Alleged assault offenders by suburb |
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| Tuesday, 11 August 2009 08:38 |
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Data on where alleged offenders live who have been processed for assaults occurring in Melbourne, Southbank and Docklands has been taken over a five year period and needs to be put into perspective. Our statistics show the highest number of alleged offenders come from the Melbourne CBD. This means on average just over 40 alleged offenders come from the city each year. This not only includes people permanently living in the area, but also those staying in a hotel or apartment. In this instance a person may give out a city address if they are staying in a hotel at the time, along with their permanent place of residence, thus bolstering these figures. The other factor that needs to be taken into consideration is there is no research into who comes into the city each week and where they are from. The highest number of alleged offenders processed for city assaults predominately come from the north and west suburbs and we acknowledge this. What these figures don’t take into account however is this might be because more people come into the city from these areas because it is closer. Alternatively, people who live further out of the city might prefer to go out in their local area or visit other entertainment precincts closer to home such as South Yarra, Richmond or Prahran. Furthermore, the data does not accurately indicate where alleged assault offenders come from as it only takes into account incidents from three suburbs across the whole state. To make the assumption that people from the north and western suburbs represent a higher portion of alleged assault offenders is incorrect – in order to accurately draw to these conclusions one would need to consider assaults that take place throughout the entire state and the population break down of each individual suburb. Assaults of any kind are unacceptable and police across the entire state work hard at targeting the problem to reduce the number of incidents. What this data does show is people from all over the state come to Melbourne each week for a variety of reasons, including work, education and entertainment. This presents significant challenges for police and regardless of where the alleged offenders come from, is an issue we continue to focus on. Share This Page  
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