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TABLE OF CONTENTS ____________ Introduction ....................................................................................................................... 3 ____________ Definitions And Explanatory Notes ...................................................................................5 Section 1 ____ Crime At A Glance .......................................................................................................... 11 ONTENTS Section 2 ____ Offences ....................................................................................................................... 15 Section 3 ____ Victims ....................................................................................................................... 21 Section 4 ____ Alleged Offenders .......................................................................................................... 35 Section 5 ____ Distinct Alleged Offenders ............................................................................................. 65 Section 6 ____ Geographic Location Of Offences ................................................................................ 75 Section 7 ____ Value Of Property Stolen Or Damaged .......................................................................... 97 Section 8 ____ Temporal Trends......................................................................................................... 103CCC Section 9 ____ Profile Of Selected Offence Categories ...................................................................... 113 Section 10 ___ Family Incidents ........................................................................................................... 127 Section 11 ____ Missing Persons .......................................................................................................... 135 ____________ Appendix ..................................................................................................................... 141 2000/01 Victoria Police Crime Statistics 1 Copyright 2002, Victoria Police. ISSN 1325-1430 Price $50.00 (inclusive of GST and Postage/ Handling) Price $45.00 if collected from Victoria Police 2 2000/01 Victoria Police Crime Statistics INTRODUCTION This publication contains detailed statistics on crime the ABS publication, Recorded Crime Australia. reported to or detected by Victoria Police for the fiscal year Reference: ended 30 June 2001 together with comparisons with the As the information presented in this document is by no ABS Estimated Resident Population Local Areas, Victoria 1999/00 fiscal year. means exhaustive, any requests for additional information as at 30 June 2000. should be directed to the Manager, Statistical Services The statistics have been compiled from information stored Division. on the Victoria Police Law Enforcement Assistance Other Related Publications: Program (LEAP) database which was implemented on 1 ABS Recorded Crime Australia March 1993. (Catalogue No. 4510.0) The document contains detailed information on crime, ABS Crime and Safety Victoria victims, alleged offenders, family incidents, missing (Catalogue No. 4509.2) persons, vehicle theft, stolen property and other related Ms Uma Rao information together with the socio-demographic Manager information on offenders and victims. In addition, it includes Statistical Services Division colour maps summarising offence frequencies by police Corporate Policy & Executive Support geographical locations within Victoria. Victoria Police PO Box 415 Detailed crime counting, classification rules and definitions Melbourne 3005 are included in the section entitled “DEFINITIONS AND Victoria Australia EXPLANATORY NOTES” to provide assistance in the interpretation of statistics. Phone: (03) 9247 6703 Fax: (03) 9247 6712 Information contained in this publication relates only to those crimes reported to or becoming known to police in Victoria. For additional information on crime victimisation, readers should refer to Victimisation Surveys conducted in Victoria on selected offences by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) during 1995, 1996 and 1998, and by the Victorian Department of Justice in 1996. For comparisons on reported crimes between the various Australian States and Territories, readers should refer to 2000/01 Victoria Police Crime Statistics 3 4 2000/01 Victoria Police Crime Statistics DEFINITIONS AND EXPLANATORY NOTES On 1 March 1993 Victoria Police implemented the Law unit is the number of principal victims for each separate Enforcement Assistance Program (LEAP) state-wide. occurrence of the offence (e.g. two persons are assaulted The LEAP data base is fully relational and stores by three offenders - two offences of assault are recorded). particulars of all crimes bought to the notice of police as For offences against statute such as possess and use well as family incidents and missing persons. It also drugs, the number of alleged offenders is the counting includes details on locations, vehicles and persons unit (e.g. three offenders are found in possession of involved. The data base is on line and updated cannabis - three offences of possess cannabis are constantly, 24 hours a day. counted). For a small number of infrequent offences, such as piracy, the event itself becomes the counting A copy of the LEAP data base is downloaded at midnight unit, that is, one offence is counted for each incident of each night for use by various areas of the Victoria Police piracy. to produce crime statistics and conduct data analysis. Only the most serious offence which best describes a All data relating to crime, family incidents distinct course of criminal conduct is recorded in official and missing persons presented in this crime statistics, even though an offender may be charged publication for the 2000/01 fiscal year has with other offences resulting from the one incident (e.g. been obtained from the downloaded an offender carrying a firearm commits an armed robbery EFINITIONS version of the LEAP data base on 18 July – only the offence of armed robbery is recorded although 2001. the offender would be charged with armed robbery and possession of a firearm). CRIME COUNTING AND CLASSIFICATION AND EXPLANATORY NOTES The number of distinct courses of criminal conduct Offences Recorded: occurring within an incident will generally be one unless there is a break in time and/or location. For example, if DD an offender presents three valueless cheques to a teller DDD Consist of those offences recorded on LEAP between 1 July 2000 and 30 June 2001 regardless of when the only one offence would be recorded but if the three offence occurred or when it was reported to police (over cheques were presented at different times or at different 85% of all offences are recorded on LEAP within 48 branches then three offences would be recorded. hours of being reported to police). Offences Cleared: Caution should be exercised when interpreting recorded crime statistics. Only those offences which become Refers to all offences recorded on LEAP which have known to police and for which a crime report has been resulted in: one or more alleged offenders being completed are included in this publication. processed for the offence, or an investigation reveals no offence occurred, or the complaint was withdrawn Counting Rules: or the perpetrator was known but for legal and other reasons could not be charged (e.g. under age or Victoria Police uses three methods of counting crime deceased). depending on the particular offence. For all crime against the person, and most crime against property, the counting 2000/01 Victoria Police Crime Statistics 5 DEFINITIONS AND EXPLANATORY NOTES Single Year Clearances: Property” , “Drug Offences” and “Other Crime”. Offences dealt with by way of penalty notice and/or traffic offences Distinct Alleged Offenders: The number of offences recorded between 1 July 2000 are not recorded on LEAP and are not included in the and 30 June 2001 which were cleared within the same official crime statistics. Refers to the number of distinct individual offenders period. They are also represented as a proportion of the processed for the commission of an offence by either, total offences recorded. Offences cleared within this period Homicide Statistics arrest, summons, caution or warrant of apprehension which had been reported in earlier reporting periods are between 1 July 2000 and 30 June 2001 regardless of shown separately and not included in the single year The offence category of Homicide is not restricted to the when the offence occurred. Those individuals who for legal clearances. offence of murder but includes offences such as or other reasons were apprehended but were not charged manslaugter and culpable driving which also result in are also included. Individual offenders are only counted Charges: the death of a person. The offence category of Homicide for the first offence for which they are processed in the also includes attempts and other degrees of the offence. fiscal year. Demographic profiles are based on age, sex Refers to the total number of charges laid against For a detailed breakdown of Homicide statistics, including and other personal details as recorded on the first offenders. These include secondary offences which are murder, See Table 9.17. occurrence on which they were processed during the not included in the recorded figures for offences. fiscal year. A person’s age is based on their age as at Offence Degree: the date they committed their first offence. For example, two offenders each carrying a firearm,