NCJ Number
201082
Date Published
June 2001
Length
28 pages
Annotation
This report presents statistics on the number of victims per offense category recorded by police for South Australia between January and December 2000 and compares them with national statistics and those of other Australian jurisdictions; earlier data from 1993 to 1999 are also presented for comparative purposes.
Abstract
The offenses covered in the report are homicide and related offenses, assault, sexual assault, kidnapping, robbery, blackmail/extortion, unlawful entry with intent, motor vehicle theft, and other theft. There were 23 murders in South Australia in 2000, a 16-percent decrease from 1999, and 15,423 assaults, an 11.3-percent increase from 1999. The 1,464 sexual assaults in 2000 constituted a 10.9-percent increase from 1999. There were 43 kidnappings (a 5-percent increase from 1999); 1,668 robberies (13.2-percent increase); 25 blackmail offenses (1.0-percent increase); 36,302 unlawful entries with intent (6.9-percent increase); 13,464 motor vehicle thefts (12.4-percent increase); and 68,767 other thefts (a 10.7-percent increase). The number of offenses for which the South Australian victimization rate was higher than the national rate steadily declined between 1993 and 1997; however, this trend was reversed in 1998, with South Australia having six offense categories above the national average, compared with four in 1997. This increased again in 1999, with 9 of the 14 offense categories being above the national average; in 2000, 8 of the 11 offense categories were above the national average. Extensive tables and figures