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Despite the anti-Muslim claims, Islanders and Vietnamese are the most violence-prone migrant groups. Migrants of all nationalities make up less than 10% of criminals and less than 5% of violent crime is committed by migrants. 90% of crime could be prevented by deporting all Aussies.
• Arrest/offenders processed statistics from Victoria for the five year period 1993-94 to 1997-98 display the following patterns: The overall arrest rate of alleged offenders from no migrant group ie locals, display a consistently rising trend over the five year period. However, alleged offenders born in the Russian Federation, Romania, Vietnam, Former Yugoslavia, New Zealand, Turkey, and Lebanon were processed at a higher rate than the Australian-born in each of the five years. The 1997-98 statistics produce high alleged offender rates for those born in Somalia, Uruguay, and Thailand. Generally, the largest proportion of alleged offenders born in Australia and overseas, with the exception of those born in Cambodia, was processed for property offences. In 1997-98 this proportion ranged between a low of 34.1 per cent for the Cambodian-born and a high of 88.3 per cent for the Uruguayan-born alleged offenders. Among all the groups listed in the Victorian statistics, the highest proportion of alleged offenders processed for violent offences were the Fijian-born. More than a third of alleged offenders born in Cambodia and Vietnam was processed for drug offences in 1997-98, about a quarter of the alleged offenders born in Indonesia and Thailand was also processed for drug offences. Since 1994-95 alleged and distinct offenders born in Vietnam were the largest overseas-born group processed by Victoria Police. Generally young people in the age group 15-24 displayed the highest distinct offender rate and arrest rate declined systematically following this age. Migrant groups that had relatively high proportion of young people in their population did not display either the highest over all arrest rate or the highest arrest rate for young offenders. Arrest rate of females did not display significant differences between migrant groups. However, female distinct offenders born in Lebanon and Turkey showed the lowest arrest rate compared to those from all other groups. • The results of National Prison Census of Australia for the years 1982 to 1998 show the following patterns and trends in imprisonment: The number of inmates in Australian prisons has increased from 10,195 in 1983 to 19,906 in 1998. The number of inmates born in Vietnam has increased from 18 to 474 during the same period.
Imprisonment rate of inmates born in Turkey, Lebanon and New Zealand has always been substantially higher than that of those born in Australia; since 1989 the rate of those born in Vietnam has been increasing and currently their rate is the highest. The same pattern is obtained when the rate based on most serious offences of violence, property and drugs is examined separately. The number of inmates whose most serious offence was a violent offence has increased from 4,167 in 1983 to 9,742 in 1998, an increase of 134 per cent. For the Vietnamese-born inmates the numbers increased from 12 to 113, an increase of over 800 per sent. The imprisonment rate for the New Zealand-born, whose most serious offence was a violent offence, increased from 102 to 261, an increase of about 156 per cent, over the same period. Among prisoners whose most serious offence was a drug offence, the number of Vietnamese-born, particularly since 1993, has increased very substantially.
Hate Crime • There is some evidence of incidents of hate crime against migrant/race group. Careful examination is needed before some statements can be made.
General • Crime statistics from Victoria, the National Prison Census, and the Australian Census of Population and Housing appear to show that migrant groups who suffer disadvantages such as poor knowledge of English, no or low level of formal education, low status occupation, and high unemployment rate tend to display high arrest and imprisonment rate.
