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Crime rates. In comparison to other English-speaking countries, such as New Zealand, United Kingdom, Canada, and the United States, Australia in 2020 had an overall crime rate of 0.87 per 100,000 people, while the overall crime rate in North America was higher, with 2.1 per 100,000 in Canada and 6.5 per 100,000 in the United States.
All the data in this table is from United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). [4] There are 2 countries in the UNODC dataset that are missing from the table below: Egypt (2.062 rate in 2011) and India (0.297 rate in 2012). Asterisk (*) in Location column indicates a Crime in LOCATION article. Homicide rates by firearm per 100,000 ...
The main source of information on homicides is the National Homicide Monitoring Program (NHMP), which was established in 1990 at the Australian Institute of Criminology.A 2001 study by Jenny Mouzos, using data from 1 July 1989 to 30 June 2000, showed that 15.7% of homicide offenders and 15.1% of homicide victims were Indigenous, while census statistics showed the rate of indigeneity of the ...
Crime in Queensland is an on-going political issue. Queensland Police is responsible for providing policing services to Queensland, Australia. Crime statistics for the state are provided on their website. [1] Official records show that reported offences against property and people has declined over the past 20 years to 2020. [2]
Wieambilla police shootings: A religiously motivated terrorist attack left six people dead including three perpetrators (two men and one woman). Another two people were wounded in the shootings. [1] 4 August 2022. Bogie, Queensland. 3. 1. 4. A man shot four members of the same family, killing three and seriously wounding one.
The Australia Bureau of Statistics classifies prisoners (sentenced and unsentenced) according to the "most serious" crime with which they are charged. In 2022, statistics for charges were as follows: [53] Acts intended to cause injury: 10,557 individuals (26.0% of all prisoners) Sexual assault and related offences: 6,446 (15.9%)
New South Wales crime statistics. The Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research (BOCSAR) is the main source of NSW crime statistics. In 2017 BOCSAR reported an overall drop in recorded incidence with the murder rate (down 12.1%), robbery (down 8.0%), armed robbery (down 13.4%), burglary (Down 5.5%), motor vehicle theft (Down 3.2%) and malicious ...
In South Australia, the domestic violence is defined and regulated by the Intervention Orders (Prevention of Abuse) Act 2009, which replaced the Domestic Violence Act 1994. [83] Under the Act, the meaning of abuse either domestic or non‑domestic, includes physical, sexual, emotional, psychological or economic abuse.