Regarding violent crime, according to the 2013 Australian Crime: Facts and Figures released by the Australian Institute of Criminology, in 2011 and 2012 the rate for kidnapping and abduction was much lower at three per 100,000 people than at the peak in 1999 when it was at four per 100,000. ... The rate has declined steadily in the last six years from 86 per 100,000 in 2007 to 58 per 100,000 in 2012 (Australian Institute of Criminology, 2013). ... Therefore, while the rate and amount of crime has fluctuated over the last few years and predominantly, crime in Australia has been decreasing (Aus...

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