The number of victims of burglary recorded by police reached a nine year low in 2018, according to figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) today.
ABS Director of Crime and Justice Statistics, William Milne, said Recorded Crime – Victims, Australia, 2018 showed there were almost 170,000 victims of burglary recorded by police in 2018.
“The number of burglaries nationally has decreased by over 20 per cent, from a peak of 215,000 in 2012,” Mr Milne said.
Five states and territories recorded decreases since 2017:
- Victoria – down 5,815 or 13 per cent
- New South Wales – down 1,539 or 4 per cent
- Western Australia – down 3,114 or 9 per cent
- Australian Capital Territory – down 407 or 16 per cent
- Tasmania – down 319 or 10 per cent
“The majority of burglaries took place at a residential location (just over 70 per cent); the second most common location was a retail premises (10 per cent),” Mr Milne said.
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