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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 2003 Week 12 Hansard (20 November) . . Page.. 4467 ..

Mr Wood

: The answer to the member's question is as follows:

(1) Table 1 provides relevant figures to answer this question for the years 2001, 2002 and 2003. The figures include all educational institutions in the ACT and their surrounds, which covers school buildings and grounds such as ovals and car parks. The definition of schools includes public and private preschools, special schools, primary and high schools, colleges, as well as the multiple campuses of the Canberra Institute of Technology, the University of Canberra and the Australian National University. There is an estimated 175 government and 43 non-government pre-tertiary educational institutions in the ACT. The incidents recorded have occurred at these various locations across each 24 hour period and include those reported during and outside the school term. Offences related to these incidents may be committed within school facilities as well as against or in the grounds with crimes at schools committed by a range of perpetrators. The majority of offences relate to burglary, theft and property damage and are often related to one event where an offender has broken into a school facility and damaged the building or other property in the pursuit of stealing goods.

Table 1: Number of incidents at schools in the ACT - 01 January 2001 to 28 September 2003

Year

Patrol attendance

No

Yes

Total

2001

2002

01 Jan to 28 Sep 2003

600

559

369

1,179

1,155

756

1,779

1,714

1,125

Total

1,528

3,090

4,618

Source: PROMIS database as at 29 September 2003

(2) See my response to question 1 above.

(3) Figures for 2001 are not readily available. For the period July 2002 to June 2003 the Crime Prevention Team visited class groups of different ages, in total making 141 visits to school classes. From 1 January 2003 to 31 July 2003 Crime Prevention made 111 visits to local schools.

(4) Table 2 provides information to the first part of this question and Table 3 contains information on the percentage of offences where charges were laid.

Table 2: Number of charges resulting from selected offences at schools

in the ACT involving violence or vandalism -

01 January 2001 to 28 September 2003

Offence type

2001

2002

01 Jan to 28 Sep 2003

Assault causing actual bodily harm

Assault other

Arson

Other property damage

7

38

1

59

7

33

3

22

2

29

0

20

Source: PROMIS database as at 29 September 2003

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