ViolentOffending FactSheet Methodology February25PDF [pdf, 95 KB]
...months of being interviewed, this means that the data collected can contain incidents which occurred within a 24-month period. For example, the October 2024 quarterly dataset may include data from a respondent who was interviewed in November 2023 (the beginning of the collection period) but experienced an offence in November 2022. Differences in the data coverage time period presents a challenge when comparing to other data sources such as Police’s Reported Crime and Vict...