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Trends and dimensions in Australia’s private security industry

The Australian Institute of Criminology has released a paper (Private security in Australia: trends and key characteristics) showing that the use of private security in crime prevention and law enforcement activities has grown to a point where security personnel outnumber police by more than two-to-one.
Using ABS census data and research funded by an ARC Linkage Grant and ASIAL, the paper, written by Professor Rick Sarre, Professor Tim Prenzler and Karen Earle examines the size and scope of the security industry in Australia.

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Industry estimate of expenditure on private security in Australia (2007)

Manpower services

$2.352 billion

Manpower services include customer service, loss prevention/ retail security, concierge/reception desks, corporate risk, investigation services, cash collection, armed escorts, client banking, ATM services, special event security, critical infrastructure protection, passenger screening, mobile patrols, maritime security, crowd control

Hardware and electronics

Hardware and equipment $690 million
(i.e. alarms, CCTV, access control)
Installation $759 million
Monitoring $292 million
Other $343 million
Sub total hardware and electronics $2.084 billion

OVERALL TOTAL $4.436 billion

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.

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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.