reports) of the 1,208 female victim reports involving this mode of deception. Similar to male victims, 14.9% (180 reports) involved the use of a computer and 14.2% (171 reports) involved ATM/EFTPOS facilities. The age groups which recorded the largest number of victim reports was 20 24 and 25 29 years. These – – two groups accounted for 9.5% (360 reports) and 9.8% (373 reports) respectively. 5.9 Alleged offender incidents In the five years from October 2010 and September 2015, the number of alleged offender incidents doubled from 4,170 to 8,403 (101.5%). The largest increase came in the year ending September 2012 when there was a 42.2% (1,760 incidents) increase in the number of incidents. In the past year the number of incidents has increased by 8.0% (622 incidents). 72.0% (6,053 incidents) of the alleged offender incidents for a deception related offence involved a male offender, and 27.8% (2,340 incidents) involved a female offender. Alleged offender incidents for deception related offences by sex and age, October 2014 to September 2015 Of the 6,053 male offenders for deception related offences the largest age group was 25 29 making up – 19.3% of all male offenders. This same age group was also the largest of the female offenders, accounting for 21.5% of the 2,340 incidents involving a female offender. Overall, 67.9% (5,704 incidents) of offenders were aged between 20 and 39 years. As at 18 October 2015, 54.3% (4,559 incidents) of the offender incidents with a deception related offence resulted in an arrest and 30.7% (2,579 incidents) resulted in a summons. Another 14.4% resulted in an intent to summons, and the remaining 0.6% resulted in a caution or outcome.
reports) of the 1,208 female victim reports involving this mode of deception. Similar to male victims, 14.9% (180 reports) involved the use of a computer and 14.2% (171 reports) involved ATM/EFTPOS facilities. The age groups which recorded the largest number of victim reports was 20 – 24 and 25 – 29 years. These two groups accounted for 9.5% (360 reports) and 9.8% (373 reports) respectively. 5.9 Alleged offender incidents In the five years from October 2010 and September 2015, the number of alleged offender incidents doubled from 4,170 to 8,403 (101.5%). The largest increase came in the year ending September 2012 when there was a 42.2% (1,760 incidents) increase in the number of incidents. In the past year the number of incidents has increased by 8.0% (622 incidents). 72.0% (6,053 incidents) of the alleged offender incidents for a deception related offence involved a male offender, and 27.8% (2,340 incidents) involved a female offender. Alleged offender incidents for deception related offences by sex and age, October 2014 to September 2015 Of the 6,053 male offenders for deception related offences the largest age group was 25 – 29 making up 19.3% of all male offenders. This same age group was also the largest of the female offenders, accounting for 21.5% of the 2,340 incidents involving a female offender. Overall, 67.9% (5,704 incidents) of offenders were aged between 20 and 39 years. As at 18 October 2015, 54.3% (4,559 incidents) of the offender incidents with a deception related offence resulted in an arrest and 30.7% (2,579 incidents) resulted in a summons. Another 14.4% resulted in an intent to summons, and the remaining 0.6% resulted in a caution or outcome.
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