NCJ Number
186259
Date Published
August 2000
Length
41 pages
Annotation
This bulletin presents national crime statistics for 1999 in South Australia.
Abstract
The bulletin describes South Australia findings from the seventh report of the National Crime Statistics Unit within the Australian Bureau of Statistics. It details the number of crimes reported to police between January and December 1999 for a selected range of offense categories and places South Australian crime trends within the Australian context. It also compares these data with published data from 1993 to 1998. The data report on homicide and related offenses; assault; sexual assault; kidnapping/abduction; robbery; blackmail/extortion; unlawful entry with intent; motor vehicle theft; and other theft. In South Australia between 1998 and 1999, there was a decrease in both the number and rate of victimizations for driving causing death, assault, and robbery (both armed and unarmed). Sexual assault and manslaughter victimizations remained relatively stable, while all remaining categories rose. The largest increases occurred in motor vehicle theft and other theft. Tables, figures, notes