| Victoria Police 2009/2010 Crime Statistics | |||||||||||
| SUMMARY OF OFFENCES RECORDED | |||||||||||
| R2D3 LGA - BALLARAT | |||||||||||
| Offences recorded | Rate per 100,000 population* | ||||||||||
| 2008/2009 | 2009/2010 | % change | 2008/2009 | 2009/2010 | % change | ||||||
| Crime against the person | |||||||||||
| Homicide | 2 | 4 | 100.0 | 2.2 | 4.3 | 95.6 | |||||
| Rape | 39 | 36 | -7.7 | 42.4 | 38.3 | -9.7 | |||||
| Sex (non rape) | 155 | 97 | -37.4 | 168.5 | 103.1 | -38.8 | |||||
| Robbery | 31 | 35 | 12.9 | 33.7 | 37.2 | 10.4 | |||||
| Assault | 925 | 974 | 5.3 | 1,005.3 | 1,035.2 | 3.0 | |||||
| Abduction / Kidnap | 8 | 9 | 12.5 | 8.7 | 9.6 | 10.0 | |||||
| Sub-total | 1,160 | 1,155 | -0.4 | 1,260.7 | 1,227.6 | -2.6 | |||||
| Crime against property | Arson | 85 | 105 | 23.5 | 92.4 | 111.6 | 20.8 | ||||
| Property damage | 1,875 | 1,835 | -2.1 | 2,037.7 | 1,950.3 | -4.3 | |||||
| Burglary (aggravated) | 44 | 48 | 9.1 | 47.8 | 51.0 | 6.7 | |||||
| Burglary (residential) | 777 | 897 | 15.4 | 844.4 | 953.4 | 12.9 | |||||
| Burglary (other) | 345 | 442 | 28.1 | 374.9 | 469.8 | 25.3 | |||||
| Deception | 195 | 179 | -8.2 | 211.9 | 190.2 | -10.2 | |||||
| Handle stolen goods | 106 | 143 | 34.9 | 115.2 | 152.0 | 31.9 | |||||
| Theft from motor vehicle | 1,169 | 1,372 | 17.4 | 1,270.4 | 1,458.2 | 14.8 | |||||
| Theft (shopsteal) | 403 | 341 | -15.4 | 438.0 | 362.4 | -17.2 | |||||
| Theft of motor vehicle | 374 | 569 | 52.1 | 406.5 | 604.8 | 48.8 | |||||
| Theft of bicycle | 101 | 134 | 32.7 | 109.8 | 142.4 | 29.8 | |||||
| Theft (other) | 1,188 | 1,131 | -4.8 | 1,291.1 | 1,202.1 | -6.9 | |||||
| Sub-total | 6,662 | 7,196 | 8.0 | 7,240.1 | 7,648.2 | 5.6 | |||||
| Drug offences | |||||||||||
| Drug (cult., manuf., traff.) | 73 | 50 | -31.5 | 79.3 | 53.1 | -33.0 | |||||
| Drug (possess, use) | 117 | 116 | -0.9 | 127.2 | 123.3 | -3.0 | |||||
| Sub-total | 190 | 166 | -12.6 | 206.5 | 176.4 | -14.6 | |||||
| Other crime | |||||||||||
| Going equipped to steal | 6 | 17 | 183.3 | 6.5 | 18.1 | 177.1 | |||||
| Justice procedures | 429 | 583 | 35.9 | 466.2 | 619.6 | 32.9 | |||||
| Regulated public order | 35 | 22 | -37.1 | 38.0 | 23.4 | -38.5 | |||||
| Weapons / Explosives | 131 | 168 | 28.2 | 142.4 | 178.6 | 25.4 | |||||
| Harassment | 98 | 35 | -64.3 | 106.5 | 37.2 | -65.1 | |||||
| Behaviour in public | 79 | 91 | 15.2 | 85.9 | 96.7 | 12.7 | |||||
| Other | 77 | 87 | 13.0 | 83.7 | 92.5 | 10.5 | |||||
| Sub-total | 855 | 1,003 | 17.3 | 929.2 | 1,066.0 | 14.7 | |||||
| TOTAL | 8,867 | 9,520 | 7.4 | 9,636.5 | 10,118.2 | 5.0 | |||||
| * Rates for 2008/09 were calculated using estimated resident population figures as at 30 June 2008 and obtained from the | |||||||||||
| Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS Cat. No. 3218.0) released on 23 April 2009. | |||||||||||
| * Rates for 2009/10 were calculated using estimated resident population figures as at 30 June 2009 and obtained from the | |||||||||||
| Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS Cat. No. 3218.0) released on 30 March 2010. | |||||||||||
| The % change column is the percentage change in the rate per 100,000 population from 2008/2009. | |||||||||||
| N.B. Figures were extracted from the LEAP database on 18 July 2010, and are subject to variation. | |||||||||||
| Produced by Corporate Statistics, Victoria Police | |||||||||||