4.0 0.2 0.3 0.6 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 3.5 10.6Justice Procedures 217.3 11.0 50.7 4.4 4.7 3.6 2.0 1.5 1.6 0.1 245.2 542.2Regulated Public Order 9.4 0.7 4.4 1.2 0.5 0.4 0.2 0.7 2.3 0.0 4.0 23.8Weapons / Explosives 60.2 8.8 69.2 1.6 7.5 10.8 1.2 1.7 4.3 0.1 34.8 200.3Harassment 45.1 3.9 6.5 1.1 0.8 0.2 0.5 0.2 1.1 0.0 26.5 85.8Behaviour in Public 5.6 7.3 68.1 1.7 7.3 4.2 2.2 4.3 4.0 0.0 12.9 117.7Other 34.5 9.6 21.4 6.8 13.6 2.8 2.1 6.4 4.6 0.1 29.3 131.3

Sub-Total 372.6 42.6 224.3 17.1 34.8 22.7 8.2 14.8 18.0 0.3 356.2 1,111.7TOTAL 2,671.2 1,150.3 1,149.4 224.5 171.6 257.6 98.4 110.8 124.5 12.1 1,186.7 7,157.1

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Crime on Public Transport As shown in Figure 12, crime in public transport locations increased by 1.0% in 2012/13. Several notable crime categories increased in the same period, including behaviour in public (64.2%), sex (non-rape) (26.4%), and assault (5.7%). There were decreases in theft of motor vehicle (30.6%), regulated public order (37.8%), robberies (19.0%), and property damage (10.5%). The offence category that experienced the largest increase in 2012/13 in public transport locations was behaviour in public, which increased by 64.2% to 417 offences. The tope five offence categories for offences occurring on public transport in 2012/13 were property damage, assault, theft (other), theft from motor vehicle and other1. These five offence categories made up 62.8% of offences at public transport locations.

Figure 14: Offences occurring at public transport locations, by type of offence, 2012/2013

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Graffiti related property damage offences 658 570 607 1,329 1,321 -0.6%

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Total property damage offences 1,440 1,356 1,381 2,231 1,996 -10.5%

Assault 1,163 1,290 1,301 1,240 1,311 5.7%

Theft (Other) 1,343 1,280 1,247 1,138 1,264 11.1%

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Other1 510 474 492 723 773 6.9%

Remaining Offence Categories 3,537 3,441 3,109 3,440 3,627 5.4%

Total offences 9,496 8,928 8,487 9,651 9,745 1.0%

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1 Other category includes offences such as fail to have/provide a valid ticket, possess graffiti implement, consume liquor or possess open liquor container, smoke in a prohibited area, behave in offensive manner or use offensive/indecent language, trespassing and crossing railway lines or tracks when or where prohibited. The most common location that public transport offences occurred in was train stations. Train stations and tram/tram stops experienced the largest increase between 2011/12 and 2012/13 (by 8.8% and 21.3% respectively). Offences recorded at railway carparks, trains, depot/terminals decreased between 2011/12 and 2012/13. Detected offences on public transport increased by 21.0% in 2012/13 to 1,631 offences. They account for 16.7% of all offences on public transport. Reported offences decreased by 2.3% to 8,114 and account for 83.3% of total offences. Reported offences experienced a decrease in all location types except train station and taxi (increased by 7.1% and 4.4% respectively) while detected offences experienced a decrease only in train location (down by 7.0%).

Figure 15: Offences occurring at public transport locations, by type of location, 2012/13

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Train 86 1,048 1,134 80 947 1,027 -7.0% -9.6% -9.4%Train Station 1,097 3,858 4,955 1,261 4,131 5,392 14.9% 7.1% 8.8%Railw ay carpark 69 1,716 1,785 77 1,413 1,490 11.6% -17.7% -16.5%Tram/tram stop 28 400 428 128 391 519 357.1% -2.3% 21.3%Bus/bus stop 54 731 785 55 719 774 1.9% -1.6% -1.4%Depot/terminal 7 147 154 18 123 141 157.1% -16.3% -8.4%Freight y ard 0 24 24 1 9 10 n/a -62.5% -58.3%Office 0 15 15 0 1 1 n/a -93.3% -93.3%Tax i 7 364 371 11 380 391 57.1% 4.4% 5.4%Total Public Transport Offences 1,348 8,303 9,651 1,631 8,114 9,745 21.0% -2.3% 1.0%

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2 Detected offences include Handle Stolen Goods, Drug (Possess/Use), Drug (Cultivate/Manufacture), Going Equipped to Steal, Regulated Public Order, Weapons/Explosives and Behaviour in Public offences. 3 Reported offences include all non detected offences.


3.4 Alleged offenders processed While total offences increased by 3.4%, Victoria Police processed 12.2% more offenders compared with 2011/12. A total of 200,380 alleged offenders were processed in 2012/13.

Figure 16: Alleged offenders processed, 2008/09 to 2012/13

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Figure 17: Alleged offenders processed, by age group and offence, 2011/12 and 2012/13 Juveniles (


18-24 year olds continue to represent a large proportion of offenders (26.1%) in 2012/13. In particular, young males in this age group are significantly over-represented, comprising 21.6% of all offenders and 82.5% of all offenders in this age group.

Figure 18: Alleged offenders processed, by age group and sex, 2011/12 and 2012/13

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While juvenile offenders decreased between 2011/12 and 2012/13 (down 2.2%), all other age groups show an increase in offenders processed. The 18-24 age group years rose 7.7% to 52,363, while offenders aged 25-29 years rose 18.0% to 30,215, and offenders aged 30-59 years displayed the largest increase (19.3%) to 84,096 offenders.

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3.5 Victims of Crime In 2012/13, 207,020 persons were recorded as victims of crime, 0.2% lower than recorded in 2011/12.

Figure 20: Recorded person victims of crime, 2008/09 to 2012/13

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Figure 21: Victims of crime, by victim type and offence, 2011/12 and 2012/13

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2012/13 2011/12 2012/13 2011/12 2012/13 2011/12 2012/13 2011/12 2012/13 2011/12Homicide 175 8.0 n/a n/a 0 -100.0 0 -100.0 175 5.4Rape 1,669 1.5 n/a n/a n/a n/a 1 -88.9 1,670 1.0Sex (non rape) 4,444 10.5 n/a n/a 659 -5.2 83 18.6 5,186 8.3Robbery 2,461 -14.6 284 -17.0 1 0.0 29 11.5 2,775 -14.7Assault 41,675 12.0 n/a n/a 896 6.8 1,580 5.5 44,151 11.6Abduction / Kidnap 624 12.0 n/a n/a 2 -50.0 23 130.0 649 13.7

Sub-total 51,048 9.8 284 -17.0 1,558 1.2 1,716 6.3 54,606 9.3Arson 1,590 3.9 1,102 13.3 113 140.4 452 -12.7 3,257 6.2Property damage 30,387 -4.9 13,130 -9.7 394 -22.0 530 3.5 44,441 -6.4Burglary (aggravated) 2,566 7.2 80 21.2 1 -75.0 32 146.2 2,679 8.2Burglary (residential) 26,879 0.4 1,870 -18.0 14 366.7 92 -2.1 28,855 -1.0Burglary (other) 1,667 3.0 13,248 0.5 7 40.0 63 -3.1 14,985 0.8Deception 4,012 17.3 7,301 25.4 2,402 28.0 746 10.8 14,461 22.6Handle stolen goods n/a n/a 30 -31.8 6,265 22.2 32 0.0 6,327 21.6Theft from motor vehicle 39,571 -8.2 3,007 -2.6 9 12.5 252 -17.4 42,839 -7.9Theft (shopsteal) 247 2.5 19,604 4.9 31 10.7 172 -5.5 20,054 4.8Theft of motor vehicle 13,003 -7.4 1,578 6.3 2 100.0 67 -16.3 14,650 -6.1Theft of bicycle 4,496 11.4 47 38.2 1 n/a 94 32.4 4,638 12.0Theft (other) 28,591 -2.6 15,770 -6.2 9 -50.0 648 2.4 45,018 -3.9

Sub-total 153,009 -3.5 76,767 -0.3 9,248 21.3 3,180 0.1 242,204 -1.7Drug (cult., manuf., traff.) n/a n/a n/a n/a 4,291 20.6 2 -71.4 4,293 20.4Drug (possess, use) n/a n/a n/a n/a 14,942 18.8 8 -46.7 14,950 18.8

Sub-total n/a n/a n/a n/a 19,233 19.2 10 -54.5 19,243 19.1Going equipped to steal n/a n/a n/a n/a 520 30.0 0 -100.0 520 29.7Justice procedures 41 -22.6 12 71.4 23,203 18.5 10 -78.7 23,266 18.2Regulated public order 35 25.0 15 -11.8 1,065 19.3 10 100.0 1,125 19.3Weapons / Explosives 21 0.0 4 -33.3 9,935 30.7 6 -53.8 9,966 30.4Harassment 2,083 29.0 3 -50.0 1,354 57.8 67 28.8 3,507 38.6Behaviour in public 37 -15.9 10 42.9 6,246 3.8 7 75.0 6,300 3.7Other 746 -7.3 206 -3.7 4,850 29.9 89 3.5 5,891 21.7

Sub-total 2,963 15.5 250 -2.7 47,173 20.7 189 -9.1 50,575 20.1TOTAL 207,020 -0.2 77,301 -0.4 77,212 19.9 5,095 1.4 366,628 3.4

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Victims of Crimes Against the Person There were 51,048 people who were victims of crimes against the person offences in 2012/13, an increase of 9.8% on the previous year. Female victims of crimes against the person increased by 12.6% in 2012/13, a larger increase than male victims (7.2%). Female victims now comprise over half (51.6%) of all victims of crimes against the person. Of these female victims, 76.9% were victims of assault and 19.0% were victims of rape and sex (non-rape) offences. This result contrasts with male victims, of whom 86.7% were victims of assault offences, and 4.4% were victims of rape and sex (non-rape) offences. Of all victims of crime against the person, 9,719 (19.0%) were juvenile (under 18 years of age). This was an increase of 6.8% on the number of juvenile victims in 2011/12, however was the smallest increase of any age group overall. Adult victims over the age of 60 years experienced an increase of 14.3%, which was the largest overall percentage increase of the age groups.

Figure 22: Victims of crime against the person, by sex, age group and offence, 2011/12 and 2012/13

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3.6 Family Incidents Victoria Police formed the Violence Against Women and Children Strategy Group in order to comply with the Code of Practice for the Investigation of Family Violence, which was launched in 2004 and updated in December 2010. The Code of Practice was designed to improve police response to family violence and encourage community confidence to report these offences to police. Since the introduction of the Code of Practice, family incident reports have been increasing steadily. During 2012/13, there were 60,829 incidents where police submitted family incident reports. This was 21.6% higher than the 50,016 reports submitted in 2011/12.

Figure 23: Family Incidents Reports, 2003/04 to 2012/13

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Family violence safety notices (FVSNs) were introduced on 8 December 2008 under the Family Violence Protection Act 2008. According to Section 31 of the Act, an FVSN is considered to be an application for a family violence intervention order (IVO). Victoria Police keeps separate statistics on IVOs and FVSNs so that no double counting occurs; however, for an accurate picture of IVOs, the two figures have been combined. In 2012/13, police sought an IVO or issued an FVSN in 15,543 incidents, which was an increase of 20.4% from the previous financial year. In 2012/13, there were 25,574 family incidents attended by police which resulted in charges being laid against one or more parties involved. This was a 42.1% increase from the previous year.

Figure 24: Family Incident Reports, 2011/12 and 2012/13

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49,443 offences arose from family incident reports in 2012/13, an increase of 27.2% from 2011/12. Of all the offences arising from family incidents reported in 2011/2012, 40.3% were assaults, followed by justice procedures (31.0%) and property damage (12.4%) as the most common types of offences to arise from family incidents.

Figure 25: Offences arising from family incidents, by offence, 2012/13

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4 Crime against the person 4.1 Overall In 2012/13, there were 58,312 offences which fall into the category of crime against the person, which was an increase of 7.2% compared with 2011/12. Since 2003/04, crimes against the person offences have increased by 65.5%.

Figure 26: Crime against the person offences, 2003/04 to 2012/13

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In 2012/13, crime against the person offences expressed as a rate per 100,000 population increased by 5.3% compared with the rate recorded for 2011/12, and has increased by 42.8% since 2003/04.

Figure 27: Crime against the person as a rate per 100,000 population, 2003/04 to 2012/13

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This broad offence group had a total clearance rate of 88.0%, which was 4.3% higher than the clearance rate recorded in 2011/12. Figure 28: Crime against the person offences, recorded and total cleared1, 2008/09 to 2012/13

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The number of crime against the person offences arising from family incidents has increased at a faster rate than non-family incident crime against the person offences. Since 2003/04, the rate per 100,000 population of family incident-related crime against the person has increased by 396.7%, while the rate of offences not arising from family incidents has actually decreased by 2.4%. Offences arising from family incidents accounted for over a third (39.4%) of all crime against the person offences in 2012/13.

Figure 29: Crime against the person offences, by whether arising from family incidents, 2011/12 and 2012/13

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2011/12 2012/13 2011/12 2011/12 2012/13 2011/12Arising from family incidents 19,401 22,969 18.4% 347.7 404.4 16.3%Not arising from family incidents 35,008 35,343 1.0% 627.4 622.3 -0.8%Total Crimes against the person 54,409 58,312 7.2% 975.1 1,026.7 5.3%% of Crimes against the person arising from family incidents 35.7% 39.4%

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Figure 30: Crime against the person, by whether arising from family incidents, 2003/04 to 2012/13

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4.2 Homicide There were 178 homicide offences recorded in 2012/13, an increase of 6.6% on the 167 offences recorded in 2011/12. Of the 178 homicide offences recorded during 2012/13, 125 were cleared within the financial year. An additional 50 homicide offences from previous years were also cleared, making a total clearance rate of 98.3%, which was 4.3% higher than the total clearance rate in 2011/12.

Figure 31: Homicide offences, recorded and total cleared1, 2008/09 to 2012/13

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The most common homicide offence recorded in 2012/13 was murder, which increased 8.0% to 94, up from the 87 recorded murders in 2011/12. After murder, culpable driving or other dangerous driving offences was the next largest contributor to homicide offences. There were 66 culpable driving or similar offences recorded; a decrease of 2.9% on the 68 offences recorded in 2011/12.

Figure 32: Homicide offences, by offence, 2011/12 and 2012/13 % change

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Accident - Fail To Assist - Death 2 2 0.0Accident - Fail To Stop - Death 5 5 0.0Murder 87 94 8.0Aid And Abet Suicide 0 2 n/aAccessory After The Fact To Murder 2 3 50.0Manslaughter 10 11 10.0Survivor Suicide Pact 0 1 n/aAccessory After The Fact To Manslaughter 0 1 n/aDrive In Manner Dangerous Causing Death 22 30 36.4Drive At Dangerous Speed Causing Death 3 4 33.3Culpable Driving Causing Death 36 25 -30.6Total Homicide 167 178 6.6

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In 2012/13, 138 (77.5%) of homicide offences were substantive, and 33 (18.5%) were attempted. A further 7 offences were conspiracy or incitement offences.

Figure 33: Homicide offences, by degree, 2011/12 and 2012/13 % change

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Substantive 133 138 3.8Attempted 29 33 13.8Conspiracy 3 5 66.7Incitement 2 2 0.0Total Homicide 167 178 6.6




4.3 Rape There were 1,985 rape offences recorded in 2012/13, which was a decrease of 3.1% on the 2,049 offences recorded in 2011/12. Of the rape offences recorded in 2012/13, 1,235 were cleared during the same period, as well as a further 621 rape offences from previous years. This gave a total clearance rate of 93.5%, which was 1.7% higher than the total clearance rate in 2011/12.

Figure 34: Rape offences, recorded and total cleared1, 2008/09 to 2012/13

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Offences recorded during 2012/13 were cleared by the processing of offenders in 617 offences, 227 offences resulted in no offence being detected, the complaint was withdrawn in 359 offences and 32 were cleared by other means. Victoria Police recorded 1,669 rape victims2 during 2012/13, an increase of 1.5% on the 1,645 recorded in 2011/12. There were 1,479 female victims (up 1.2% since 2011/12) and 182 male victims (up 4.0%). Juvenile and adult (18-59 years) victims increased by 0.7% and 1.3% respectively, while adults aged over 60 experienced the largest increase of 6.7%. The decrease in rape offences in 2012/13 is reflected in the decrease of family incident-related rape offences. While the number of family incident reports submitted by police rose 21.6% to 60,829 (see page 20), family incident related rape offences decreased by 7.5% from 626 in 2011/12 to 579 in 2012/13. The proportion of rape offences which were family incident related was also slightly down, going from 30.6% to 29.2%.

Figure 35: Rape offences, by whether arising from family incidents, 2011/12 and 2012/13

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Arising from family incidents 626 579 -7.5%Not arising from family incidents 1,423 1,406 -1.2%Total rape offences 2,049 1,985 -3.1%% of rape offences arising from family incidents 30.6% 29.2%


1 The method of recording crime clearances was changed in 2011/12 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%. 2 Note: the number of victims differs significantly from the number of offences recorded due to some victims reporting multiple counts of victimisation.


In 2012/13, the victim and offender(s) were related, living together, or in a relationship in 638 (32.1%) rape offences. This was an increase from 723 (35.3%) in the previous financial year.

Figure 36: Rape offences, by relationship of offender to victim, 2011/12 and 2012/13

Relationship of offender to victim % change from2011/12 2012/13 2011/12

Related, living with or in a relationship with* 723 638 -11.8%Other known** 837 857 2.4%Not known 291 271 -6.9%Cannot be determined 229 246 7.4%

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* 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 domestic partner, 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 equal the total number of offences recorded. Rape offences at residential locations have decreased by 2.3% since 2011/12. In 2012/13 residential locations accounted for 71.5% (1,420) of all rape offences.

Figure 37: Rape offences, by location, 2011/12 and 2012/13

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Residential 1,454 1,420 -2.3%Non-residential 466 459 -1.5%Unknown/Unspecified 129 106 -17.8%Total 2,049 1,985 -3.1%


4.4 Sex (non-rape) There were 6,526 sex (non-rape) offences recorded in 2012/13, an increase of 2.4% on the 6,373 offences recorded in 2011/12. Of the 6,526 sex (non-rape) offences recorded in 2012/13, 4,335 were cleared during the same period, and an additional 1,536 offences were cleared that had been reported in previous years. This gave a total clearance rate of 90.0%, which was 1.3% lower than the total clearance rate for 2011/12.

Figure 38: Sex (non-rape) offences, recorded and total cleared1, 2008/09 to 2012/13

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Unlike family incident related rape offences which decreased by 7.5% in 2012/13, family incident related sex (non-rape) offences increased by 18.0%, going from 1,757 offences recorded in 2011/12 to 2,074 in 2012/13. Non-family incident related sex (non rape) offences decreased by 3.6%.

Figure 39: Sex (non-rape) offences, by whether arising from family incidents, 2011/12 and 2012/13

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As shown in Figure 11 (page 13), the most common location that sex (non-rape) offences occurred was residential locations, which accounted for 3,726 (57.1%) offences, followed by street/lane/footpath locations which accounted for 678 (10.4%) offences. The number of victims1 of sex (non-rape) offences recorded during 2012/13 was 4,444, an increase of 10.5% from the 4,022 victims recorded in 2011/12. Female victims increased by 10.5% in 2012/13 to 3,535, and accounted for 79.5% of victims of sex (non-rape). Male victims increased by 11.5% to 883. Juvenile and Adult (18-59) age group victims of sex (non-rape) both increased, by 11.0% and 10.8% respectively, whilst Adults aged over 60 decreased by 21.5%. 4.5 Robbery Robbery offences recorded in 2012/13 continued the reduction seen in 2011/12, this time decreasing by 14.2%, with total robberies going from 3,281 down to 2,815 this year. Similarly, the rate per 100,000 population decreased by 15.7%. Robbery and rape were the only categories of crime against the person to see a decrease in 2012/13. Of all the robbery offences recorded in 2012/13, 1,392 were cleared during the same period, and an additional 405 offences were cleared that had been reported in previous years. This gave a total clearance rate of 63.8%, which was 4.8% greater than recorded in 2011/12.

Figure 40: Robbery offences, recorded and total cleared2, 2008/09 to 2012/13

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Armed robberies accounted for 1,447 (51.4%) of all robberies in 2012/13, a decrease of 9.3% compared with 2011/12. The number of unarmed robberies recorded during 2012/13 was 1,368, a decrease of 18.9% from 1,686 unarmed robberies recorded in 2011/12.

Figure 41: Robbery offences, by offence and degree, 2011/12 and 2012/13

Substantive Attempted Conspiracy Total Substantive Attempted Conspiracy Total % ChangeArmed Robbery 1,286 295 14 1,595 1,161 278 8 1,447 -9.3%Accessory To Robbery 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 n/aRobbery 1,341 312 0 1,653 1,098 244 0 1,342 -18.8%Assault With Intent To Rob 33 0 0 33 22 2 0 24 -27.3%Robbery Total 2,660 607 14 3,281 2,283 524 8 2,815 -14.2%

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The main locations for robberies occurring are on street/lane/footpaths. Robberies at these locations accounted for 41.9% (1,179) of all robberies in 2012/13. Retail/financial locations accounted for 25.3% (713) of robbery offences in 2012/13, while 8.8% (248) robberies occurred at public transport locations. Female victims of robberies decreased by 20.1% between 2011/12 and 2012/13, and male victims also decreased by 12.8%. As with last year, all age groups experienced a decrease in victimisation between 2011/12 and 2012/13, particularly the Adult (18-59) age group which had the largest decrease with 15.0%. In 2012/13, knives were used/threatened/displayed during 513 robberies, a decrease of 20.5% in comparison to 2011/12. Knives were the most commonly used weapon and accounted for 47.0% of all weapons in robberies. There was a 21.1% decrease in firearms involved in robberies (including imitation firearms), from 218 in 2011/12 to 172 in 2012/13. 15.8% of all weapons used/threatened/displayed during robberies were firearms.

Figure 42: Type of weapon used/threatened/displayed in robbery offences, 2011/12 and 2012/13

Type of Weapon % change from2011/12 2012/13 2011/12

Rifle 14 20 42.9Air Rifle/Gun 4 2 -50.0Shotgun 32 31 -3.1Handgun 121 88 -27.3Machine Gun 2 0 -100.0Sawnoff Firearm 15 16 6.7Imitation Firearm 11 6 -45.5Other Firearm 19 9 -52.6Knife 645 513 -20.5Axe/Tomahawk 35 16 -54.3Bat/Bar/Club 90 80 -11.1Knuckleduster/Numchuks 4 2 -50.0Bottle/Glass 30 28 -6.7Vehicle 3 2 -33.3Syringe 34 28 -17.6Other Weapon 139 142 2.2Other Edged Weapon 84 76 -9.5Laser Pointer 0 0 n/aExplosive Device 3 3 0.0Aerosol Spray 5 6 20.0Unknown Weapon 33 23 -30.3Total 1,323 1,091 -17.5


Note: Multiple weapons can be used in robberies, or multiple victims can be recorded for the same robbery. Therefore, the number of armed robbery offences recorded does not match the number of weapons recorded.


4.6 Assault The number of recorded assaults in 2012/13 (46,122) was 10.0% higher than the number recorded in 2011/12 (41,940). Of the assault offences recorded during 2012/13, 31,370 were cleared during the same period, and an additional 9,618 offences were cleared which were recorded in previous years. This gave a total clearance rate of 88.9%, which was 4.9% greater than 2011/12.

Figure 43: Assault offences, recorded and total cleared, 2008/09 to 2012/13

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In 2012/13, 38,249 offenders were processed for assault offences, up 14.5% from 2011/12. The majority (86.5%) of these offenders were adults, with this age group showing a 16.5% increase in offenders processed over 2011/12 figures. Juvenile victims increased by 6.8% since 2011/12, while adult victims aged between 18 and 59 increased by 12.9%. There was also a 17.0% increase in victims aged over 60. Female victims of assault increased at a faster rate than male victims, with a 15.0% rise in recorded female victims compared to 9.4% increase for males. Assaults at residential locations account for 51.2% of all assaults in 2012/13. Assaults at these locations have increased by 16.0% since 2011/12. After residential locations, the most common location type where assaults occurred was a street/lane/footpath (21.4%). Assaults at these locations have decreased 1.1% since 2011/12. During 2012/13 there were 1,436 assaults occurring at licensed premises, 1.2% more than in 2011/12. Assaults at public transport locations accounted for 2.8% (1,311) of all assaults in 2012/13, and an overall increase of 5.7%. Within this location type, assaults on trains decreased by 12.5%, assaults at railway station carparks decreased 26.1%, tram/tram stops down 11.0%, and bus/bus stops down 5.0%. Train stations were up 15.4%, taxi increased 25.0%, and depot/terminals also had an increase of 36.4%.

Figure 44: Assault offences in public transport locations, by location, 2011/12 and 2012/13

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Train 144 126 -12.5Train Station 690 796 15.4Railway Carpark 46 34 -26.1Tram/Tram Stop 100 89 -11.0Bus/Bus Stop 201 191 -5.0Depot/Terminal 11 15 36.4Taxi 48 60 25.0Total 1240 1311 5.7

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The method of recording crime clearances was changed in 2011/12 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.


The number of weapons used/threatened/displayed during assaults increased by 3.4% to 4,724 in comparison to 2011/12. Knives were the most commonly used single weapon and accounted for 1,217 (25.8%) of all weapons used/threatened/displayed during assaults, an increase of 1.2% on 2011/12. 368 firearms (including imitation firearms) were involved in assaults in 2012/13. The use/threat/display of firearms in assaults increased 25.6% in 2012/13.

Figure 45: Type of weapon used/threatened/displayed in assaults, 2011/12 and 2012/13

Type of Weapon % change from2011/12 2012/13 2011/12

Rifle 30 49 63.3Air Rifle/Gun 9 14 55.6Shotgun 64 82 28.1Handgun 107 109 1.9Machine Gun 1 0 -100.0Sawnoff Firearm 14 15 7.1Imitation Firearm 23 29 26.1Other Firearm 45 70 55.6Knife 1,202 1,217 1.2Axe/Tomahawk 94 84 -10.6Bat/Bar/Club 506 532 5.1Knuckleduster/Numchuks 28 14 -50.0Bottle/Glass 583 462 -20.8Vehicle 311 368 18.3Syringe 24 41 70.8Other Weapon 1,128 1,228 8.9Other Edged Weapon 231 227 -1.7Laser Pointer 6 2 -66.7Explosive Device 24 16 -33.3Aerosol Spray 40 26 -35.0Unknown Weapon 98 139 41.8Total 4,568 4,724 3.4


Note: Multiple weapons can be recorded in assaults.

Family Incident-Related Assaults Prior to 31 August 2004, approximately 15% of assaults were family incident-related. Since the introduction of the Code of Practice for the Investigation of Family Violence, launched on 31 August 2004, this figure has risen steadily, and in 2012/13, family incident-related assaults accounted for 43.2% of all assaults. The Code of Practice was a program designed to improve police responses to family violence incidents and encourage community confidence to report these offences to police.

Figure 46: Assault offences, by whether arising from family incidents, 2003/04 to 2012/13

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Family incident-related assaults increased at a higher rate than non-family violence-related assaults (19.1% compared to 3.9% respectively). In terms of a rate per 100,000 population, family violence related assaults rose by 17.0% (351.0), compared to non-family violence-related assaults which increased by just 2.1% (461.0).

Figure 47: Assault offences, by whether arising from family incidents, 2011/12 and 2012/13

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2011/12 2012/13 2011/12 2011/12 2012/13 2011/12Arising from family incidents 16,740 19,937 19.1% 300.0 351.0 17.0%Not arising from family incidents 25,200 26,185 3.9% 451.6 461.0 2.1%Total Assaults 41,940 46,122 10.0% 751.6 812.1 8.0%% of assaults arising from family incidents 39.9% 43.2%

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4.7 Abduction/kidnap There were 686 abduction/kidnap offences recorded in 2012/13, an increase of 14.5% on the 599 offences recorded in 2011/12. Of the 686 abduction/kidnap offences recorded during 2012/13, 519 were cleared during the same period, and an additional 86 offences were cleared which were recorded in previous years. This gave a total clearance rate of 88.2%, which was 2.2% higher than in 2011/12.

Figure 48: Abduction/kidnap offences, recorded and total cleared1, 2008/09 to 2012/13

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As shown in Figure 49 (page 32), the most common offence within abduction/kidnap was false imprisonment, with 489 offences recorded in 2012/13, a 19.3% increase on 2011/12 and accounting for 71.3% of all abduction/kidnap category offences.



Figure 49: Abduction/kidnaps, by offence, 2011/12 and 2012/13

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2011/12 2012/13 2011/12Abduction-Act Of Sex Pen 34 37 8.8Abduction-Act Of Sex Pen With Another 1 3 200.0Abduct Child Under 16 To Sex. Penetrate 11 4 -63.6Child Stealing 17 24 41.2Kidnap 58 55 -5.2Kidnapping (Common Law) 53 46 -13.2Child Stealing With Intent 1 6 500.0Child Stealing 12 15 25.0Forcefully Take Away/Detain -Carnal Know 0 1 n/aStole/Unlaw Carry

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