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Victoria Police Crime Statistics

Victoria Police Crime Statistics Official Release in August by Corporate Statistics includes statistical summaries of offences recorded by police in Victoria for the previous financial year.

• VIEW 2008/2009 CRIME STATISTICS

• VIEW CRIME STATISTICS BY POLCE SERVICE AREA (PSA) 2007/08 and 2008/09

• VIEW CRIME STATISTICS BY LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA (LGA) 2007/08 and 2008/09

• LGA to PSA Conversion Table 2009

• Family Incidents 2008/2009

• VIEW MY PLACE

• Offences Recorded by Offence Code 10 Financial Years

• Graffiti Implements - Searches without Warrant

Background

Statistics included in this publication were compiled from data stored on the Law Enforcement Assistance Program (LEAP) and extracted on 18 July, 2009. 

LEAP is a dynamic database designed primarily for operational policing purposes.  Victoria Police update existing records with new information as it becomes available, and revise records when investigation identifies additional information.  The Central Data Entry Bureau of Victoria Police also amend records when quality control checks identify inaccurate or incomplete information.

Due to the dynamic nature of LEAP, statistics produced at different times from the same data may vary.  For example, an offence of burglary may be counted as unsolved in statistics produced at the end of January because no offender has yet been processed.   However, if an offender was processed in April for this offence, statistics reproduced in May for the month of January would differ to those previously produced in January.

Because of the above, statistics produced in this publication for previous financial years will differ slightly from those previously published.   The percentage changes in crime over time that are included in this publication are also based on data taken from the LEAP database on 18 July, 2009, and may differ slightly to those calculated from previously published data.

Recorded crime consists of those offences recorded on LEAP during the reporting period, regardless of when the offence occurred or when it was reported to police.
 
Cleared crime refers to all offences recorded on LEAP that have resulted in: one or more offenders being processed for the offence; an investigation revealing that no offence has occurred; the complaint being withdrawn; or the perpetrator was known but for legal and/or other reasons could not be charged (e.g. under age or deceased).  Single year clearances are those offences recorded in the reporting period and cleared within the same period, and are represented as a proportion.  Offences cleared within this period but reported in earlier reporting periods are not included in single year clearances.

Finalised statistics for recorded crime in 2008-09, including more detail on offences, offenders and victims of crime, will be available later in the year and will be published as "Victoria Police Crime Statistics 2008-09". In the interim, statistics included in the attachments should be treated as provisional only.

Contact us

For copies of Victoria Police crime publications please contact:

Corporate Statistics
Corporate Strategy and Performance
Victoria Police Centre
637 Flinders Street
Melbourne, VIC, 3005

Phone: (03) 9247 6703
Fax:       (03) 9247 6045