In 2024, around 2,570 people were imprisoned for robbery or extortion in Australia. In the previous year, around 2,588 people were imprisoned for the same reason.
In 2024, approximately 3,354 people were imprisoned in Australia for homicide and related offences. The number of people imprisoned for homicide has risen by around 300 people over the past ten years.
In 2024, there were approximately 28.29 thousand non-indigenous prisoners and around 15.87 thousand Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander prisoners incarcerated across Australia. The number of people imprisoned in Australia has risen considerably in 2017, and dropped slightly in the years after.
In 2024, around 12,315 people were imprisoned for assault or acts intended to cause injury in Australia. The figure has stayed above the 9,000 mark since 2017.
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<li>Australia murder/homicide rate per 100K population for 2020 was <strong>0.86</strong>, a <strong>2.98% decline</strong> from 2019.</li>
<li>Australia murder/homicide rate per 100K population for 2019 was <strong>0.89</strong>, a <strong>0.29% increase</strong> from 2018.</li>
<li>Australia murder/homicide rate per 100K population for 2018 was <strong>0.88</strong>, a <strong>4.6% increase</strong> from 2017.</li>
</ul>Intentional homicides are estimates of unlawful homicides purposely inflicted as a result of domestic disputes, interpersonal violence, violent conflicts over land resources, intergang violence over turf or control, and predatory violence and killing by armed groups. Intentional homicide does not include all intentional killing; the difference is usually in the organization of the killing. Individuals or small groups usually commit homicide, whereas killing in armed conflict is usually committed by fairly cohesive groups of up to several hundred members and is thus usually excluded.
In 2024, around 632 number of people were imprisoned for property damage or environmental pollution in Australia. In the previous year, around 562 number of people were imprisoned for the same reason.
In 2024, around 3,763 number of people were imprisoned for unlawful entry with intent in Australia. In the previous year, the figure stood around 3,594 number of people.
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Suburb-based crime statistics for crimes against the person and crimes against property. The Crime statistics datasets contain all offences against the person and property that were reported to police in that respective financial year. The Family and Domestic Abuse-related offences datasets are a subset of this, in that a separate file is presented for these offences that were flagged as being of a family and domestic abuse nature for that financial year. Consequently the two files for the same financial year must not be added together.
In 2023, around 1,179 crimes per 100,000 inhabitants have been reported in Taiwan. The crime rate in Taiwan increased from 1,139 incidents per 100,000 people in the previous year. Crime in Taiwan Over the last decade, the crime rate in Taiwan dropped significantly from 1,972 reported incidents per 100,000 inhabitants in 2008 to only 1,281 in 2013. In the following years, that downtrend weakened, but figures generally kept on decreasing. Compared to other countries, these numbers are in a medium range. Reported crimes per inhabitants in the United States, for example, were more than double that of Taiwan, although the crime rates in different states in the United States varied considerably. On the contrary, the crime rate in Singapore was only half as high as in Taiwan. However, it should be kept in mind that the definition of crime, the willingness to report crimes, and accounting measures may vary in different countries. Most common crimes in Taiwan Considering different types of crimes committed in Taiwan, excluding offenses against public safety, the most common crimes were drug and theft related. In contrast, the number of cases of murder and manslaughter were relatively low and comparable to other Asia Pacific countries such as Australia, New Zealand, and Hong Kong. This is also due to the crime-clearing rate in Taiwan having improved considerably over the years and reached 97.1 percent in 2023.
In 2022, over ten thousand prisoners were incarcerated in Australia due to crimes relating to acts intended to cause injury. Sexual assault related offences were the the second-most common crime in Australia.
In 2024, around 55.43 percent of participants who took part in a survey about home burglary in Australia said they protected their homes against theft with deadlocks. That same year, around 22 percent of respondents said they protected their homes from theft with alarm systems or live monitoring.
The global cybersecurity market size is forecast to grow to 538.3 billion U.S. dollars by 2030. Cybersecurity is the practice of protecting computer information systems, hardware, network, and data from cyberattacks. An increasing awareness of cyber threats lead to a rising investment in cybersecurity infrastructure worldwide.
Cyberattacks
In the modern information age when more and more things are getting connected, cybersecurity becomes an ever-relevant topic. Major data breaches, such as the 2014 hacking of Yahoo’s online platform, saw hundreds of millions of accounts being affected. Today, potentially AI-enabled phishing and network intrusion are some of the most common cyberattacks experienced by organizations, causing serious damages including information or revenue loss.
Market segments
The information security market includes subsegments such as identity access management (IAM), infrastructure protection, and security services. Global security spending on IAM is forecasted to reach over 20 billion U.S. dollars in 2023. Spending on security services, the largest segment of the information security market, is projected to reach nearly 76.5 billion U.S. dollars in the same year.
In 2024, the two most common payment methods used by scammers in Australia were bank transactions and cryptocurrency. Australia reported losses of around 140 million Australian dollars from scams with payments via bank transfer, while scam transactions with cryptocurrency exceeded 70 million Australian dollars.
The United States had, by far, the highest homicide rate of the G7 countries between 2000 and 2023. In 2023, it reached 5.76 homicides per 100,000 inhabitants, a decrease from 6.78 in 2021. By comparison, Canada, the G7 nation with the second-highest homicide rate, had 1.98 homicides per 100,000 inhabitants in 2023. Out of each G7 nation, Japan had the lowest rate with 0.23 homicides per 100,000 inhabitants.
In 2024 in Australia, over 52 thousand reports of scam attempts to gain personal information via text message were made to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, resulting in reported losses of over 3.7 million Australian dollars. Reports made about scam attempts to gain personal information via phone led to the most financial losses, at a value of over 20 million Australian dollars.
In 2022, Costa Rica had the highest burglary rate worldwide, with ***** occurrences per 100,000 inhabitants. Other countries with the highest burglary rate were Sweden, Luxembourg and Dominica.
The rate of civilians killed by police in the Venezuela is far higher than in comparable developed democratic countries, with 1,830 people killed by police per 10 million residents in 2025. This compares to 69 deaths per 10 million residents in Canada, and seven in Australia - perhaps the two most comparable countries to the United States in many respects. Country with the most prisoners The El Salvador is the country with the largest number of prisoners per capita. This suggests either that they have the most criminals, or that the police make more arrests and judges hand down jail as a more frequent punishment. Costa Rica has the highest burglary rate, seeing almost three times as many break-ins as in the United States, for example. Does weapon ownership contribute to higher number of violent attacks? Other factors may also be at play. One such factor may be gun ownership. If police shootings are more likely to happen in states with a higher number of registered weapons, one could argue that the threat of violence against police makes officers more likely to utilize deadly force. However, countries like Canada also have a high number of individual firearms licenses, indicating that this factor likely does not explain the entire effect. Social factors may also influence this statistic, such as the use of the death penalty. Still, each fatal incident is complex, and the full situation surrounding each involves many factors, meaning that a simple solution is unlikely.
In 2023, almost one out of three ever-partnered Turkish women had experienced domestic violence. In comparison, only 12 percent of women living in Switzerland had experienced domestic violence in their lifetime.
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In 2024, around 2,570 people were imprisoned for robbery or extortion in Australia. In the previous year, around 2,588 people were imprisoned for the same reason.