01-12-2024

Crime Analysis

Are crime rates really increasing in Victoria, Australia?

  • There’s a general perception, crime is getting out of control in Victoria and is at the highest of all time.
  • How has crime changed over the years?
  • Do Victorians live in a less safe place?
  • Are those claims genuine?

Data Analysis

Data Analysis

Analysing offences count over the years

– *Note: Y axis doesn’t start at 0 to allow a close look at small differences between large values.

Data Analysis

Population count over time

—- *Note: Y axis doesn’t start at 0 to allow a close look at small differences between large values.

Data Analysis

Offences count and rate by 100k population

Data Analysis

Offences by 100k population

Summary

What can we learn from the data?

  • It can be observed from the data, 2024 is the highest number in offences since 2015, which may lead many to think violence is out of control.
  • However, the population in Victoria also increased over time and is the largest since 2015.
  • The offence rate per 100k population, however, is only the 5th since 2015, followed closely by 2019 and 2018 as can be observed from the previous slide.

Conclusion

  • Despite not being the best year in terms of offence numbers per rate of 100k population, the crime is not at the worst time since 2015.
  • There’s much that can be done to improve the current scenario, however the data shows there have been other years where the offences where proportionally higher.

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