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CRIME STATISTICS 2009/10 TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction…………………………..……..……………………………………………………… 3 Definitions And Explanatory Notes…………………………………….………………………… 5 Section 1 Crime At A Glance……………………………………………...………………………………… 11 Section 2 Offences…………………………………………...………………………….…………………… 15 Section 3 Victims………………………………………….……………………………...…………………… 21 ONTENTS Section 4 Alleged Offenders………………………………………………………….……………………… 35 Section 5 Distinct Alleged Offenders………………………………………………….…………………… 65 Section 6 Geographical Location Of Offences……………………………………..……………………… 75 Section 7 Values of Property Stolen Or Damaged……………………………………………….………… 97 Section 8 Temporal Trends…………………………………………………………………….…………… 103 Section 9 Profile Of Selected Offence Categories……………………………..………………………… 113 Section 10 Family Incidents……………………………………………………………………….……………127 Section 11 Missing Persons…………………………………………………………………………..……… 135 Appendix…………………………………………………………………….………………………141 Victoria Police Crime Statistics 2009/10 1 Copyright 2010, Victoria Police. ISSN 1325-1430 Price $50.00 (inclusive of GST) 2 Victoria Police Crime Statistics 2009/10 INTRODUCTION This publication contains detailed statistics on crime For comparisons on recorded Victims of crimes between reported to or detected by Victoria Police for the fiscal year the various Australian States and Territories, readers Reference: ended 30 June 2010 together with comparisons with the should refer to the ABS publication, Recorded Crime - ABS Estimated Resident Population Local Areas, 2008/09 fiscal year. Victims Australia. Victoria as at 30 June 2009 (Catalogue No. 3218.0) The statistics have been compiled from information stored As the information presented in this document is by no on the Victoria Police Law Enforcement Assistance means exhaustive, any requests for additional information Other Related Publications: Program (LEAP) database which was implemented on 1 should be directed to the Manager, Corporate Statistics. ABS Recorded Crime-Victims Australia March 1993. (Catalogue No. 4510.0) ABS Crime and Safety Victoria The document contains detailed information on crime, (Catalogue No.4509.2) victims, alleged offenders, family incidents, missing persons, vehicle theft, stolen property and other related information together with the socio-demographic Ms Uma Rao information on offenders and victims. In addition, it includes Manager colour maps summarising offence frequencies by police Corporate Statistics geographical locations within Victoria. Business Services Department Victoria Police PO Box 415 Detailed crime counting, classification rules and definitions Melbourne 3005 Victoria Australia are included in the section entitled “DEFINITIONS AND EXPLANATORY NOTES” to provide assistance in the Phone: (03) 9247 6703 interpretation of statistics. Fax: (03) 9247 6045 Email: [email protected] 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 and 1999. Victoria Police Crime Statistics 2009/10 3 4 Victoria Police Crime Statistics 2009/10 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. The occurrence of the offence (e.g. two persons are assaulted LEAP data base is fully relational and stores particulars of by three offenders - two offences of assault are recorded). all crimes brought to the notice of police as well as family For offences against statute such as possess and use incidents and missing persons. It also includes details on drugs, the number of alleged offenders is the counting unit locations, vehicles and persons involved. The database is (e.g. three offenders are found in possession of cannabis - on-line and updated constantly, 24 hours a day. three offences of possess cannabis are counted). For a small number of infrequent offences, such as piracy, the A copy of the LEAP database is downloaded each night for event itself becomes the counting unit, that is, one offence use by various areas of the Victoria Police to produce is counted for each incident of piracy. crime statistics and conduct data analysis. All data relating to crime, family incidents and Only the most serious offence which best describes a missing persons presented in this publication distinct course of criminal conduct is recorded in official for the 2009/10 fiscal year has been obtained crime statistics, even though an offender may be charged from the downloaded version of the LEAP with other offences resulting from the one incident (e.g. an EFINITIONS database on 18 July 2010. offender carrying a firearm commits an armed robbery – only the offence of armed robbery is recorded although the AND EXPLANATORY NOTES CRIME COUNTING AND CLASSIFICATION offender would be charged with armed robbery and possession of a firearm). Offences Recorded: The number of distinct courses of criminal conduct Consist of those offences recorded on LEAP between 1 occurring within an incident will generally be one unless July 2009 and 30 June 2010 regardless of when the there is a break in time and/or location. For example, if an offence occurred or when it was reported to police (over offender presents three valueless cheques to a teller only 85% of all offences are recorded on LEAP within 48 hours one offence would be recorded but if the three cheques of being reported to police). were presented at different times or at different branches then three offences would be recorded. Caution should be exercised when interpreting recorded crime statistics. Only those offences which become known Offences Cleared: to police and for which a crime report has been completed Refers to all offences recorded on LEAP which have are included in this publication. resulted in: one or more alleged offenders being processed Counting Rules: for the offence, or an investigation reveals no offence occurred, or the complaint was withdrawn or the Victoria Police uses three methods of counting crime perpetrator was known but for legal and other reasons depending on the particular offence. For all crime against could not be charged (e.g. under age or deceased). the person, and most crime against property, the counting Victoria Police Crime Statistics 2009/10 5 DEFINITIONS AND EXPLANATORY NOTES Single Year Clearances: of “Crime Against the Person”, “Crime Against Property”, Distinct Alleged Offenders: “Drug Offences” and “Other Crime”. Offences dealt with by The number of offences recorded between 1 July 2009 and way of penalty notice and/or traffic offences are not Refers to the number of distinct individual offenders 30 June 2010 which were cleared within the same period. recorded on LEAP and are not included in the official crime processed for the commission of an offence by They are also represented as a proportion of the total statistics. either, arrest, summons, caution, penalty notice, offences recorded. Offences cleared within this period official warning or warrant of apprehension between which had been reported in earlier reporting periods are Homicide Statistics 1 July 2009 and 30 June 2010 regardless of when shown separately and not included in the single year the offence occurred. Those individuals who for clearances. The offence category of Homicide is not restricted to the legal or other reasons were apprehended but were offence of murder but includes offences such as not charged are also included. Individual offenders Charges: manslaughter and culpable driving which also result in the are only counted for the first offence for which they death of a person. The offence category of Homicide also are processed in the fiscal year. Demographic Refers to the total number of charges laid against includes attempts and other degrees of the offence. For a profiles are based on age, sex and other personal offenders. These include secondary offences which are not detailed breakdown of Homicide statistics, including details as recorded on the first occurrence on which included in the recorded figures for offences. murder, See Table 9.17. they were processed during the fiscal year. A person’s age is based on their age as at the date For example, two offenders each carrying a firearm, Offence Degree: assault a customer during the course of an armed robbery. they committed their first offence. These results in charges of possess firearm, armed Offences are classified as either substantive offences, Victims: robbery, robbery, theft, and assault being laid against each attempts, accessories and/or abets, conspiracies and offender. The number of offences counted in the recorded incitement. Unless otherwise stated, the statistics Victims of crime are classified as either persons, figures for offences however, would be one offence of presented in this publication include all degrees of the businesses, statute or other depending on the armed robbery. The number of charges therefore, will be offence (Table 2.2 includes a breakdown of offences by nature of the offence. Victim profiles presented in considerably higher than the number of reported offences degree). this publication are based on those victims recorded and the number of offenders. as persons only. Victims who are victimised on Alleged Offenders: more than one