BF2S Forums Why does crime happen so often in Australia?

Jestar12345 wrote:

We've got too many lebos in our Country.

Oh. That hurt.


Im a little surprised at those statistics - but i dont care either way. all i know is, its an election year here in nsw and both parties are trying to pump out so many law and order policies that they might as well rewrite the Crimes Act. So they have obviously identified a problem with law and order - at least here in nsw - and are looking to get public support by 'fixing it'. so i guess that backs up the statistics somewhat.

and YES we were founded as a penal colony by the british (and i really think it has no bearing in the slightest about what our crime levels are today), but i personally think we should be proud of our convict history. our sporting colours - instead of green and gold - should be orange jumpsuits, or maybe the old black arrows on white shirt and pants. now THATS nationalism i could get behind.

Kmarion wrote:

The#1Spot wrote:

-=]NS[=-Eagle wrote:

Becuase Australia is on planet Earth and is inhabited by humans, that is why there is alot of crime there.

then explain why Japan has one of the most people per sq mile and its very very low on the list of crimes

The average Japanese person makes considerably more money? Higher than the US average as well.

The cost of living in Japan is also much higher if I am not mistaken.

ozzie_johnson wrote:

we have to many lebs, who hate Australia.

its true

Some mosques have had the brilliant idea of sticking australian flags outside

Those stats seem about right to me

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75345 wrote:

i would like to know how they made the statistic about how many crimes are reported, if they are not reported, how do they know they happened?  do they hire people to commit crimes and count how many get reported to make the stat?  im confused :S

http://aic.gov.au/publications/tbp/tbp003.html
There is the PDF of the report that involved that stat. Have at it.

Pubic wrote:

JahManRed wrote:

Ok, ill take a stab at it. Good topic. BTW
I know close to nothing about Oz crime TBH. Seeing as NZ and Oz are both topping the lists. Could it be that the people that our committing the crime are the indigenous population who have been oppressed through the decades and who have been, over the years fenced off into suburbs of the major cities, with no real employment, hope or prospects? Turning to crime.....perhaps??
Another explanation could be that Oz and NZ have allot of faith in their police forces, so they actually report crime. I have been robbed on more than one occasion, had my car smashed up several times and been threatened with death, but never reported any of it, as I (up until lately) had absolutely no faith in my police force. Same is true of almost everyone I know.

Around 60% of NZ's prison population are Maori/other Pacific islanders, but they only make up about 20% of the population here (80% european descent).  If I got robbed, had my car smashed etc I'd definitely report it, as without a police report I couldn't claim insurance.

Get rid of meth and you'll see our crime rate drop.

My car has been broke into maybe 4 times and I don't report it, like most people here. If you make an insurance claim it drives your already criminal insurance premiums up through the roof. I think oz and nz insurance is regulated by the government? Is it? Could be a link.

<<<FTDM>>>Gen.Raven wrote:

~Smokey~ wrote:

some_random_panda wrote:

Lol, I'm in Australia right now and I've never been robbed, shot, assaulted in other ways, had my car stolen or even been so much as offended in public.

Same with me, Ive lived here all my life and never being a victim of any of the above crimes.  Im sure if you took a microscope to those figures and looked at which Australian states top the crime lists it would tell a different story.

my house has been robbed twice i think but that was like 6-10 years ago

House robbed three times, Garage and tool shed robbed once, two Trampolines stolen.

Fenris_GreyClaw wrote:

<<<FTDM>>>Gen.Raven wrote:

~Smokey~ wrote:

Same with me, Ive lived here all my life and never being a victim of any of the above crimes.  Im sure if you took a microscope to those figures and looked at which Australian states top the crime lists it would tell a different story.

my house has been robbed twice i think but that was like 6-10 years ago

House robbed three times, Garage and tool shed robbed once, two Trampolines stolen.

you can have my tramapoline, its all broken and springs fly at you when get jump on it, and im pretty sure the mat is gonna fall through any moment

fadedsteve wrote:

Damn Australia has some crime issues!! I had no idea your car thefts were that bad!!

I would like to see a bunch of Australian criminals come here to California and try to steal cars in Watts, CA. . .or Richmond, CA!! lol

Safe to say they would get a big CAP IN THAT ASS!!!

yeah my basic calculations based on the size of population show that car thefts in Australia are at 440,539 instead of the 2,115,967 in America.  fucking appalling.

Major_Spittle wrote:

What are the gun laws in Australia?

Strict: and look at the murder rates.  Also, look at total crime.  Of course, some other crimes also look bad, but then that might just as well mean we're better at prosecuting!

In short: none of these numbers are very reliable indicators without further data.

Last edited by Bubbalo (2007-02-18 04:03:51)

Thanks for the OP, very interesting stats site.

I knew Finns are suicidal, but this, this and this came as a bit of a surprise.

I've never had my car broken into, my house has never be burgled, I've never been assaulted...etc.
...

Then again, I do live in Western Australia.

But, I think the biggie over here is car accidents. I mean, there are so many drunk drivers over here, they always manage to find the only tree on the road, or the only car at 1:00am.

We also have this program over here, I don't know if any of you international folk have heard of it, but it's callled "Neighbourhood Watch". Apprently this program helps minimize burgleries by 7-16%.