Crime prevention - Australian Security Industry Association Ltd (ASIAL)

Crime Prevention

Things you can do at home to prevent crime

How to report crime

Designing out crime

The Australian Institute of Criminology also offers a range of fact sheets on areas of crime prevention like:

- Protecting personal identity
- Preventing farm crime
- Cyber bullying
- Risks for older people
- CCTV as a crime prevention measure
- and many others

For more information go to:

Australian Institute of Criminology

The NSW Police website has some useful information about crime prevention for business, including information about fraud, shoplifting and a business security assessment form.

Find out more

Crime Statistics

Costs of crime

AIC report providing a breakdown of crime types and the costs of crime across Australia

View the report from the Australian Institute of Criminology

RACV research finds Burglary Rates on the Rise

Overview of reported crime in WA

Sydney Crime Hot Spots

Service Station Armed Robbery

New paper released from the Australian Institute of Criminology

The incidence of service station armed robbery has steadily increased over the past decade. Using the Australian Institute of Criminology's National Armed Robbery Monitoring Program (NARMP) data, this paper examines the incidence of armed robbery at service stations and profiles the offenders involved.

Download the Paper

Identifying prime targets for armed robbery

Since 2003, the Australian Institute of Criminology have been collecting ongoing data on armed robbery from all state and territory police services. This data is collected as part of the National Armed Robbery Monitoring Program (NARMP) at the Australian Institute of Criminology.
Lance Smith, a research analyst who works on the National Armed Robbery Monitoring Program at the Australian Institute of Criminology writes for Security Insider magazine.